Statistics (ISMC 2016)

0. Remarks

The format of this year's ISMC has a slight difference from the last year's.

Individual Events (Changes):

Time allowed: 2 ⟶ 1.5

Scores: 200 (6 × 10 + 8 × 5; 25 × 4) ⟶ 150 (4 × 5 + 6 × 5 + 8 × 5; 20 × 3)

Group Event (Changes):

Scores: 300 (30 × 10) ⟶ 180 (30 × 6)

1. General

Number of Participants: 139

Junior Participants: 73 (School Team; Individual Participants)

Form 1: 25 (18; 7)

Form 2: 48 (39; 9)

Senior Participants: 66 (School Team; Individual Participants)

Form 3: 21 (15; 6)

Form 4: 45 (44; 1)

Number of School Teams: 33

2. Junior Individual

(a) Cutting Scores

Champion: 95

1st Runner-up: 81

2nd Runner-up: 77

Merit (4th - 13th): 39 - 72

Honorable Mention: 24 - 38

(b) Short Questions

(d) Overall

3. Senior Individual

(a) Cutting Scores

Champion: 99

1st Runner-up: 86

2nd Runner-up: 86

Merit (4th - 13th): 59 - 78

Honorable Mention: 37 - 58

(b) Short Questions

(d) Overall

4. Group Event

(a) Cutting Scores

1st Place: 125

2nd Place: 123

3rd Place: 114

4th - 9th Place: 83 - 101

# They are not referring to the overall places. Moreover, In ISMC 2016, we did not set any prizes solely based on the results of Group Event.

(b) Statistics

# Although we have set a list of markings guidelines before the contest begins, higher mean or median does not necessarily reflect easier difficulty, as different markers have their own requirements or restrictions on writings & calculations. (BUT, each question is marked by only 1 marker to ensure the fairness.)

5. Overall Prizes

Overall Score of a Team: (sum of score of 4 team members in individual event) + 5/3 x (Score of group event)

Full Score of (Sum of Individual Scores) = 588

Full Score of Group Event = 300

Full Score of Overall Score = 888

Cutting Scores

(Leave 1 decimal place if necessary.)

6. Comments on Performance