for Task 9 to ensure he didn't make "silly" mistakes.

The next morning, Alex sat in the classroom. When he saw the StatGrad paper, it was tough—different from the leaked versions he’d glimpsed online, which turned out to be fakes from previous years. Because he hadn't relied on "answers," he didn't panic. He used the logic he practiced, debugged his code, and finished with twenty minutes to spare.

In the world of StatGrad, the only "answers" that matter are the ones you can write yourself when the clock is ticking.