--- title: Optimized Basketball Hoop C++ | daily.dev description: A developer built a C++ simulation using a Genetic Algorithm to optimize the shape of a basketball backboard, making it easier to score shots. The simulation... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/optimized-basketball-hoop-c--to65wd7kx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Optimized Basketball Hoop C++ | daily.dev og:description: A developer built a C++ simulation using a Genetic Algorithm to optimize the shape of a basketball backboard, making it easier to score shots. The simulation... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/optimized-basketball-hoop-c--to65wd7kx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TO65WD7KX.png og:image:alt: Optimized Basketball Hoop C++ og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Optimized Basketball Hoop C++ **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 15 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer built a C++ simulation using a Genetic Algorithm to optimize the shape of a basketball backboard, making it easier to score shots. The simulation tests billions of ball trajectories per backboard shape, running on a NVIDIA GPU with custom multithreading and memory management. Key technical challenges included trajectory math with simplified spin/drag physics, bicubic surface smoothing using monotonic cubic splines on a 4x6 control point grid, and maintaining population diversity in the genetic algorithm. The optimized backboard improved shot success from ~0.5% to ~10.5%. The code and a 3D-printable model are publicly available. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [3D Gaussian Splatting in a Weekend](https://daily.dev/posts/3d-gaussian-splatting-in-a-weekend-lexrkdrgi) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu), [#c++](https://daily.dev/tags/c++) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/optimized-basketball-hoop-c--to65wd7kx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Optimized Basketball Hoop C++","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/optimized-basketball-hoop-c--to65wd7kx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/optimized-basketball-hoop-c--to65wd7kx"},"datePublished":"2026-07-26T19:46:10.067Z","dateModified":"2026-07-26T19:46:54.271Z","description":"A developer built a C++ simulation using a Genetic Algorithm to optimize the shape of a basketball backboard, making it easier to score shots. The simulation...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6fb2b05c9d2bec8052f23c843588518c?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6fb2b05c9d2bec8052f23c843588518c?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/optimized-basketball-hoop-c--to65wd7kx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"gpu,c++","timeRequired":"PT15M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Optimized Basketball Hoop C++"}]} ```