2013 NMOS and 2013 SPSO Top 20 Winners

These Primary 5 students may be the future Math and Science olympians of Singapore. They have been shortlisted for a training programme conducted by NUS High School, in preparation for the International Mathematics & Science Olympiad (IMSO). The final squad, which consists of 6 official participants and two reserves from each training squad (NMOS and SPSO, a total 12 official participants), will be selected to represent Singapore in IMSO 2013. 4 students (with background colour, below) have made it into both lists, which means they have 2 chances to make it into the national team representing Singapore in IMSO 2013, which will be held from 25 - 29 November 2013, in the Philippines.

National Mathematical Olympiad of Singapore (NMOS) 2013 Top 20 (ranked by merit):

HO LI XIONG TIMOTHY, ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (PRIMARY)
LU MING YUAN, RULANG PRIMARY
ETHAN GOH CHEE KIAT, TAO NAN SCHOOL
NG YANGYI ALOYSIUS, HENRY PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL
PAN YIFAN, NANYANG PRIMARY SCHOOL
CHEN XINYI, NAN HUA PRIMARY SCHOOL
ZHANG YU CHI, HENRY PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL
TAN KIN HERN, CHONGFU SCHOOL
TAN WEI HAN MAX, NANYANG PRIMARY SCHOOL
WILLIAM YAO ZHANG, XINGNAN PRIMARY SCHOOL
CHEN LEIYU, CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
SHEN XIN YI, ROSYTH SCHOOL
TAN WE KEAN, CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
HAN JIATAO JERRY, NANYANG PRIMARY SCHOOL
DARREN LIM TECH WOON, NAN HUA PRIMARY SCHOOL
JOVAN LIAU YI JUN, NAN HUA PRIMARY SCHOOL
JERALD SIAH CHI MING, NANYANG PRIMARY SCHOOL
LI HANTAO, NAN HUA PRIMARY SCHOOL
FONG JUN YI, NANYANG PRIMARY SCHOOL
NATHANIEL ANG, ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (PRIMARY)
BOO TSE YANG LUCAS, NANYANG PRIMARY SCHOOL

Singapore Primary Science Olympiad (SPSO) Top 20 (ranked by alphabetical order of schools):

JAYABASKARAN JAYANTH, ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (PRIMARY)
LEONG EU-SHAUN, ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (PRIMARY)
SEAN LEONG KAR WENG, ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (PRIMARY)
TAY RAY EE, CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
WONG ZHIAN, JOHN, CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
ZHENG HONGYI, CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
LIN ZIWEI, DEWEY, HENRY PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL
CHEN XINYI, NAN HUA PRIMARY SCHOOL
VICTOR NG WEI YUAN, NAN HUA PRIMARY SCHOOL
WU JIAYANG, NAN HUA PRIMARY SCHOOL
YAM HONG MENG, NAN HUA PRIMARY SCHOOL
CHARLES WINDLE, NANYANG PRIMARY SCHOOL
HAN JIATAO JERRY, NANYANG PRIMARY SCHOOL
TAN WEI HAN MAX, NANYANG PRIMARY SCHOOL
CHIA JING KANG, ROSYTH SCHOOL
LAI XIONG XING DANIEL, ROSYTH SCHOOL
ETHAN GOH CHEE KIAT, TAO NAN SCHOOL
GAN CHIU HOW, TAO NAN SCHOOL
JIANG BOWEN, TAO NAN SCHOOL
KOH JIN HAO, TAO NAN SCHOOL

Update (IMSO 2013 Results):

Nice Geometry Problem

Nice, funny and original problem created by Lim Jeck. He thought of the idea during his Physics Olympiad training and used it for the SIMO Camp 2013's Oral Quiz.

Post IMO 2013 Gathering

Buffet lunch gathering cum celebration for IMO 2013 Singapore Team families and trainers/teachers, at Pan Pacific Orchard's Modern Bistro Grill, on 24 August. Organised by IMO 2013 mums.

More Photos of CWMI 2013 Singapore Team

The boys won 2 Gold 5 Silver. From left: Likai (Silver), Zhe Xuan (Silver), Jiun Harn (Gold), Dylan (Gold), Clarence (Silver), Glen (Silver) and Zhao Yu (Silver)

CWMI 2013 Singapore Team Photos

The NTU Magazine: Hey! Jul - Aug 2013

CGMO 2013 Singapore Team Results

The girls said this is the best photo for this blog. From left: I Ann, Surya, Wei Qi, and Lim Li (behind).

Congratulations to the NUS High girls for winning 1 Silver and 2 Bronze!

Surya - Silver
Wei Qi - Bronze
I Ann - Bronze
Lim Li - no medal

CGMO 2013 Photos

Hostel room. All the girls stay at the upper deck, and the luggage are kept at lower deck

Tomato soup (a big bowl for ~S$4, shared by 4 girls) bought at Ms Jiang's hotel

Typical hostel meal

Tidbits (~S$5) for classmates and home

Star Rubik's Cube (~S$4)

Another Rubik's Cube (~S$9)

Off to Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China

The China Girls Math Olympiad (CGMO) Singapore Team has left this morning for Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China.

From left: Mr Wang (sending the CGMO team off at the airport), Surya, Lim Li, I Ann, Wei Qi, Ms Jiang

The Programme for the CGMO 2013 is as follows:
10 Aug (Sat) - Flight to Ningbo via Hong Kong, Registration
11 Aug (Sun) - Opening Ceremony, Aerobics
12 Aug (Mon) - CGMO Day 1 Competition
13 Aug (Tue) - CGMO Day 2 Competition, Performance
14 Aug (Wed) - Excursion, Closing Ceremony & Prize Presentation
15 Aug (Thu) - Flight to Singapore via Hong Kong
16 Aug (Fri) - Arrival in Singapore at 0010 hr

Interesting Stories on our Math Olympians

From AoPS, IMO 2013 subforum on Perfect Score Candidates, on 26 July 2013, hours before final results were officially released on IMO website. Lim Jeck (aka oneplusone) had some fun with fellow AoPSians.

manuel153: I went over the current partial results (3rd file of Dmitin), and I extracted all 25 contestants who still have a chance for a perfect score: [the list follows]
MathD: No perfect scorers for USA. Mark Sellke and Bobby Shen both got 0 at #3. Jeck Lim has 77777*.
mathman523:  Noooo :(  Now I'm hoping for Calvin Deng.
dnkywin: I know for a fact that Calvin Deng did not get a perfect score. Sorry to disappoint. On the other hand, I did hear that Jeck Lim got his second straight perfect score.
oneplusone: This is the second time Lim Jeck got this score ;)
mathman523: Wow congratulations to him!
yugrey: Of course dnkywin is Calvin Deng and oneplusone is Lim Jeck. :)
theSA: wow 42... twice... find your place in hall of fame
oneplusone: There seems to be some misunderstanding from my earlier post, hahaha.
sunny2000: congratulations to oneplusone!
ssilwa: @sunny, read the posts, @oneplusone: Yes, unless jeck lim likes talking about himself in third person
jaydoubleuel: I just heard that Jeck Lim failed to get 7 on P6.
yugrey: So Jeck Lim got a 40 like he did in 2011. Did he lose both points on #6?

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On 22 July (23 July Singapore), Colombia, the night before the IMO competition day 1. The Singapore team was relaxing and chilling next to the pool, enjoying the Carribean breeze. Lim Jeck said, "This IMO is going to be a breeze."

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Mavis, mother of David Lin, has the following story to share about him:

在他15个月左右，他天天数着组屋楼下柱子上的数字，一遍又一遍，不厌其烦，不肯回家，好像是1到13，那时我妈要回家煮饭，没办法只好带他回家，家里没有什么数字的东西，我妈只好用一根绳子，变各种数字给他看，后来上了幼儿园，老师叫大家画图画，他居然整个画画的都是数字，老师还担心的找我谈一次话，要我多注意培养孩子的多方面才能。

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Actual questions from zaobao reporter, and actual replies from Lim Jeck:

Q. How do you feel getting Gold award for three consecutive years?
A. I feel relieved for not screwing up. I feel that I can solve any Olympiad problems.

Q.You have been participating for five years and this is the last year, any significant lesson learnt from this journey?
A. Olympiad Maths is fun and interesting, much more so than normal maths.

Q. What do you intend to study in University? Which Uni you intend to go?
A. Maths/Computing. Maybe NUS or Cambridge, will think about it next year.

Q. How do you feel getting into the Hall of Fame as the ONLY Singaporean student?
A. Every IMO participant is in the hall of fame. I am just the only one in the first page ;)

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Story about the mums: 

在这里说说小故事。我们6个参赛者的妈妈，自从孩子出国参赛后，弄个whatsapp group "IMO 2013 mums"。每天从早到晚，开开心心地在whatsapp 东南西北聊得不亦乐乎，后来还加了在哥伦比亚的负责老师进来。因为时差关系，他早上我们晚上，我们晚上跟他说 ‘早安’。有时我们星期三他星期二，反正弄到大家很乱。当我们的孩子正在绞尽脑汁答试题时，我们大伙还在嘻嘻哈哈开玩笑。上个星期六早上，紧张时刻到了。我们其实已经大概知道新加坡队员的分数了，是40分，30分，4个28分。因为正在举行Jury Meeting，金银铜牌的分数线在Jury Voting 一通过后，成绩就会第一时间在网站公布。去年和前年的金牌分数线是28，如果今年一样，就是6块金牌了！大家在讨论，他们下星期回来，我们该到哪间高级餐馆庆祝呀。大家还一直不断refresh results webpage，看成绩公布了没。。。。。 忽然，有人打字，出了出了。哎呀，金牌线是31分，新加坡获得1金5银。如有一桶冷水，淋在大家身上。还好，没事没事，大家很快就收拾好心情，现在正忙着搞个IMO family聚会呢。。。明年，她们5位的孩子还有机会参加IMO，我相信会有很大的看头。哈哈，让我们期待新加坡明年拿到今年没能得到的6面金牌吧！

Singapore Results for 2013 International Math and Science Olympiads

夺三金一银一铜 本地中学生林捷跻进国际奥数竞赛“光荣榜”

                                2013年08月02日《联合早报》

本地学生再度凭借优越的数理能力扬威国际奥林匹克竞赛。其中，来自新加坡国立大学数理中学的高二生林捷（18岁），今年更以三金一银一铜的佳绩，跻进数学竞赛“光荣榜”，成为表现最亮眼的新加坡参赛者。

自中二开始，林捷连续五年参加奥林匹克数学竞赛，在500多名参赛者当中，以优越的成绩排名第三。

在97个参赛国中，新加坡以一金五银的成绩，排名第六。

林捷受访时说，奥数的解题过程很好玩，比一般数学题更有挑战性。在经历了那么多年的比赛后，他觉得自己已有能力解答任何的奥林匹克竞赛问题。

他也说，申请大学时将考虑专攻数学或计算机科学，致力于往数理方面发展。

林捷在数理方面的特出表现也获得李显龙总理的注意，并在去年国庆群众大会上被提及。

国大数理中学校长王金富博士认为，学生们在有限的资源下获得如此佳绩，除了先天资质外，后天的努力和教师义务帮忙训练都起到了关键的作用。林捷是本地学生自1988年参加国际奥林匹克竞赛以来，他见过最有天分的一个学生。

物理竞赛交出本地最好个人成绩

在物理竞赛方面，国大数理中学的薛祥恩（18岁）在381个参赛者中，排名第四，是本地至今最好的个人成绩。

除了国大数理中学外，来自英华中学（自主）、华侨中学和莱佛士书院的学生也代表我国参与了国际奥林匹克竞赛，并在化学、生物和年轻物理学家锦标赛（Young Physicists' Tournament）中获得亮眼成绩。

IMO Official - Lim Jeck
IMO Hall of Fame

Results tabulated by 刀如水 (a forummer), more detailed and clearer than 联合早报 :) . There are so many outstanding olympians in Singapore. This year, we have IBO world individual #4, #5, IPhO #4 etc, and Singapore teams are ranked 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc. in the world.  Yet our local media hardly mentioned their achievements (all the gold, silver and bronze medalists). The zaobao article focussed too much on Lim Jeck, I think it should have more coverage on other olympians and Singapore's success stories in the international math and science olympiads.

NUS High winners - Yan Hao, Anlong, Francis, Byorn, Kendrick, Sean, Jeck and Stanley