LeetCode solutions

2631. Sort the Students by Their Kth Score

My accepted Python solution to LeetCode problem 2631, Sort the Students by Their Kth Score, running in 7ms.

Difficulty: Medium
Python
Runtime 7ms
Memory 23.3MB

By Pranay Mahendrakar
Updated 20 Aug 2026

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Python

Accepted on LeetCode — runtime 7ms, memory 23.3MB, accepted 2025-12-31.

python

class Solution:
    def sortTheStudents(self, score: List[List[int]], k: int) -> List[List[int]]:
        return sorted(score, key=lambda x: x[k], reverse=True)

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