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Top Shoppers by Fulfillment Time
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Top Shoppers by Fulfillment Time

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Instacart's Shopper Operations team wants to identify top-performing shoppers based on how quickly they fulfill customer orders. Using June 30, 2024 as the reporting date, write a PostgreSQL query that evaluates completed orders from the rolling 30-day window ending on that date.

Requirements

  1. Join shoppers, orders, and fulfillment records.
  2. Include only delivered orders placed from June 1 through June 30, 2024, with non-null pickup and delivery timestamps.
  3. Return shoppers with at least three completed orders, their completed order count, and average fulfillment time in minutes.
  4. Rank shoppers from fastest to slowest average fulfillment time, returning the top three ranks. Include ties.

Fulfillment time is measured from picked_at to delivered_at. Use RANK() so shoppers with equal averages receive the same rank.

Schema

shoppers
ColumnTypeDescription
shopper_idPKINTUnique shopper identifier
shopper_nameVARCHAR(100)Shopper display name
cityVARCHAR(80)Primary operating city
orders
ColumnTypeDescription
order_idPKINTUnique order identifier
shopper_idINTAssigned shopper identifier
order_dateDATEDate the order was placed
statusVARCHAR(30)Order lifecycle status
fulfillment
ColumnTypeDescription
fulfillment_idPKINTUnique fulfillment record identifier
order_idINTRelated order identifier
picked_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when shopping was completed
delivered_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the order was delivered
statusVARCHAR(30)Fulfillment processing status
Tablesshoppersordersfulfillment
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