Sequence squeeze: an open contest for sequence compression

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Table 1 A selection of entries vs baseline algorithms

Entry number and entrant	Best in category	Result	*bzip2* result
101: James Bonfield	Compression ratio	0.1141	0.3007
61: James Bonfield	Compression time	109.9	1020.97
28: Ryan Braganza	Compression memory	15040	5200
7: James Bonfield	Decompression time	100.91	104.5
28: Ryan Braganza	Decompression memory	13472	5008

The results from running bzip2 are shown against the winning entries in each category of the contest. Full results from all entries, including links to their source code, are available on the Sequence Squeeze website [4]. Compression ratios are the ratio of compressed file size to original file size (smaller is better). Times are in clockface seconds. Memory usage is peak in kilobytes. Entries with less than 100% round-trip accuracy are excluded.

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