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We are pleased to announce that the Timetable for MERIT 2023 has been finalised.
MERIT 2023 has been set up to model a construction industry operating in an economy emerging from a recession with up to date bank interest rates and charges and current corporation tax. Learning to survive as a construction business in tough market conditions with fierce competition is the knowledge currently needed by our industry executives.
After completing eight rounds simulating two years of trading the top six teams will be invited to experience a further six periods of simulated trading in the MERIT 2023 final, the winning team will be presented with the ICE’s Silver Salver and named the 2023 MERIT Champion.
Registration
- 31 July 2023 - 06 October 2023
Trialling
- 05 September 2023 - 11 October 2023
Submissions
- Round 1 - Wednesday 11 October 2023, 18:00 UTC
- Round 2 - Wednesday 18 October 2023, 18:00 UTC
- Round 3 - Wednesday 25 October 2023, 18:00 UTC
- Round 4 - Wednesday 01 November 2023, 18:00 UTC
- Round 5 - Wednesday 08 November 2023, 18:00 UTC
- Round 6 - Wednesday 15 November 2023, 18:00 UTC
- Round 7 - Wednesday 22 November 2023, 18:00 UTC
- Round 8 - Wednesday 29 November 2023, 18:00 UTC
Online Final
- 04 December 2023 through to 15 December 2023
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'Crazy brick mover' from Glasgow Caledonian University have fought off tough competition to become the MERIT University Tournament 2023 Champions.
The inaugural Tournament saw 14 teams from 8 Universities across 5 countries initially compete over 6 rounds to qualify for the Final.
The four finalist teams: 'UMN Gopher 1' (University of Minnesota), 'BlueSkies' (National University of Singapore), 'Legends Never Die' (The University of Manchester) and 'Crazy brick mover' (Glasgow Caledonian University), then competed over a further 6 rounds to find the 2023 Champion.
With a close match in the initial Periods of the Final, Crazy brick mover's decsisons proved to be the winning strategy as they slowly increased their lead over the remaining rounds of the game.
Xiaoyuan Xu, Yuxiao Lin, Yuan Ou and Zixiang Xu, the team members of the winning team 'Crazy Brick mover', share a cash prize of £2000
Congratulations to all the Finalists, and all those that took part in the MERIT University Tournament 2023.
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After a brief pause, we start afresh for the MERIT University Tournament 2023 Final as four teams; Crazy Brick Movers (Glasgow Caledonian University), Legends Never Die (The University of Manchester), BlueSkies (National University of Singapore) and UMN Gopher 1 (University of Minnesota) are all competing to become the 2023 Champions in a truly international Final.
The Final is more exciting and we’re looking forward to it probably more than the competitors because it comes with some tension. Starting with two familiar Early Year rounds to ease the teams back in, the game will then transition into the 'Final Years' for a much more competitive play. This increase in competitivity has in the past found the limitations in the strategies of quite a few teams!
Good luck to the Finalists, let's roll those dice!