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The Winner of the ARM Step Challenge at 51st DAC is ....

Brad Nemire
Brad Nemire
June 6, 2014
2 minute read time.
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"What escalator?"

"What elevator?"

"Can I give you a walking demo instead?"

I've finally come to the point where I don't feel guilty for giving my feet a rest - and this is most likely true for all of those that participated in the Who's the most fit DACer #ARMStepChallenge. There were 17 participants (15 ARM Connected Community Pavilion Partners and 2 ARM employees) that were armed with an ARM Cortex-M3 based Fitbit device to track each step they took during the event.


The competition lived up to all of the pre-show buzz and the banter was non-stop throughout the week at DAC - participants were seen taking media interviews and conference calls on the treadmill in the ARM Connected Community Pavilion and instead of taking cabs to the sponsored after-show events, you would see them hiking the hills of San Francisco to their destination.


Sonics' tiffanyquan was the eventual winner of the ARM Step Challenge, walking over 58,000 steps (which is equal to walking the Golden Gate Bridge 29 times) over the course of three days, Monday through Wednesday. Congratulations to Tiffany for taking the title and she has set some high expectations for herself next year.

You can view a list of the Top 10 finishers below as well as some of the #ARMStepChallenge posts via social media. Don't forget to read all the 51dac content in the community. A big thank you to all of the participants!

Company

Participant NameTotal Steps
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Sonics

tiffanyquan58,116
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NetSpeed Systems

Ranjeet Mankikar53,847
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Cadence

bfuller52,827
arm_logo.gifjohnheinlein51,993
arm_logo.gifbradnemire48,750
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Synopsys

Phil Dworsky42,677
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Memoir Systems

katiarib42,521
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billneifert39,966
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VLAB Works

Jay Yantchev38,968
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TSSI

haulam36,517
Phil Guinness.jpgJohn Heinlein.jpgANSYS.jpgBrian Fuller.jpgJL Gray.jpgARMCommunity.jpgCadence Insta.jpg

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    John Heinlein over 11 years ago

    Nicely done, partners! Thanks for making this step challenge a success!

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    John Heinlein over 11 years ago

    Nicely done, partners! Thanks for making this step challenge a success!

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