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After coming across some rivalries online over fast mission times for [[Perfect Dark]] levels, Derek decided to use his programming knowledge to create an automatic updating system. Highly modified versions of this program are still used today, nearly a decade later, for both the PD and [[GoldenEye]] rankings. In his Perfect Dark career, Derek held the #1 position early in the life of the Elite, at one point holding all Agent records simultaneously. He was also the person to discover (and prove) that the [[1.2]] control scheme is inherently capable of faster times than [[1.1]]. Shortly after this frustrating realization, Derek, a 1.1 user, retired from PD competition.

After coming across some rivalries online over fast mission times for [[Perfect Dark]] levels, Derek decided to use his programming knowledge to create an automatic updating system. Highly modified versions of this program are still used today, nearly a decade later, for both the PD and [[GoldenEye]] rankings. In his Perfect Dark career, Derek held the #1 position early in the life of the Elite, at one point holding all Agent records simultaneously. He was also the person to discover (and prove) that the [[1.2]] control scheme is inherently capable of faster times than [[1.1]]. Shortly after this frustrating realization, Derek, a 1.1 user, retired from PD competition.

== Education ==

>== Education ==

Derek holds two bachelor degrees (a B.Sc. in computer science and a B.Sc in Pure Math) from the University of Waterloo, a school well-known for its scientific accomplishments. He is generally considered to be the brightest mind in the Elite; in addition to his stellar academic career, Derek has a history of competing in intellectual competitions. He has represented Canada on numerous occasions for a variety of competitions, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Puzzle_Championship World Puzzle Championships] (every year since 2000) and, as a high school student, at a Math Olympics event in India. Additionally, Derek competes in programming competitions, a style of competition where participants are given a set of problems, and they must code robust solutions to as many of them as possible within a time limit. Derek is highly regarded as one of the best coders at [http://www.topcoder.com/ TopCoder], consistently ranking in the highest percentile and earning multiple big paydays through contest wins. He has also served as a judge at the prestigious [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_International_Collegiate_Programming_Contest ACM-ICPC], and has even written questions that have been used in the finals.

Derek holds two bachelor degrees (a B.Sc. in computer science and a B.Sc in Pure Math) from the University of Waterloo, a school well-known for its scientific accomplishments. He is generally considered to be the brightest mind in the Elite; in addition to his stellar academic career, Derek has a history of competing in intellectual competitions. He has represented Canada on numerous occasions for a variety of competitions, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Puzzle_Championship World Puzzle Championships] (every year since 2000) and, as a high school student, at a Math Olympics event in India. Additionally, Derek competes in programming competitions, a style of competition where participants are given a set of problems, and they must code robust solutions to as many of them as possible within a time limit. Derek is highly regarded as one of the best coders at [http://www.topcoder.com/ TopCoder], consistently ranking in the highest percentile and earning multiple big paydays through contest wins. He has also served as a judge at the prestigious [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_International_Collegiate_Programming_Contest ACM-ICPC], and has even written questions that have been used in the finals.

== Gaming Accomplishments ==

== Gaming Accomplishments ==