It’s one part Excel knowledge, one part puzzle-solving, all parts spreadsheet chaos.
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But we’ll get to that. First things first: how in the world do you make Excel a competitive sport? The answer is by turning Excel into the world’s most powerful puzzle-solving system. The contestants in an event like the Excel World Championship are given what’s called a “case,” which could be almost anything.
This is all just one part of the competitive Excel world, too. There’s also the Financial Modeling World Cup itself, which has longer tasks that are more narrowly focused on actual financial modeling. The organization also runs educational programs for Excel users and a fast-growing competition for students. But these 30-minute smackdowns, which the FWMC refers to as “Excel Esports,” are where the really exciting stuff happens.
“I hear from people who were just flipping the TV channels,” du Soleil says, “and are like, ‘Excel is on TV?!’ And so I’m thinking about how to engage them, but not bore the hell out of them talking about the difference between an outer join versus doing an Xlookup.” When he’s not commentating on these matches, du Soleil teaches Excel for a living and runs a YouTube channel called.
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