ISUCON

ISUCON is a web performance competition. I competed in ISUCON13 and ISUCON14, wrote all the materials for a beginner workshop, and taught the course. I also gave a talk and organized an internal ISUCON event.

My role: Workshop author and instructor · Competed in a team of three

Article image combining the beginner ISUCON workshop materials with a graph of teams’ scores over time
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CONTRIBUTION

My contribution

Workshop author and instructor.

  • Planned and organized a beginner ISUCON workshop
  • Wrote all the workshop materials and taught the course
  • Gave an ISUCON lightning talk for traP
  • Hosted an internal ISUCON (PISCON)
  • Competed in ISUCON13 and 14 with the three-person team リアクティブ二子玉川～♪

HOW IT WORKS

From the basics to measuring and improving

I wrote a hands-on guide that takes beginners through ISUCON’s basics, connecting to a server, running the benchmark, and using measurement tools to analyse and improve performance. I also taught the workshop. The materials are public so people starting out in web development or infrastructure can use them too.

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HOW IT WORKS

Competing, then sharing what I learned

Our three-person team, リアクティブ二子玉川～♪, placed 34th overall and 6th among student teams in ISUCON13 (2023). In ISUCON14 (2024), we placed 32nd overall and 5th among student teams. I also organized the beginner workshop, wrote all its materials, shared the teaching approach in a lightning talk, and hosted an internal ISUCON. The competition rankings are our team’s results.

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RESULTS

Project results

Competition results for our three-person team, リアクティブ二子玉川～♪.

  • Team rankISUCON13 (2023) — Overall rank34th
  • Team rankISUCON13 — Student rank6th
  • ScoreISUCON13 (2023) — Score47,291 points
  • Team rankISUCON14 (2024) — Overall rank32nd
  • Team rankISUCON14 — Student rank5th
  • ScoreISUCON14 (2024) — Score23,936 points
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SOURCES

Sources

References for the work and results described here.

  1. Public sourceProject article

    The workshop article, public materials, and talk report document the teaching materials, instruction, and lightning talk.

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  2. Public sourceCompetition results

    Participation reports and official results record the team’s entries and results in ISUCON13 and ISUCON14.

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  3. Confirmed by pikachu0310Personal confirmation

    pikachu0310 confirmed organizing the beginner workshop, writing all its materials alone, and hosting the internal ISUCON.

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All sources (Japanese)

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