diff --git a/day1/day1-alt.py b/day1/day1-alt.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..774cdde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day1/day1-alt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    elves = []
+
+    with open('input', 'r') as f:
+        sum_ = 0
+        for line in f:
+            if line.strip() == '':
+                elves.append(sum_)
+                sum_ = 0
+            else:
+                sum_ += int(line.strip())
+
+    elves.append(sum_)
+
+    elves.sort(reverse=True)
+
+    largest = elves[0]
+    print(f'Max Value: {largest}')
+
+    top3 = elves[0] + elves[1] + elves[2]
+
+    print(f'Top 3: {top3}')
diff --git a/day1/day1.py b/day1/day1.py
index 4d36409..f62de35 100644
--- a/day1/day1.py
+++ b/day1/day1.py
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    elves = {}
+    elves = []
 
     with open('input', 'r') as f:
-        elf = 0
-        elves[0] = 0
+        sum_ = 0
         for line in f:
             if line.strip() == '':
-                elf += 1
-                elves[elf] = 0
+                elves.append(sum_)
+                sum_ = 0
             else:
-                elves[elf] += int(line.strip())
+                sum_ += int(line.strip())
 
-    largest = max(elves, key=elves.get)
-    print(f'Index: {largest}\nValue: {elves[largest]}')
+    elves.append(sum_)
+
+    largest = max(elves)
+    print(f'Max Value: {largest}')
 
     top3 = 0
     for i in range(3):
-        largest = max(elves, key=elves.get)
-        top3 += elves[largest]
-        del elves[largest]
+        largest = max(elves)
+        top3 += largest
+        elves.remove(largest)
 
     print(f'Top 3: {top3}')
diff --git a/day1/input2 b/day1/input2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b975a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day1/input2
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
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+3901
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+
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+
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+
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