Last week, a challenge was issued to optimize the performance of a version sorting tool used for sorting repository tags, promising fame and fortune to the winner. After running benchmarks using a specific dataset, the winning solution was provided by Pope, whose approach dramatically outperformed others by implementing a C extension, achieving significantly lower execution times compared to the original and competing solutions. Despite Pope's victory, notable pure-Ruby implementations were also contributed by Jordi and Ahoward, showcasing impressive improvements. The contributors, including Binary42, Mikeauclair, and Jqr, all made valuable efforts, with benchmark results displayed to highlight the performance differences between the various implementations.