Romanian Master of Mathematics results (1 March 2015)

March 1, 2015, 5:42 am

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The UK team in the Romanian Master of Mathematics competition have achieved the following results, coming 4th out of 17 teams in the team competition (determined by the sum of the top three scores from each team as per the competition rules). The medal boundaries are 32 for gold, 27 for silver and 22 for bronze.

Name	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Total	Medal
Joe Benton	7	5	0	7	7	7	33	Gold Medal
Liam Hughes	7	0	0	7	6	0	20	Honourable Mention
Samuel Kittle	7	6	0	0	0	3	16	Honourable Mention
Warren Li	7	6	2	7	7	2	31	Silver Medal
Harry Metrebian	7	1	0	0	7	0	15	Honourable Mention
Harvey Yau	7	5	2	7	7	1	29	Silver Medal

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Romanian Master of Mathematics 2015 report available (5 March 2015)

March 5, 2015, 3:08 pm

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The Romanian Master of Mathematics information now includes Dominic Yeo’s report on RMM 2015.

IMO squad selected (30 March 2015)

March 30, 2015, 9:46 am

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At the training camp held at Trinity College, Cambridge from 26–30 March, the squad of eight from which the team of six and two reserves for the IMO in Chiang Mai, Thailand will be selected has been chosen as:

Name	School
Joe Benton	St Paul’s School
Lawrence Hollom	Churcher’s College
Liam Hughes	Robert Smyth Academy
Samuel Kittle	Simon Langton Boys’ Grammar School
Warren Li	Eton College
Harry Metrebian	Winchester College
Neel Nanda	Latymer School
Harvey Yau	Ysgol Dyffryn Taf

The Team Leader is Dr Geoff Smith of the University of Bath and the Deputy Leader is Dominic Yeo of the University of Oxford. Jill Parker (formerly of the University of Bath) will be Observer with Contestants. The IMO will take place from 4–16 July. The final team will be selected at the Tonbridge training camp held 23–27 May.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad team selected (30 March 2015, staff updated 10 April 2015)

March 30, 2015, 9:50 am

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A United Kingdom and Ireland guest team will compete in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad, to be held in Athens, Greece from 3–8 May. The Team Leader is Alexander Betts of the University of Oxford and the Deputy Leader is Dr Gerry Leversha, formerly of St Paul’s School; Jill Parker (formerly of the University of Bath) will be Observer with Contestants. After the training camp held at Trinity College, Cambridge from 26–30 March, the team has been selected as follows.

Name	School
Luke Gardiner	Gonzaga College, Ireland
Alex Harris	The Perse School
Lawrence Hollom	Churcher’s College
Samuel Kittle	Simon Langton Boys’ Grammar School
Kirsten Land	King’s College London Mathematics School
Philip Peters	Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Boys

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad Day 1 (16 April 2015)

April 16, 2015, 3:30 am

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The problems from the first paper at the fourth European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad, sat today in Minsk, are now available. The problems were submitted by Luxembourg, Turkey and the USA respectively.

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad Day 2 (17 April 2015)

April 17, 2015, 3:30 am

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The problems from the second paper at the fourth European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad, sat today in Minsk, are now available. The problems were submitted by Japan, the Netherlands and Ukraine respectively.

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad results (18 April 2015)

April 18, 2015, 8:11 am

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The UK team in the fourth European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad have achieved the following results, coming 12th out of 30 participating teams. The medal boundaries are 26 for gold, 20 for silver and 11 for bronze.

Name	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Total	Medal
Olivia Aaronson	1	0	6	7	7	0	21	Silver Medal
Rosie Cates	1	3	0	1	6	0	11	Bronze Medal
Kirsten Land	1	2	0	7	0	0	10	Honourable Mention
Joanna Yass	7	2	0	1	1	0	11	Bronze Medal

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad results (6–7 May 2015)

May 6, 2015, 12:47 pm

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The United Kingdom and Ireland team in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad in Athens, Greece have achieved the following scores (each question marked out of 10), coming 15th out of 21 participating (member and guest) countries. The medal cut-offs were 31 for gold, 24 for silver and 12 for bronze. The problems are available.

Name	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total	Medal
Luke Gardiner	3	10	0	0	13	Bronze Medal
Alex Harris	10	10	0	0	20	Bronze Medal
Lawrence Hollom	10	1	0	1	12	Bronze Medal
Samuel Kittle	0	0	2	0	2
Kirsten Land	0	1	0	0	1
Philip Peters	10	10	0	0	20	Bronze Medal

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IMO team selected (27 May 2015)

May 27, 2015, 7:05 am

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After the training camp held at Tonbridge School, 23–27 May, the team of six for the IMO in Chiang Mai, Thailand has been chosen as:

Name	School
Joe Benton	St Paul’s School
Lawrence Hollom	Churcher’s College
Samuel Kittle	Simon Langton Boys’ Grammar School
Warren Li	Eton College
Neel Nanda	Latymer School
Harvey Yau	Ysgol Dyffryn Taf

The two reserves are:

Name	School
Liam Hughes (first reserve)	Robert Smyth Academy
Harry Metrebian	Winchester College

The Team Leader is Dr Geoff Smith of the University of Bath and the Deputy Leader is Dominic Yeo of the University of Oxford. Jill Parker (formerly of the University of Bath) will be Observer with Contestants. The IMO will take place from 4–16 July.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

Mathematics Ashes results (7 July 2015)

July 7, 2015, 4:02 am

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The 8th Mathematics Ashes competition, decided on the results of today’s practice exam at the joint pre-IMO training camp in Putrajaya, was tied; the results for the two teams were as follows, with each team scoring a total of 84:

Code	Name	Q1	Q2	Q3	Total
UNK1	Joe Benton	7	7	5	19
UNK2	Lawrence Hollom	7	2	0	9
UNK3	Samuel Kittle	5	0	0	5
UNK4	Warren Li	3	7	7	17
UNK5	Neel Nanda	7	6	7	20
UNK6	Harvey Yau	7	7	0	14
AUS1	Alexander Gunning	7	7	7	21
AUS2	Ilia Kucherov	7	0	7	14
AUS3	Seyoon Ragavan	7	7	0	14
AUS4	Yang Song	7	5	0	12
AUS5	Kevin Xian	3	6	1	10
AUS6	Jeremy Yip	6	7	0	13

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

IMO 2015 problems (11 July 2015)

July 11, 2015, 1:21 am

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The IMO 2015 papers were sat on 10 and 11 July in Chiang Mai; the problems are available. The problems were submitted by the Netherlands, Serbia, Ukraine, Greece, Albania and Australia respectively.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

IMO 2015 results (14 July 2015)

July 14, 2015, 6:14 am

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The IMO papers were sat on 10 and 11 July. The results of the UK team members are shown below. We obtained four Silver and one Bronze medals and one Honourable Mention and a score of 109 out of 252, coming 22nd out of 104 participating countries. The medal boundaries were for 26 for Gold, 19 for Silver and 14 for Bronze.

Name	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Total	Medal
Joe Benton	7	2	1	7	1	1	19	Silver Medal
Lawrence Hollom	7	1	0	1	1	0	10	Honourable Mention
Samuel Kittle	7	2	0	7	3	0	19	Silver Medal
Warren Li	7	7	1	7	3	0	25	Silver Medal
Neel Nanda	7	1	0	7	2	0	17	Bronze Medal
Harvey Yau	7	2	1	7	2	0	19	Silver Medal

The team leaves Chiang Mai on Thursday 16 July and arrives back in the UK on Friday 17 July. The achievements of this year’s UK olympiad teams will be celebrated at the Royal Society on Monday 21 September, when Professor Adam McBride OBE will give the 38th annual IMO lecture, on “Mathematical Challenges”.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

IMO 2015 Deputy Leader’s report by Dominic Yeo available (26 July 2015)

July 26, 2015, 11:16 am

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A report on IMO 2015 by Deputy Leader Dominic Yeo is now available.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

IMO 2015 report available (29 July 2015)

July 29, 2015, 7:00 am

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The reports on past IMOs now include Geoff Smith’s report on IMO 2015.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

IMO 2015 student report by Lawrence Hollom available (7 August 2015)

August 7, 2015, 1:57 pm

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An unofficial report on IMO 2015 from the student perspective, by UK team member Lawrence Hollom, is now available.

Our thanks to this year’s IMO supporter, Oxford Asset Management.

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Balkan Mathematical Olympiad report available (2 September 2015)

September 2, 2015, 6:39 am

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The Balkan Mathematical Olympiad information now includes Alexander Betts’s report on the 2015 olympiad.

UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls (30 September 2015)

September 30, 2015, 12:00 am

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The UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls (UK MOG) paper was taken yesterday. Solutions are also available; these will be expanded after marking. The paper will be marked on the weekend of 10–11 October.

UK MOG marked (19 October 2015)

October 19, 2015, 3:03 pm

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The UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls (UK MOG) was marked on 10–11 October in Cambridge. The following candidates scored 45 or more out of 50. Results will be received by schools after half-term.

Rosie Cates	50
Louisa Cullen	50
Tomoka Kan	50
Kirsten Land	50
Jackie Li	50
Sophie Maclean	50
Naomi Wei	50
Rose Blyth	49
Siqi Fang	49
Caroline Harwin	49
Melissa Quail	49
Alevtina Studenikina	49
Roan Talbut	49
Jessica Wang	49
Alice Vaughan-Williams	48
Emma Vinen	48
Catherine Wooller	48
Ebony Zhang	48
Emma Brown	47
Lydia Buckingham	47
Katherine Horton	47
Leonie Woodland	46
Sophie Crane	45
Lara Gordon	45
Lucy Wan	45

UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls markers’ report (21 October 2015)

October 21, 2015, 12:55 pm

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The markers’ report for the 2015 UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls paper is now available, including extended discussions of the problems and the approaches taken by candidates.

BMO Round 1 (28 November 2015)

November 28, 2015, 12:00 am

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This year’s BMO Round 1 paper was taken yesterday; video solutions are temporarily available online. Production facilities for the video were donated by the University of Bath Audio Visual Unit.