East Division

Results 2024 - East Division

Congratulations to the 1056 students who participated in the East Division of the 2024 Simon Marais Mathematics Competition! We are very pleased that students from so many Universities performed well and are excited to report the results*. We will be sending additional information to all Local Coordinators shortly, so that students that did not place or win a cash prize can receive feedback on their performance. Meanwhile, our thanks to all Local Coordinators for their key contribution to the success of an event that crosses so many time zones.

Please keep in mind that seven of the eight problems were scored on a scale 0-7, while B4 was scored on a scale 0-14.

Individual prize-winners (506 participated):
1st place: A$5000
Andres Rico III Gonzales (National University of Singapore), 47

2nd place: Total A$3500
Seungho Song (Seoul National University), 46

3rd place (joint): A$3500, A$1167 per student
Sungjun Choi (Seoul National University), 42
Malay Mahajan (Chennai Mathematical Institute), 42
Krutarth Shah (Chennai Mathematical Institute), 42

6th place: A$1000
William Cheah (The University of Melbourne), 40

7th place (joint): Total A$3000, A$1000 per student
Max Judd (The Australian National University), 39
Naman Mishra (Indian Institute of Science), 39
Vedant Saini (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 39

10th place: A$1000
Siwon Park (Seoul National University), 38

Pairs prize-winners (275 pairs participated):
1st place: A$10000, A$5000 each
Taehun Kim & Ingyu Yang (Seoul National University), 46

2nd place: A$7000, A$3500 each
Jimin Kim & Yuwan Seo (Seoul National University), 45

3rd place (joint): Total A$11000, A$1100 per student
Xiaoyu Chen & Stanley Li (The Australian National University), 43
Mahavir Gandhi & Anish Kulkarni (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 43
Yasiru Jayasooriya & Haibing Wang (University of New South Wales), 43
Donghyun Kim & Yoonho Na (Seoul National University), 43
Zijun Meng & Ching Yan Timothy Yau (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 43

8th place (joint): Total A$6000, A$600 per student
Krishna Narasimhan Agaram & Ameya Vikrama Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 42
Mehul Borad & Vavilala Chidvilas Reddy (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 42
Tan Wee Kean & Xinyue Wu (National University of Singapore), 42
Birmjune Kim & Seunghwan Lee (Seoul National University), 42
David Lumsden & Christopher Tran (The University of Melbourne), 42

University prize-winners (51 participated):
1st Place: A$15000
National University of Singapore, 183

2nd Place (joint): Total A$20000, A$10000 per university
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 164
Seoul National University, 164

(See Rule 5.5 for the method of calculating University Scores: "A University score will be calculated for each University based on the performance of its participating students, as follows. The University score will be the maximum over all possible Eligible Groupings for that University. An Eligible Grouping consists of at most 3 individuals and at most 2 pairs, such that at most 4 of the students involved are of the same gender. An Eligible Grouping score is the sum of up to five scores: one for each individual and each pair in that Eligible Grouping.")

Australia-only prize-winners:
Best individual entry: A$1500
William Cheah (The University of Melbourne), 40

Best pairs entry (joint): Total A$3000, A$750 per student
Xiaoyu Chen & Stanley Li (The Australian National University), 43
Yasiru Jayasooriya & Haibing Wang (University of New South Wales), 43

Hofflin Prize (across both Divisions):
(Total A$3000, awarded for most creative solution to any problem in the Competition.)
Casper Madlener & Ryan Staal (Leiden University), for their complete solution of B4(a).

Merit Prizes
(A$1000 for individuals and A$2000 for pairs outside the Top 10, subject to reduction if necessary to ensure that the amount does not exceed that of any Top 10 prizes in the same Division and category - awarded for creative or insightful work on any problem.)
No Merit Prizes awarded in 2024.

IMC Prizes for Performance on the Hardest Problem
(A$1000 per person, shared in case of ties, awarded to entrants from Australia and New Zealand for highest scores on the hardest problem in the Competition, as determined by the average scores per problem. Ties broken if possible by scores on the other problems, in order of increasing average score.)
Robert McIntare (University of Western Australia), 27 - A$1000
Yasiru Jayasooriya & Haibing Wang (University of New South Wales), 43 - A$1000 each

IMC Prizes for Female and Gender Diverse Entrants
(A$1500 per person, shared in case of ties, including between members of an eligible/non-eligible pair.
Awarded to Australian and New Zealand entrants - individuals and pairs - where the individual or a member of the pair identifies their gender as other than male; based on highest placings in either individual or pairs category, as determined by quantile ranking.)
Chris Leak (University of Western Australia), 29 - A$1500
Mikaela Gray (University of Queensland), 25 - A$1500
Liam Murray & Ruiying Wu (The Australian National University), 31 - A$750 each

Jane Street Prizes for Female and Gender Diverse Entrants
(A$2000 per person, shared in case of ties, including between members of an eligible/non-eligible pair.
Awarded to East Division entrants outside Australia and New Zealand - individuals and pairs - where the individual or a member of the pair identifies their gender as other than male; based on highest placings in either individual or pairs category, as determined by quantile ranking.)
Leyi Dong (National University of Singapore), 32 - A$2000
Tan Wee Kean & Xinyue Wu (National University of Singapore), 42 - A$1000 each
Donghae Lee & Hyunjun Lee (Seoul National University), 38 - A$1000 each
Shivansh Nair & Shayna Sinha (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 34 - A$1000 each
Rupsa Ray & Shambo Saha (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), 34 - A$1000 each

Best individual entry by country (only scores 7 and above):
Australia:
William Cheah (The University of Melbourne), 40

Hong Kong:
Shuai Long (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), 37

India:
Malay Mahajan (Chennai Mathematical Institute), 42
Krutarth Shah (Chennai Mathematical Institute), 42

Indonesia:
Jose Thendito (Bina Nusantara University), 14

Malaysia:
Ying Hao Kok (Universiti Malaya), 22

NZ:
Fu Lin Hong (University of Waikato), 31

Philippines:
Jose Lorenzo Abad (Ateneo de Manila University), 27

Singapore:
Andres Rico III Gonzales (National University of Singapore), 47

South Korea:
Seungho Song (Seoul National University), 46

Sri Lanka:
Gonaduwage Maneth Banula Perera (University of Moratuwa), 32

Best pairs entry by country (only scores 7 and above):
Australia:
Xiaoyu Chen & Stanley Li (The Australian National University), 43
Yasiru Jayasooriya & Haibing Wang (University of New South Wales), 43

Hong Kong:
Zijun Meng & Ching Yan Timothy Yau (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 43

India:
Mahavir Gandhi & Anish Kulkarni (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 43

Malaysia:
Xu Yao Lim & Edward Ngui Shi Jie (Universiti Sains Malaysia), 19

NZ:
John Lawrey & Devin Lin (University of Canterbury), 26

Philippines:
Rolen Muaña & Sean Matthew Tan (Ateneo de Manila University), 13

Singapore:
Tan Wee Kean & Xinyue Wu (National University of Singapore), 42

South Korea:
Taehun Kim & Ingyu Yang (Seoul National University), 46

Top Quartile listings for Individuals, Pairs and Universities:
Names in italics will receive Best-in-University Prizes: $200 for individuals and $400 for pairs (A$200 per student), with a minimum of A$100 per student in case of ties. This year the cut-off for Best-in-University prizes was set at top 25%.

Best-in-University Prizes are sponsored by:
Jane Street in Hong Kong, India and South Korea (as well as the West division)
Optiver (Australia) in Australia and New Zealand
Optiver (Singapore) in Singapore
Stonehage Fleming Charitable Foundation

Individual:
Andres Rico III Gonzales (National University of Singapore), 47
Seungho Song (Seoul National University), 46
Sungjun Choi (Seoul National University), 42
Malay Mahajan (Chennai Mathematical Institute), 42
Krutarth Shah (Chennai Mathematical Institute), 42
William Cheah (The University of Melbourne), 40
Max Judd (The Australian National University), 39
Naman Mishra (Indian Institute of Science), 39
Vedant Saini (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 39
Siwon Park (Seoul National University), 38
[Name Withheld] (Monash University), 37
Shuai Long (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), 37
[Name Withheld] (Indian Institute of Science), 36
Daniel Choi (Seoul National University), 36
Adhavan S V (Indian Institute of Science), 36
Yu-Eun Lee (Seoul National University), 35
Varunkailash Muralidharan (Indian Institute of Science), 35
Sin Hang Yeung (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), 35
WenZhao Ji (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), 34
Joo Young Park (Seoul National University), 34
[Name Withheld] (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), 33
Aditya Kannan (Chennai Mathematical Institute), 33
Maxwell Liu (University of Sydney), 33
Wansoo Choi (Seoul National University), 32
Julius Clegg (The Australian National University), 32
Leyi Dong (National University of Singapore), 32
Jihwan Kim (Seoul National University), 32
Ethan Lam (University of New South Wales), 32
Sameer Mannava (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 32
Yu Peng Ng (National University of Singapore), 32
Gonaduwage Maneth Banula Perera (University of Moratuwa), 32
Bryce Ainsley Ang Sanchez (National University of Singapore), 32
Ryan Yang (The Australian National University), 32
Chayapol Chaoveeraprasit (National University of Singapore), 31
Siddharth Choppara (Chennai Mathematical Institute), 31
Fu Lin Hong (University of Waikato), 31
Chong Ho Hsieh (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 31
Zaman Husain (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 31
Soham Joshi (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 31
Sourodeep Kanjilal (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), 31
Jun Wei Khor (National University of Singapore), 31
Kwong Weng Loh (National University of Singapore), 31
Maalav Mehta (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), 31
Kushal Putti (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 31
Nathan Zhou (University of Sydney), 31
Chris Ahn (University of New South Wales), 30
Joo Young Bae (Seoul National University), 30
Chong Shing Chan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 30
Dhruv Gupta (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), 30
Min Hang Li (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 30
Joshua Prince (University of New South Wales), 30
[Name Withheld] (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), 29
Seongchul Ha (Yonsei University), 29
Chris Leak (University of Western Australia), 29
Dakshesh Sanjay Mishra (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 29
Aditya Neeraje (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 29
Aryan Prakash (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 29
Bhavesh Ramakrishnan Karthik (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 29
Adnan Sadik (KAIST), 29
Tejas Shende (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 29
Dougal Stewart (The University of Melbourne), 29
[Name Withheld] (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore), 28
Eunsoo Jeon (Seoul National University), 28
Jason Phan (University of Sydney), 28
Jose Lorenzo Abad (Ateneo de Manila University), 27
Yiwen Cao (The University of Hong Kong), 27
Rajarshi Ghosh (Chennai Mathematical Institute), 27
Yiren Guo (University of New South Wales), 27
Taehyoung Kim (Seoul National University), 27
Robert McIntare (University of Western Australia), 27
Arun Radhakrishnan (Indian Institute of Technology Madras), 27
Harshit Somani (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 27
Shishir Vuppala (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 27
[Name Withheld] (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), 26
Siddhant agrawal (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), 26
Yi Chao (The University of Hong Kong), 26
Inesh Chattopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), 26
Navya Garg (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 26
Raghav Goyal (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 26
Myungheon Lee (Yonsei University), 26
Yicen Liu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University), 26
Royce Martin (University of New South Wales), 26
Alyxia Seah (National University of Singapore), 26
Derek Xu (University of New South Wales), 26
Frank Zhang (University of New South Wales), 26
[Name Withheld] (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), 25
[Name Withheld] (Yonsei University), 25
Bibaswan Biswas (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 25
Shr en Chen (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), 25
Bobby Dey (University of Queensland), 25
Mikaela Gray (University of Queensland), 25
Lee Isaac (National University of Singapore), 25
Yeonghun Jung (KAIST), 25
Muhammed Nuriyev (The University of Hong Kong), 25
Rishi Shekher Shukla (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 25
Sang Yoon (Seoul National University), 25
Lim Zhao Xun Jerrell (National University of Singapore), 25
[Name Withheld] (University of New South Wales), 24
Avyaktha Achar (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore), 24
Vaibhav Bajaj (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), 24
Drona Bajaj (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), 24
JeongBeom Chae (Seoul National University), 24
Youngjun Chong (Korea University), 24
Ishaq Hamza (Indian Institute of Science), 24
Jinwoo Jang (Yonsei University), 24
Anurag Ramachandran (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore), 24
Aliv Sahoo (Indian Institute of Science), 24
Sai Sriram Sambaraju (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 24
Vighnesh Sangle (Chennai Mathematical Institute), 24
Vivswan Savyasachi (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), 24
Owen Yi (University of Sydney), 24
[Name Withheld] (Hong Kong Baptist University), 23
[Name Withheld] (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 23
[Name Withheld] (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 23
[Name Withheld] (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 23
[Name Withheld] (Ateneo de Manila University), 23
[Name Withheld] (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 23
Sanjay C (Indian Institute of Science), 23
Subhanshu Choudhary (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 23
Jeffrey Lee (National University of Singapore), 23
Hanchao Li (National University of Singapore), 23
Veda Manvith (Indian Institute of Technology Madras), 23
Arnav Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), 23
Shriyaa Srivastava (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore), 23
Tejas Varma (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore), 23
Runyang Wang (The University of Hong Kong), 23
Michelle Yeom (University of New South Wales), 23
Zheng Zhang (The University of Hong Kong), 23

Pairs:
Taehun Kim & Ingyu Yang (Seoul National University), 46
Jimin Kim & Yuwan Seo (Seoul National University), 45
Xiaoyu Chen & Stanley Li (The Australian National University), 43
Mahavir Gandhi & Anish Kulkarni (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 43
Yasiru Jayasooriya & Haibing Wang (University of New South Wales), 43
Donghyun Kim & Yoonho Na (Seoul National University), 43
Zijun Meng & Ching Yan Timothy Yau (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 43
Krishna Narasimhan Agaram & Ameya Vikrama Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 42
Mehul Borad & Vavilala Chidvilas Reddy (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 42
Tan Wee Kean & Xinyue Wu (National University of Singapore), 42
Birmjune Kim & Seunghwan Lee (Seoul National University), 42
David Lumsden & Christopher Tran (The University of Melbourne), 42
Ahan Chakraborty & Arnab Sanyal (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), 39
Dahoon Lee & Myungkyo Suh (Seoul National University), 39
Vishnu Ravi & Geet Singhi (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 39
Aditya & Medhansh Verma (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 39
[Name Withheld] & [Name Withheld] (University of New South Wales), 38
Honggyun Imm & Zi-Seok Lee (Seoul National University), 38
Rhythm Kedia & Bhavya Tiwari (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 38
Jihoo Lee & Sejin Park (Seoul National University), 38
Hyunjun Lee & Donghae Lee (Seoul National University), 38
Eunsung Ji & Juhong Shin (KAIST), 37
Junsu Kim & Seungjae Yun (Seoul National University), 37
Yuvraj Dutta & Nishant Lamboria (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), 36
Nguyen Hoang & Danh Tran (National University of Singapore), 36
Anmol Anmol & Aviral Sood (Indian Institute of Science), 35
Deeptendra Banerjee & Swapnamoy Samadder (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), 35
Jia Cheng Charles Fu & Ruizheng Zhu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 35
Shashwat Kasliwal & Pratyush Sharma (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), 35
Saketh Dasari & Duggineni Venkata Yugesh (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 34
Ian Dong & Michael Nguyen (The University of Melbourne), 34
Enda Han & Ziheng Zhou (The University of Melbourne), 34
Shivansh Nair & Shayna Sinha (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 34
Rupsa Ray & Shambo Saha (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), 34
Seung Jae Bang & Seong Kyun Jung (Seoul National University), 33
Quang Thang Dang & Nhat Minh Nguyen (National University of Singapore), 33
Vivek Kalvala & Pranay Midathana (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 33
Mihir Kaskhedikar & Payas Khurana (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), 33
Pravar Kataria & Parth Patel (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), 33
Govind Kumar & Kartik Nair (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 33
Huu An Phan & Ruixiao Zeng (Nanyang Technological University), 33
[Name Withheld] & Nilabha Saha (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 32
Srijeet Bhattacharjee & Rahul Konar (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), 32
Karthikeya Polisetty & Skandan Subramanian (Indian Institute of Technology Madras), 32
Sarthak Sahoo & Qingyu Ye (University of New South Wales), 32
[Name Withheld] & Lok Hang Cheung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 31
Pragalbh Kumar Awasthi & Nikhil Nagaria (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore), 31
Duc Minh Do & Kiet Phan (The University of Melbourne), 31
Krish Gupta & Mayank Soni (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 31
Rudrayan Kundu & Ritwick Pal (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), 31
Liam Murray & Ruiying Wu (The Australian National University), 31
Ganga Shreyas & Praneet Singh Bhatia (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 31
[Name Withheld] & Jin Seng Tee (National University of Singapore), 30
Ayush Agarwal & Anand Narasimhan (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 30
Agastya Agrawal & Abhinav Negi (Chennai Mathematical Institute), 30
Amit Kumar Basistha & Dhruba Sarkar (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore), 30
Jijun CUI & Yihao XU (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 30
Aaryan Dangi & Satyam Mishra (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 30
Noah Gorrell & Mykal Marsham (The Australian National University), 30
Tarun Goyal & Mihir Mittal (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur), 30
Hyunwoo Jin & Jeewon Kim (KAIST), 30
Moulik Jindal & Yash Sabale (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 30
Chun Yat Ambrose Kong & Ming Yin Martin Liu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), 30
Cyril Vivek Subramanian & Blair Zong (University of New South Wales), 30
Lekh Bhatia & Adrian Lo (The Australian National University), 29
Priyankar Biswas & Arkaprovo Das (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore), 29
Aditya Busa & Hima vamsi Menda (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 29
Venkata Paneesh Duggineni & Dipen Anjan Magham (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 29
Liam Harcombe & Aden Power (The Australian National University), 29
Clare Hong & Alex Ye (The Australian National University), 29
Aditya Khambete & Soutrik Sarangi (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), 29

Universities (top performer in country noted in brackets):
National University of Singapore, 183 (Singapore)
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 164 (India)
Seoul National University, 164 (South Korea)
The Australian National University, 163 (Australia)
Chennai Mathematical Institute, 162
University of New South Wales, 147
Indian Institute of Science, 138
Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, 129
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 125 (Hong Kong)
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 124
The University of Melbourne, 121
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 120
The University of Hong Kong, 120

(*) We remind all participants of Rule 5.1: "Grading and scoring decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into."