We’ve been following the Netflix Prize as it’s unfolded, with over 40,000 teams from 186 countries competing to improve the video rental and streaming service’s recommendations engine by 10% or more. Back in July when the contest officially ended , the race was still too close to call, with two qualifying lead…

It seemed like the contest that would never end. For the past 3 years, Netflix has been offering a $1 million prize to whoever can improve its movie recommendations by 10% or more. Finally, it looks like someone might have done just that. The BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos team, which includes…