He used Excel at work: now he represents Argentina in the World Cup and the best in Latin America

Juan Pablo Brea is 28 years old, he founded a technology company 3 years ago and, by chance, he found out that there is an official Microsoft World Cup.

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He Excel It is a very useful program for many and may be for many more, but it generates a kind of fear or rejection because of its apparent complexity. Although it has, no doubt it is also a matter of taste. For Juan Pablo Brea It is not only an indispensable work tool, but a passion that even led him through the opportunity to represent Argentina in the Microsoft Excel World Championship.

He used Excel at work: now he represents Argentina in the World Cup and the best in Latin America

Juan Pablo is 28 years old and 3 years ago he founded his own company of technology called ABN Digital; for his routine tasks, he spent a lot of time in front of this program that he already knew how to use in advance from his computer studies. Engineering and for your taste. Suddenly, it was an opportunity represent the country and compete against the best on the continent and in the world. He saw a promotion for the X event, joked with his colleagues about it, and wanted to try it.

Then he started with the complex qualifiers against Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and the rest of the region (more than 20 thousand participants) and began to take steps until achieving the goal of being among the best on the planet. Finally, He is just one round away from the world finals in Las Vegasbut has been the best in Latin America in 2023 and this year, starting in October, He will compete again in the hope of leaving Argentina on top.

How to compete in the Excel World Cup

The competition is always hand to hand and each game consists of a series of 50 exercises related to each other to be concluded in 30 minutes with correct numerical results. As explained Juan Pabloalmost no one manages to solve them all and in this case the one who did them the best and in the least time wins.

The exercises are from real situations, such as a sailing and athletics competition, passing through a government’s patent control, in situations invented by the organizers. The important thing is to use logic, apart from knowledge of Excel. The great powers are China and the United Statesin a sort of Olympic Games.

Beyond his passion for competition, Juan Pablo Brea want to promote the use of Excel as a tool and, why not, help others represent Argentina. So, he uploaded the profile of Your company’s Instagram a series of free exercises to learn about the program and also practice, which are at more advanced levels.