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Monthly Contests 2015-2016 (Archives)

Welcome to the BMC Archives. This section of the site was created to archive the session handouts and Monthly Contests from the Circle since 1998. To navigate this page, simply select the desired year you wish to view under either Session Handouts or Monthly Contests. The info for that year will be displayed underneath your selection.

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Circle Archives

Mira Bernstein: "A Few Words About Proofs" (PDF)
 
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Winners
MC1

Advanced Contest

Beginners Contest

1st

Justin Lee (grade 5, 28 points)

1st

Anna Tolmanov (grade 6, 27 points)

2nd

David Yang (grade 8, 21 points)

2nd

Hongbo Wei (grade 6, 17 points)

3rd

Espen Slettnes (grade 5, 15 points)

3rd

Tomo Watanabe (grade 7, 14 points), Edward Lee (grade 7, 14 points)

MC2

Advanced Contest

Beginners Contest

1st

Justin Lee (grade 5, 28 pts (handicapped from 35))

1st

William Huang (grade , 28 points)

1st

Espen Slettnes (grade 5, 28 pts (handicapped from 35))

2nd

Daniel Shen (grade 8, 27 points)

3rd

Roma Desai (grade 10, 18 points)

3rd

Albert Ding (grade 7, 21 points)

MC3

Advanced Contest

Beginners Contest

1st

David Yang (grade 8, 25 points))

1st

Anna Tolmanov (grade 6, 28 points)

2nd

Justin Lee (grade 5, 20 points, handicapped from 34)

3rd (tied)

Soam Desai (grade 6, 22 points)

3rd

Charlotte Peale (grade 11, 14 points), Ashwat Chidambaram (grade 9, 14 points), Ethan Yen (grade 10, 14 points)

3rd

William Peale (grade 8, 21 points)

MC4

Advanced Contest

Beginners Contest

1st

Espen Slettnes (grade 5, 35 points)

1st

Caitvya Tseng (grade 5, 20 points)

2nd

Justin Lee (grade 5, 7 points (handicapped from 28))

2nd

Albert Ding (grade 7, 15 points)

3rd

Tanay Reddy (grade 9, 7 points)

3rd

Hanna Chen (grade 6, 9 points)

MC5

Advanced Contest

Beginners Contest

1st

Espen Slettnes (grade 5, 13 points (handicapped from 20))

1st

Sophia Sanat (grade 5, 19 points)

2nd

Roma Desai (grade 10, 7 points)

2nd

Soam Desai (grade 6, 18 points)

3rd

Charlotte Peale (grade 11, 6 points)

3rd

Albert Ding (grade 7, 13 points (handicapped from 20))

MC6

Advanced Contest

Beginners Contest

1st

Justin Lee (grade 5, 27 points)

1st

Oded Sharan (grade 8, 23 points)

2nd

Yuri Overton (grade 9, 7 points)

2nd

Manu Prabandham (grade 8, 21 points)

2nd

Tanay Reddy(grade 9, 7 points)

3rd

Adam Tatarkhanov (grade 7, 20 points)

MC7

Advanced Contest

Beginners Contest

1st

Vinayak Kumar (Grade 11, 35 points)

1st

Hanna Chen (Grade 6, 16 points)

2nd

Justin Lee (Grade 5, 20 points)

2nd

Sophia Sanat (Grade 5, 13 points)

3rd

Michael Glushchenko (Grade 9, 7 points)

2nd

Tomo Watanabe (Grade 7, 13 points)

MC8

1st

Espen Slettnes (grade 5, 21 points)

1st

Sophia Sanat, (grade 5, 18 points)

2nd

Justin Lee, (grade 5, 14 points (handicapped from 21))

2nd

Teoman Tezcan (grade 8, 12 points)

3rd

Maria Fedyk, (grade 9, 13 points)

3rd

Hanna Chen, (grade 6, 11 points)

Overall Winners!

1st

Justin Lee, grade 5, Valley View Elementary, BMC Advanced, 221 of 280 points

1st

Hanna Chen, grade 6, Hart Middle School, BMC Intermediate I, 99 of 224 points

2nd

Espen Slettnes, grade 5, Jensen Ranch Elementary, BMC Advanced, 147 of 280 points

2nd

Albert Ding, grade 7, Charlotte Wood Middle School, BMC Intermediate I, 92 of 224 points

3rd

Tanay Reddy, grade 9, Dougherty Valley High, BMC Advanced, 56 of 280 point)

3rd

Sophia Sanat, grade 5, Yu Ming Charter School, BMC Beginners, 77 of 224 points