diff --git a/app/controllers/main_controller.rb b/app/controllers/main_controller.rb
--- a/app/controllers/main_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/main_controller.rb
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
     
     if passed
       flash[:notice] = 'Correct solution.'
+      user.update_codejom_status
     else
       flash[:notice] = 'Incorrect solution.'
     end
diff --git a/app/models/codejom_status.rb b/app/models/codejom_status.rb
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/codejom_status.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class CodejomStatus < ActiveRecord::Base
+
+  belongs_to :user
+
+end
diff --git a/app/models/problem.rb b/app/models/problem.rb
--- a/app/models/problem.rb
+++ b/app/models/problem.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
     find(:all, :conditions => {:available => true}, :order => "date_added DESC")
   end
 
+  # TODO: may try to optimize this using cache
+  def self.available_problem_count
+    return Problem.find_available_problems.length
+  end
+
   def self.create_from_import_form_params(params, old_problem=nil)
     problem = old_problem || Problem.new
     import_params = Problem.extract_params_and_check(params, problem)
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
   belongs_to :site
   belongs_to :country
 
+  # For Code Jom
+  has_one :codejom_status
+
   named_scope :activated_users, :conditions => {:activated => true}
 
   validates_presence_of :login
@@ -221,6 +224,24 @@
     end
   end
 
+  # For Code Jom
+  def update_codejom_status
+    status = codejom_status || CodejomStatus.new(:user => self)
+    problem_count = Problem.available_problem_count
+    status.num_problems_passed = (self.submission_statuses.find_all {|s| s.passed}).length
+    status.alive = (problem_count - (status.num_problems_passed)) <= CODEJOM_MAX_ALIVE_LEVEL
+    status.save
+  end
+
+  def codejom_level
+    problem_count = Problem.available_problem_count
+    if codejom_status!=nil
+      return problem_count - codejom_status.num_problems_passed
+    else
+      return problem_count
+    end
+  end
+
   protected
     def encrypt_new_password
       return if password.blank?
diff --git a/config/environment.rb.SAMPLE b/config/environment.rb.SAMPLE
--- a/config/environment.rb.SAMPLE
+++ b/config/environment.rb.SAMPLE
@@ -103,3 +103,7 @@
 
 # Uncomment so that configuration is read only once when the server is loaded
 # Configuration.enable_caching
+
+# OPTIONS FOR CODE JOM
+# --------------------
+CODEJOM_MAX_ALIVE_LEVEL = 10
diff --git a/db/migrate/20100124191250_create_codejom_statuses.rb b/db/migrate/20100124191250_create_codejom_statuses.rb
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20100124191250_create_codejom_statuses.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class CreateCodejomStatuses < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table :codejom_statuses do |t|
+      t.integer :user_id
+      t.boolean :alive
+      t.integer :num_problems_passed
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    drop_table :codejom_statuses
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20100124054458) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20100124191250) do
 
   create_table "announcements", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "author"
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@
     t.string   "title"
   end
 
+  create_table "codejom_statuses", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer  "user_id"
+    t.boolean  "alive"
+    t.integer  "num_problems_passed"
+    t.datetime "created_at"
+    t.datetime "updated_at"
+  end
+
   create_table "configurations", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "key"
     t.string   "value_type"
diff --git a/test/fixtures/codejom_statuses.yml b/test/fixtures/codejom_statuses.yml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/codejom_statuses.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Read about fixtures at http://ar.rubyonrails.org/classes/Fixtures.html
+
+one:
+  user_id: 1
+  alive: false
+  num_problems_passed: 1
+
+two:
+  user_id: 1
+  alive: false
+  num_problems_passed: 1
diff --git a/test/unit/codejom_status_test.rb b/test/unit/codejom_status_test.rb
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/codejom_status_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class CodejomStatusTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  # Replace this with your real tests.
+  test "the truth" do
+    assert true
+  end
+end