Andrew He

Andrew He (born 1997) is an American competitive programmer and the winner of the 2021 Facebook Hacker Cup.

Background

He was born in 1997. Starting from sixth grade, he participated in various mathematics competitions such as the American Mathematics Competitions, the American Invitational Mathematics Examination, the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad and HMMT. In many of them, he placed in the top 20 overall. He won two gold medals at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in 2014 and 2015. He was part of the MIT team which participated in the International Collegiate Programming Contest that won a silver medal in 2016, coming sixth place overall, and then a gold medal in 2019, coming in second place overall.

He has achieved significant success in competitive programming, where he won the 2021 Facebook Hacker Cup.

Achievements

Competitive programming A more comprehensive list of achievements can be found at the Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame website. United States of America Mathematical Olympiad: Winner (2013) Romanian Master of Mathematics and Sciences: Silver (12th place overall) HMMT: Champion (2015) William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition: 2016 (Top 25), 2017 (Top 15), 2018 (Honorable mention)

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