Imagine Cup - New Zealand comes third

Last week Vinny Kumar, Team Leader for Team OneBeep, told IT Brief that the University of Auckland team had a realistic chance of winning Microsoft’s Imagine Cup at the global finals in Poland this week.

At the finals Team OneBeep quickly made it to the final six. The top six was whittled down from 68 teams from around the world.

Vinny Kumar, Chanyeol Yoo, Kayo Lakadia and Steve Ward of Team One Beep achieved the highest placing for a New Zealand team in the history of the competition.

The final results came in overnight and third place went to New Zealand, second went to Serbia, with Thailand being crowned the winner.

“We can’t begin to describe how shocked and excited we are,” said Vinny Kumar, Team Leader for Team OneBeep. "The whole team is on a high. When you put this much into a competition you always dream of getting this far but even when it actually happens it never feels real. The most exciting thing though is that the recognition our project will gain will help us make a bigger difference in people’s lives.”

While Team OneBeep did incredibly well, Microsoft New Zealand's press release would have you think it won: "