Hacker Olympics Puzzle

Last night at the Shenandoah Ruby User Group meeting everybody gave this programming puzzle a shot.  Only after the meeting did I make the connection to regular expressions and was able to cut my Python code down to a tweetable format (excluding the input data).

s = "iirytroyppytpeppowuiyoiuypipiyuyotyoiwiytorouqyiepyirueuiprpptwyiroqwtuyipourrrourorwipowiorutpwtwruuioquteorioriyutwqyyprptuqqquuituyywyuoewtrppqwrtiiruirpwyptpuoyyoeyerpqiotuieripurouwuwyuwrworowitoepoypeipeypiireeorrwripuuteoitpuutturruwiyryeetyrioweytueqrrrtotrpiqetoyepoipiwrwpppiritupwipruooiepoweypiuwrqywuuwyiroqpqpruioopuiuerputpwwuuiqwpiroewrtwiqerteoyeqtutwoeoipioiuqiiiouuoqtuuwtuwiiqwppqitywuqpuutrqiyoeuuutwrwtoqrqyoeyoiporuuioiwryoeruypreprqroiyuqwtuyoytoerwqryeeripryieypiwqirtriurueypiuyuypriuiwptywppupoioyrewooytreteeriiwroietuwypieeeeeqpiiiwrirtppoeyiwpooyyporpruwuoriiyowuytiwpwpryeywotoyirqypyypoeptiuwwoyprquoetepptorwiewprpiywwtuieeiweytrrwiqtwotioryoiptyyyuriiqiyroeeiqepwteuwptpruuypipieuoiiuuweeuryuuowporrooyywyyrryriqyirooitirueruptotpryoqtipippyptiurwyiryooywtryyuurtrutwqiqiiiqwouyeooueoturuowiuwrtruwwiupwopwweoo"
import re
while s:
 r,n=re.subn(s[:2]+'(?=(..)*$)','',s[2:])
 if n<1:
  print sum("qwertyuiop".find(l) for l in s[:2]),
 s=r