Median

Find the median of a stream of binary integers as fast as possible.

Input: 100 000 000 uint32 values in little-endian binary on STDIN (4 bytes each).

Output: The median value, printed as a decimal string. The median is defined as the element at index N/2 (i.e., a[50000000]) in the sorted array.

Restrictions:20s512Mb 1 Score Packages

Feel free to create an issue if you need an extra library from the standard Ubuntu repository.

Name	Version	Description
libc6-dev	2.39-0ubuntu8.7	GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files Contains the symlinks, headers, and object files needed to compile and link programs which use the standard C library.
libclang-common-14-dev	1:14.0.6-19build4	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-15-dev	1:15.0.7-14build3	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-16-dev	1:16.0.6-23ubuntu4	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-17-dev	1:17.0.6-9ubuntu1	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-18-dev	1:18.1.3-1ubuntu1	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-19-dev	1:19.1.1-1ubuntu1~24.04.2	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-20-dev	1:20.1.2-0ubuntu1~24.04.3	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libcrypt-dev	1:4.4.36-4build1	libcrypt development files This package contains the files needed for developing applications that use libcrypt.
libgcc-10-dev	10.5.0-4ubuntu2.1	GCC support library (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C programs which use libgcc, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp or libitm.
libgcc-11-dev	11.5.0-1ubuntu1~24.04.1	GCC support library (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C programs which use libgcc, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp or libitm.
libgcc-12-dev	12.4.0-2ubuntu1~24.04.1	GCC support library (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C programs which use libgcc, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp or libitm.
libgcc-13-dev	13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1	GCC support library (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C programs which use libgcc, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp or libitm.
libgcc-14-dev	14.2.0-4ubuntu2~24.04.1	GCC support library (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C programs which use libgcc, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp or libitm.
libobjc-13-dev	13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1	Runtime library for GNU Objective-C applications (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files needed to build GNU ObjC applications.
libssl-dev	3.0.13-0ubuntu3.11	Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the Internet. . It contains development libraries, header files, and manpages for libssl and libcrypto.
libstdc++-10-dev	10.5.0-4ubuntu2.1	GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C++ programs which use libstdc++. . libstdc++-v3 is a complete rewrite from the previous libstdc++-v2, which was included up to g++-2.95. The first version of libstdc++-v3 appeared in g++-3.0.
libstdc++-11-dev	11.5.0-1ubuntu1~24.04.1	GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C++ programs which use libstdc++. . libstdc++-v3 is a complete rewrite from the previous libstdc++-v2, which was included up to g++-2.95. The first version of libstdc++-v3 appeared in g++-3.0.
libstdc++-12-dev	12.4.0-2ubuntu1~24.04.1	GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C++ programs which use libstdc++. . libstdc++-v3 is a complete rewrite from the previous libstdc++-v2, which was included up to g++-2.95. The first version of libstdc++-v3 appeared in g++-3.0.
libstdc++-13-dev	13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1	GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C++ programs which use libstdc++. . libstdc++-v3 is a complete rewrite from the previous libstdc++-v2, which was included up to g++-2.95. The first version of libstdc++-v3 appeared in g++-3.0.
libstdc++-14-dev	14.2.0-4ubuntu2~24.04.1	GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C++ programs which use libstdc++. . libstdc++-v3 is a complete rewrite from the previous libstdc++-v2, which was included up to g++-2.95. The first version of libstdc++-v3 appeared in g++-3.0.
libtbb-dev	2021.11.0-2ubuntu2	parallelism library for C++ - development files TBB is a library that helps you leverage multi-core processor performance without having to be a threading expert. It represents a higher-level, task-based parallelism that abstracts platform details and threading mechanism for performance and scalability. . (Note: if you are a user of the i386 architecture, i.e., 32-bit Intel or compatible hardware, this package only supports Pentium4-compatible and higher processors.) . This package includes the TBB development files.

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Date	Challenger	Cost	Type	Status
Jul 5, 2026 12:03	Victor Mercklé	10.00	Custom	Solution Broken

Run Statistics

#	Date	Score	Wall Time	CPU User	CPU System	Memory	Error
1	Jul 5, 2026 12:03	0	8,785,002	1,077,000	0	20,480	No answer to stdout. Died or killed?
2	Apr 16, 2026 02:28	2,759	44,338,940	22,622,000	0	2,510,848
3	Apr 16, 2026 02:28	2,765	51,334,747	21,641,000	1,030,000	2,514,944
4	Apr 16, 2026 02:28	2,785	48,530,034	21,844,000	992,000	2,342,912
5	Apr 16, 2026 01:00	2,786	50,027,019	21,852,000	993,000	2,351,104
6	Apr 16, 2026 01:00	2,787	43,597,102	22,850,000	0	2,387,968
7	Apr 16, 2026 01:00	2,787	46,372,483	21,860,000	993,000	2,342,912
8	Apr 16, 2026 01:00	2,788	51,446,917	22,865,000	0	2,457,600
9	Apr 16, 2026 01:00	2,788	51,861,351	21,867,000	993,000	2,314,240
10	Apr 16, 2026 02:28	2,788	46,602,420	21,868,000	994,000	2,441,216
11	Apr 16, 2026 01:00	2,789	49,727,275	21,877,000	994,000	2,502,656
12	Apr 16, 2026 02:28	2,790	50,632,203	21,881,000	994,000	2,420,736
13	Apr 16, 2026 01:00	5,280	67,445,974	42,292,000	1,006,000	2,449,408
14	Apr 16, 2026 01:00	5,297	63,770,173	42,425,000	1,010,000	2,510,848
15	Apr 16, 2026 01:00	5,299	69,717,686	41,428,000	2,020,000	2,416,640
16	Apr 16, 2026 02:27	5,300	66,426,424	40,495,000	2,963,000	2,310,144
17	Apr 16, 2026 02:28	5,309	69,695,030	42,525,000	1,012,000	2,465,792
18	Apr 16, 2026 02:27	5,340	73,996,636	40,807,000	2,985,000	2,371,584
19	Apr 16, 2026 02:28	5,340	72,177,881	41,794,000	1,990,000	2,482,176
20	Apr 16, 2026 02:28	5,340	69,726,498	41,794,000	1,990,000	2,404,352
21	Apr 16, 2026 02:28	5,357	64,542,138	40,933,000	2,995,000	2,424,832
22	Apr 16, 2026 02:27	5,463	73,265,344	42,804,000	1,990,000	2,527,232

Model	Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1271 v3 @ 3.60GHz
Cores	1