Той получи първа награда, като реши 1 100 задачи по информатика, за 600 от които бе необходимо решение на два програмни езика.
The 18-year-old Kolarski competed with students from over 40 countries, including the US, UK, and Germany. He took first prize by answering 1,100 computer science problems, 600 of which required solutions in two programming languages.