At high noon on March 15, 2010, four worthy competitors toed the line in anticipation of what would be the most grueling (and perhaps only) multi-event tech geek challenge at South by Southwest Interactive. The competition was intense, and while each participant proved deserving of the SXSW Iron Geek Champion title, only one could walk away a winner.

The Planet’s Server Challenge was selected as an official event in the tech triathlon, so Keith Shaw, Kyle Monson, Chris Boudy and Harry McCracken had to rebuild our Pentium4 server faster than their formidable opponents to walk away with the most points for the round. Hands flew, blood was shed and tears were cried, and after the dust settled, the results were posted:

1. Kyle Monson: 1:02.4
2. Chris Boudy: 1:13.4
3. Keith Shaw: 1:16.3
4. Harry McCracken: 1:58.2

Kyle walked away victorious from The Planet Server Challenge, but when the final scores were tallied from all the events, Chris Boudy was crowned the SXSW Iron Geek Champion. After prying him away from the droves of fans chasing his newly acquired stardom, we took a minute to chat with Chris about his experience in the Iron Geek triathlon and about his impression of SXSW Interactive.

Congratulations, Chris!

- Kevin