If you:
* program in Python
* do not use Numpy
You can speed up your bot several times without any effort. Just change the name from MyBot.py to MyBot.pypy. It will then use and run much faster.
While quite a lot of people use Python, it seems only a handful knows about PyPy:
http://aichallenge.org/language_profile ... age=Python
http://aichallenge.org/language_profile ... guage=PyPy
Here's the topic on PyPy:
viewtopic.php?f=26&t=1835