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1SB

Steve Barrera

9.8/10 · 119 community ratings

1712High confidence

2SG

Sicun Gao

9.8/10 · 50 community ratings

1700Some ratings

3LL

Lucy Lai

10.0/10 · 15 community ratings

1678Few ratings

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4GVGeoff Voelker21 community ratingsFew ratings1678—92%

5SDSanjoy Dasgupta50 community ratingsSome ratings1670—90%

6TSTaylor Scott24 community ratingsFew ratings1668—96%

7KCKyle Camac12 community ratingsFew ratings1668—100%

8STSean Trott11 community ratingsFew ratings1663—100%

9SEShannon Ellis60 community ratingsSome ratings1657—92%

10RGRonald Graham25 community ratingsSome ratings1655——

11VCVictor Chen9 community ratingsFew ratings1653—100%

12BVBrad Voytek22 community ratingsFew ratings1652—95%

13ACAndrea Chiba41 community ratingsSome ratings1651—91%

14GBGaro Bournoutian19 community ratingsFew ratings1648——

15AKAnastasia Kiyonaga27 community ratingsSome ratings1643—86%

16DKDeepak Kumar9 community ratingsFew ratings1642—89%

17AGAnjum Gupta51 community ratingsSome ratings1639—85%

18IGIvonne Gonzalez Gamboa26 community ratingsSome ratings1634—96%

19BSBarbara Sawrey32 community ratingsSome ratings1632——

20MCManmohan Chandraker9 community ratingsFew ratings1620—89%

21OGOnat Gungor5 community ratingsFew ratings1619—100%

22RORick Ord184 community ratingsHigh confidence1615—64%

23CAChris Armour89 community ratingsSome ratings1612—58%

24ASAlex Snoeren6 community ratingsFew ratings1611—83%

25LRLara Rangel23 community ratingsFew ratings1611—83%

26TMTyler Marghetis5 community ratingsFew ratings1610——

27TTThomas Ta7 community ratingsFew ratings1609—100%

28ABAnne Beatty-Martínez9 community ratingsFew ratings1609—100%

29OBOliver Braun7 community ratingsFew ratings1609—100%

30GPGeorge Porter9 community ratingsFew ratings1609—100%

31NHN.D. Holland7 community ratingsFew ratings1609—100%

32MTMichael Taylor7 community ratingsFew ratings1609——

33SISam Iacobellis21 community ratingsFew ratings1609——

34EMEric Morgan45 community ratingsSome ratings1607—87%

35AKArun Kumar4 community ratingsFew ratings1606—100%

36MOMichael Ostertag4 community ratingsFew ratings1606—100%

37RRRoger Revelle4 community ratingsFew ratings1606——

38JPJoseph Pasquale34 community ratingsSome ratings1603—78%

39CJChristine Johnson138 community ratingsHigh confidence1598—82%

40JPJoseph Politz66 community ratingsSome ratings1594—82%

41LSLawrence Saul19 community ratingsFew ratings1594—80%

42AJAdam Jundt8 community ratingsFew ratings1594—100%

43RNRichard Norris11 community ratingsFew ratings1593—100%

44NRNeil Rhodes18 community ratingsFew ratings1593—0%

45DMDiba Mirza44 community ratingsSome ratings1591—71%

46STSamantha Trumbo3 community ratingsFew ratings1589—100%

47MZMartin Zettersten3 community ratingsFew ratings1589—100%

48DGDeanna Greene3 community ratingsFew ratings1589—100%

49SOSteven Okai3 community ratingsFew ratings1589—100%

50RMRoss Metusalem3 community ratingsFew ratings1589—100%

51BBBenjamin Bergen31 community ratingsSome ratings1587—100%

52KPKaiser Pister5 community ratingsFew ratings1585—100%

53KCKensy Cooperrider5 community ratingsFew ratings1585—80%

54FRFederico Rossano22 community ratingsFew ratings1583—100%

55EWEsther Walker11 community ratingsFew ratings1582—82%

56CAChristine Alvarado72 community ratingsSome ratings1579—76%

57JTJane Teranes18 community ratingsFew ratings1579—100%

58LCLakshmi Chilukuri43 community ratingsSome ratings1576—50%

59BSBeth Simon35 community ratingsSome ratings1574—60%

60DWDrew Walker3 community ratingsFew ratings1570—100%

61ACAlbert Chern4 community ratingsFew ratings1568—100%

62MEMay Elsherif2 community ratingsFew ratings1568—100%

63ZWZirui Wang2 community ratingsFew ratings1568—100%

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