Diarmuid Early won first place in the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. He has some pointers for using Excel at work.
The Microsoft Excel World Championship 2025 wrapped up with yet another champion reigning supreme. This year’s champion beat out 23 Grand Final rivals at the Las Vegas HyperX Arena. The annual ...
The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship finals were held in Las Vegas on Dec. 2 to 3 According to their website, the Microsoft Excel World Championship (MEWC) is a global esports competition where ...
People cheer, they go crazy. It’s amazing it’s energising,” says Irishman Diarmuid Early of his recent world championship win in the Las Vegas’ Hyper X Arena. The sport involves a lot of crunching, ...
The Microsoft Excel World Championship initially got our attention for getting caught in the crossfire of an ongoing debate: Is Excel an esport? However, we’ve now become hooked. I don’t know how to ...
What springs to mind when I say ‘eSports?' It's probably something along the lines of League of Legends, DOTA 2, VALORANT, or Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, right? Some guesses out of left field ...
Andrew Ngai is a 37-year-old Australian actuary with an unexpected side gig: Microsoft Excel world champion. Ngai has competed against fellow Excel enthusiasts since 2018, and won his third straight ...
Microsoft Excel is the world’s leading spreadsheet software and learning it can give you a big boost in your career. Now’s the time to learn from a true expert, because The Complete Microsoft Excel ...
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Diarmuid Early, the 40-year-old winner of the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. It's been edited for length and clarity. I've been in the ...