British Mathematical Olympiad

News: IMO 2020 results (27 September 2020, press release added 29 September)

The IMO papers were sat on 21 and 22 September. The results of the UK team members are shown below. We obtained one gold, four silver and one bronze medal and a score of 167 out of 252, coming 9th out of 105 participating countries. The medal boundaries were 31 for Gold, 24 for Silver and 15 for Bronze. The following press release is now available.

Name Q1Q2Q3Q4Q5Q6TotalMedal
Samuel Liew 7 7 0 7 7 129Silver Medal
Yuka Machino 7 7 4 7 7 133Gold Medal
Benedict Randall Shaw 7 7 0 7 7 129Silver Medal
Aron Thomas 7 7 0 7 7 129Silver Medal
Tommy Walker Mackay 7 2 0 7 7 124Silver Medal
Sherman Yip 7 2 0 7 7 023Bronze Medal

The IMO problems were submitted by Poland, Belgium, Hungary, India, Estonia and Taiwan, respectively.

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


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