Session Times

Below is a list of the session times across the East and West Divisions for the 2026 Simon Marais Mathematics Competition, ordered by time-zone. Please note that these times are all given in local time on  Saturday, 10 October 2026.
The rationale behind the different starting times for the different time-zones is to help protect the integrity of the competition by increasing the overlap of sessions. ​

East Division
New Zealand (UTC+13 hours) 
Session A: 12:00pm - 3:00pm, Session B: 4:30pm - 7:30pm

​Australia - ACT, NSW, VIC (UTC+11 hours)  
Session A: 10:00am - 1:00pm, Session B: 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Australia - SA (UTC+10:30 hours)
Session A: 10:00am - 1:00pm, Session B: 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Australia - QLD (UTC+10 hours)
Session A: 10:00am - 1:00pm, Session B: 2:30pm - 5:30pm

South Korea (UTC+9 hours)
Session A: 10:00am - 1:00pm, Session B: 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Australia - WA, China including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore (UTC+8 hours)
Session A: 10:00am - 1:00pm, Session B: 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Indonesia - Eastern Indonesia Time including Jakarta, Thailand (UTC+7 hours)
Session A: 9:00am - 12:00pm, Session B: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
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Bangladesh (UTC+6 hours)
Session A: 8:00am - 11:00am, Session B: 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Nepal (UTC+5:45 hours)
Session A: 7:45am - 10:45am, Session B: 12:15pm - 3:15pm

India, Sri Lanka (UTC+5:30 hours)
Session A: 7:30am - 10:30am, Session B: 12:00pm - 3:00pm

West Division
United Arab Emirates (UTC+4 hours)
Session B: 11:00am - 2:00pm, Session C: 3:30pm - 6:30pm

Finland, Greece, Romania (UTC+3 hours)
Session B: 10:00am - 1:00pm, Session C: 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Kenya (UTC+3 hours)
Session B: 10:00am - 1:00pm, Session C: 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland (UTC+2 hours)
Session B: 9:00am - 12:00pm, Session C: 1:30pm - 4:30pm

South Africa (UTC+2 hours)
Session B: 9:00am - 12:00pm, Session C: 1:30pm - 4:30pm

​Nigeria, UK (UTC+1 hour)
Session B: 8:00am - 11:00am, Session C: 12:30pm - 3:30pm

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