I used to be the bottom of the beginner ladder (not exactly a great place to be, especially for a beginner {"Uhh ... you're the worst of the beginners"}, but I've sinced shaved ~50 strokes off my solution and moved up to 30th:
http://perlgolf.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/PGAS/leader.cgi?course=1
Better keep quiet so I don't provoke those (few) folks beneath me to re-work their solutions and put me back at the bottom. ;) Would like to break 100 on this one, but I'm stumped (and I already re-alg'd my solution). Ok, back to work...
Jason
