There are 25 horses and only five tracks in a race.
How do you find the second coming horse of all the 25
horses, provided there is no stop clock? (obviously, a
horse cannot participate more than once in a race).

Answer Posted / mikhailfranco

Obviously horses must be allowed to compete in more than one
race, and they are assumed not to tire as they run races, so
their performance is constant.

Round 1: 5 races of 5
Round 2: 5 winners of Round 1
-> winner is overall 1st place (6 races)
Round 3: 2nd and 3rd places from Round 2,
plus horses that came 2nd & 3rd behind Round 2 1st
placer in
Round 1
plus horse that came 2nd behind Round 2 2nd placer in
Round 1
-> winner is 2nd place overall
-> 2nd place is 3rd place overall

So you can find the winner in 6 races (trivial) and top
three in 7 races.

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