Packet 3: Tossup 3

Graphs named in analogy to these objects are used to visualize hierarchical clustering. Bootstrap aggregating of these structures is used in a machine learning method named (15[1])for “random” (15[1])places (15[1]-5[1])where they’re abundant. (15[4])For a weighted (15[1])undirected graph, (15[1])Prim’s algorithm (-5[1])finds a (*) “minimum (10[1])spanning” (10[1])structure (10[2])named (10[3])for (10[1])these (10[1])objects. (10[4])These objects name (10[1])a structure that, if balanced, can be searched in logarithmic time. (10[2])Types of a structure named for (10[1])these objects include AVL, (10[1])red-black, and a binary (10[2])search type. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[2])a branching (10[1])data structure named for what (10[2])objects may (10[1])have “root nodes” and “leaves?” ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: trees [accept minimum spanning trees or AVL trees or red-black trees or binary search trees or decision trees; accept dendrograms; accept random forests]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Stephen DonoghueSheffield BEdinburgh2515
Pratyush JaishankerPrat Packwhatever2715
Denis LiuThe Young JitsArmand duplantis fan club28-5
Annika LarsonAlbanian Rift in the SkyDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Family2815
Dawid NawrockiSouthperialBirmingham B3115
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaVirginia Tech3115
Dan NiPC Chris Master RaceHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?3115
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown BallersMidnight Bus to Vista3115
Sanjay RajagopalEast Chapel HillCary Academy3415
Parth JagtapArmand duplantis fan clubThe Young Jits3615
James LiChapel Hill BGrimsley38-5
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveI have no buzzer and I must neg4110
Braden BoutwellMountain Dew is BetterThey fuck you up your buzz and neg4210
Kiran SheNot Just BikingJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu4310
Aadi PudasainiLexington AMansfield B4310
Ray SundarBirmingham ASouthampton4410
Ethan ElliottWarperialCambridge4410
Andrew GaoBelmont AWellesley4410
Ben RichardsSheffield AManchester B4510
Taman TruongBasileus II: Electric BoogalooTaman's Nepo Babies4610
Mia Clark-WebbOxfordBath4710
Alec RisoBooz Allen InternsOstia Orcas4710
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days4710
Mihir KhuranaMinnetonka AEden Prairie4710
Gus SullivanMinnetonka BMinnetonka C5010
Daniel SheffieldBelmont BLexington B6110
Keke XiuAbbey ParkNorthern6110
Soham GohilMansfield AWaltham A6710
Swastik RoyTexas ATexas B7110
Aditya Rao (Challenger-Strawberry Park)CaliforniaWashington7510
Graham HallquistChapel Hill ATantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae7510
Cameron VanceGeorgia ANorth Carolina7710
Jonathan LeeCheese SandwichBurlington Trojans7710
Taha FarooqRenertGlebe8010
Nikola WuHeauton TimorumenosAlways Set the Kurve8010
Samuel Morgan.BurnsvilleProvidence8210
Oliver HealdManchester AChimera8710
Julia BeamanMartingroveBella Vista8710
Hanna WuKentuckyNew York8910
Nathan Daniel (North Gwinnett)Georgia CGeorgia B9510
Matthew MedinaGrimsleyChapel Hill B9510

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%17%0%47.17
Triangle Cup2026-03-133100%33%33%68.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%0%0%59.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-134100%0%0%76.25
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%60%0%42.40
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%33%0%52.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%25%0%41.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-304100%0%0%53.75
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%0%0%81.40
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%38%13%39.75