"System Administrator 2011". Results

"System Administrator 2011" finished, gathering a record number of participants - 72766 administrators and IT professionals.

The main prize - a sea cruise went to Evgeny Andreychuk from Yekaterinburg.
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Eugene scored the maximum possible number of points (950 with promotional codes), having spent on the quest from start to finish 142 hours. Incidentally, he took part in the competition because of a friend who called him to compete for the company. Everyone would have such friends!

This time we distributed 61 prizes , moreover, during August we will send 8900 printed personal certificates for the participants.

The smartest administrators in our country live in St. Petersburg (30% of the Guru and Pro among all those who participated), in Moscow this figure does not exceed the national average of 22%.

Under Habrakat - detailed statistics and plans for the next year.


The competition of 2011 turned out to be more ambitious and difficult than last year. The number of participants increased by only 25%, but the quality of passing increased. The test was mastered by 63% of the participants.

New competition mechanics - quest , provided an opportunity to give participants a unique set of questions. On the one hand, it is interesting, on the other hand, there is less chance of getting ready-made answers for the entire competition on the web.

Our admins spotted 27 attacks, 3553 fake accounts were drawn from the contest database. We also screened 5110 more questionnaires after the launch of the search engine for unscrupulous participants. The algorithm analyzes the combination of features (transit time, IP, work with the console, referer URL, and others) and marks suspicious accounts. We do not take them into account in collecting statistics and prize draws. According to our data, about 3% of participants use ready-made answers and answer selection scripts. Adequate majority seeks to know their real level of knowledge.

So, a few numbers on the results of the competition:

• 72766 participants at the time of summing up (15-00 Moscow time, July 29);
• 67% The average number of correct answers in the test;
• 46% The average number of correct answers in the quest;
• 9611 Profi-admin, 125 of them are girls;
• 7954 Guru-admin, of which 197 are girls;
• 293 - the average score in the quest with a maximum of 790;
• The most difficult test question is question 13 about unmounting a CD-ROM.

Answers with comments to all the test questions are already posted on the site.

During the competition, we received a feedback car and a small cart of fair criticism. Attentive participants helped correct 10 typos and the wording of one of the test questions. Thanks for the help! Your work will not be wasted - we take into account all the shortcomings in the preparation of the contest next year. By the way, if someone is inspired by the competition for feats, in 2012 you can join in the compilation of interesting tasks and questions. You can write to me: org (shift + 2) admin2011.ru

I want to thank everyone who took part in our competition. And doubly thank and shake hands with those who wrote comments, typos, wishes, criticism and indignation - we would not have become better without you!