diff --git a/content/events/bmt-2024-online.md b/content/events/bmt-2024-online.md index 50ab765..63dcd0f 100644 --- a/content/events/bmt-2024-online.md +++ b/content/events/bmt-2024-online.md @@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ experience as well. The online tournament will consist of an asynchronous Power Round on **November -30–December 1, 2024**, as well as the live event, including the Guts and +30–December 1, 2024**, as well as the live event, including the Guts and Focus/General rounds on **December 7, 2024**. -BMT is intended for high school students, but is open to all students **12th grade +BMT is intended for high school students, but is open to all students **12th grade and below**, including advanced students at younger grade levels. You may register -**up to 6 students per team**. There are no restrictions on how many teams/students +**up to 6 students per team**. There are no restrictions on how many teams/students can participate. {% button_link(href="https://contestdojo.com/") %} @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Registration Portal {% end %} ## Registration, Waivers, and Pricing -You may register for BMT 2024 Online on ContestDojo any time until November 27, +You may register for BMT 2024 Online on ContestDojo any time until November 28, 2024 at 11:59 PM US Pacific Time. Registration is performed on ContestDojo. Coaches may register up to 6 people @@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ late registration. including the California version or any of our satellites. - Coaches may register as few or as many teams as they wish. -## Team Finder +## Teammate Finder -Students may register as a team of 1, however, it is beneficial to compete on a +Students may register as a team of 1. However, it is beneficial to compete on a team of at least 4 due to our scoring guidelines. For students who do not have a -full team, we organized a [Team-Finder] document. Follow all outlined steps in -the document. +full team, we have organized a [Teammate Finder] spreadsheet. Follow all +outlined steps in the spreadsheet. # Online Tournament Logistics @@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ BMT 2024 Online will take place in two parts: - **Asynchronous Power Round**: November 30–December 1, 2024 - **Live Event**: December 7, 2024 -The asynchronous Power Round will take place on November 30–December 1, 2024. -Tests will be released on November 30, 2024 at 9:00 AM US Pacific Time, and -submissions will be due on December 1, 2024 at 8:59 PM US Pacific Time. The +The asynchronous Power Round will take place on November 30–December 1, 2024. +Tests will be released on November 30, 2024 at 9:00 AM US Pacific Time, and +submissions will be due on December 1, 2024 at 8:59 PM US Pacific Time. The Power Round will be a proof-based team round, and will be graded by our staff. | Time (US Pacific Time) | Event | | ---------------------- | --------------------- | -| November 30, 9:00 AM | Power Round Released | +| November 30, 9:00 AM | Power Round Released | | December 1, 8:59 PM | Power Submissions Due | The live event will take place on December 7, 2024. A **preliminary** schedule is @@ -86,143 +86,190 @@ provided below: | Time (US Pacific Time) | Event | | ---------------------- | ------------------------ | | 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Opening Ceremony | -| 10:30 AM – 12:45 PM | General and Focus Rounds | +| 10:30 AM – 12:45 PM | General and Focus Rounds | | 12:45 – 1:45 PM | Lunch | | 1:45 – 3:30 PM | Guts Round | -| 3:30 – 4:30 PM | Speaker Event | +| 3:30 – 4:30 PM | Activities | | 4:30 – 5:00 PM | Closing Ceremony | -# BMT Rounds +## Contest Format ### Power Round (90 mins) The Power Round is a **proof-based team round.** Contestants will answer a series of questions centered around a single topic not typically seen in competitive mathematics, culminating in incredible results in the field of that -chosen topic. For all questions (unless stated otherwise), you will need to -provide a rigorous mathematical justification for your assertions in full -sentences. The topic for the Power Round will likely be at an undergraduate -level, but no substantial previous mathematical background is expected. +chosen topic. For all questions (unless stated otherwise), teams will need to +provide a rigorous mathematical justification for their assertions in full +sentences. -### General Round (90 mins) +The topic for the Power Round will likely be at an undergraduate level, but no +substantial previous mathematical background is expected. -The general round is an **individual round** consisting of questions across the -various subjects that comprise the focus rounds. This round is **highly -recommended** for students with less prior contest experience.\* +### Individual Round -### Focus Rounds (60 mins) +For the Individual Round, students may choose to take either the General Test or +two Focus Tests. -There are four focus rounds of 10 questions across four subjects --- Algebra, -Geometry, Discrete Math, and Calculus. Each student can participate in **two -rounds** of focus exams.\* +#### General Test (90 mins) -### Guts Round (75 mins) - -The guts round consists of **9 sets of 3 problems** across various subjects in -math. The key feature of this round is that each set **must be turned in** -before the next set is given. All teams can see a live scoreboard with their -standings - -\*Students may choose to **either** take the General Round **or** two Focus -Rounds. - -## Tiebreakers - -The tiebreakers will be held for the top scoring students in the individual -round. Tiebreaker qualifiers will be announced at the end of lunch and the -beginning of activities, and will be a 15-minute test. The test will consist of -three questions, and be scored primarily on correctness and secondarily on -submission time; that is, an earlier submission will be worth more than a later -one with the same number of correct answers, but less than a later one with more -correct answers. - -## Summary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Important Details - Proof Based - Students may choose to participate in either the General Round or two separate Focus Rounds, but not both - Submitted and scored live in sets of 3
# of Questions - TBA251027
Duration - 90 mins90 mins60 mins75 mins
% of Score - Separate Ranking60%40%
Important Scoring Notes - N/A - If teams have less than 4 members, the remaining scores will be counted as 0. The General Round will only count for half as many points as the Focus combinations - Teams are live scored, and there will be a displayed scoreboard
Collaboration? - YesNo, students will work individuallyNo, students will work individuallyYes
+The General Test is an individual test consisting of questions across the +various subjects that comprise the Focus Tests. This test is intended to be +easier than the Focus Tests and is highly recommended for students with less +prior contest experience. -## Acceptable Answers +#### Focus Tests (60 mins) -Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the -[acceptable test formatting document](/assets/answer-formats.pdf) and -[common notions document](/assets/common-notions.pdf) for details on how their -answers should be submitted. Answers not submitted in the listed formats will be -graded as incorrect, even if equivalent. +There are four Focus Tests of 10 questions across four subjects — Algebra, +Geometry, Discrete (Combinatorics and Number Theory), and Calculus. Each student +can participate in two Focus Tests. -## Scoring +### Guts Round (75 mins) -To calculate the individual score, we will take the average of every team -member’s score on their individual portion if the team has 4, 5, or 6 members. -If the team has fewer than that many members, we will add 0’s until the team has -reached at least 4 scores, of which we will take the average. +The Guts Round consists of **9 sets of 3 problems** across various subjects in +math. The key feature of this round is that each set must be turned in before +the next set is given. All teams can see a live scoreboard with their standings. -While individuals are allowed to register a 1-person team, we highly encourage -students without a team to use the [Team-Finder] to create a team of at least 4. +## Scoring -Scores for a given round will be normalized by either the top 10 scores or the -top 10% score, whichever is greater. +Individuals are only ranked within the tests they choose to take. Individual +Round scores are determined by the number of correct answers. Each correct +answer is worth 1 point, i.e. there is no weighting among the problems. + +Team scores are determined based on a combination of teams' scores on the Guts +and Power Rounds, as well as the Individual Round scores of their team members. +The weights are displayed in the table in summary table below. + +When weighting team scores, scores for a given test will be normalized by either +the average of the top 10 scores or the top 10% of scores, whichever represents +more students/teams. Additionally, if a student takes the General Test instead +of the two Focus Tests, their score will only count for half as many points as +the Focus Test combinations would. + +### Tiebreakers + +A tiebreaking procedure is employed for top awards for each test. Ties are not +broken for honorable mentions or calculating overall team scores. + +To streamline the event, we have a new automatic tiebreaker policy this year, +which works as follows: + +1. First, problems are ordered from **hardest** to **easiest**, based on the + number of correct submissions. +1. The _n_-th hardest problem is assigned a **tiebreaking value** of + 2−*n*. For example, the hardest problem will have a tiebreaking + value of ½, the second hardest problem will have a tiebreaking value of ¼, et + cetera. +1. Each student's **tiebreaking index** is calculated as the sum of their + original score and the tiebreaker values of the problems that they correctly + answered. +1. Students are ordered by their tiebreaking index, determining their tiebroken + rank. + +In simpler terms, among those tied for the same score, whoever solved the +hardest problem is placed the highest, followed by the one who solved the next +hardest, and so on. + +### Additional Tiebreaker Procedure + +If a tie remains on the Individual Round after the preceding automatic +tiebreaking procedure -- i.e., if two students correctly answered precisely the +same set of problems, then those students will participate in an additional +Tiebreaker Round. Ties that remain on the Guts Round or Power Round will be +tiebroken. + +This 15-minute test will consist of either three (for the Focus Tests) or five +(for the General Test) questions, and be scored primarily on correctness and +secondarily on submission time; i.e. an earlier submission will be worth more +than a later one with the same number of correct answers, but less than a later +one with more correct answers. + +Students may submit multiple times within the duration of the test, but only the +last submission will be considered. + +### Round & Scoring Summary + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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Important Details + Proof-based + Students may choose to participate in either the General Test or two separate Focus Tests, but not both. + Submitted and scored live in sets of 3
Location + + Assigned Classrooms — See Tournament Guide +
# of Questions + TBA251027
Duration + 90 mins90 mins60 mins75 mins
% of Score + 30%40%30%
Important Scoring Notes + N/A + If a team has less than 4 members, scores of 0 will be added until the team has 4 Individual Round scores. The General Test will only count for half as many points as the Focus Test combinations. + Teams are scored live, and a scoreboard will be displayed.
Collaboration? + YesNoNoYes
-If a student takes the General Round instead of the two Focus rounds, their -score will only count for half as many points as the Focus combination will. +### Acceptable Answers -The asynchronous Power Round will not be counted towards the overall team score; -we will have a separate ranking category for the Power Round. +Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the [acceptable +answer formats document](/assets/answer-formats.pdf) and [common notions +document](/assets/common-notions.pdf) for details on how their answers should be +submitted. Answers not submitted in the listed formats will be graded as +incorrect, even if equivalent. -# Frequently Asked Questions +## Frequently Asked Questions ### Are calculators or other reference material allowed? @@ -233,21 +280,16 @@ answers will not be graded. Cheating in any form will not be tolerated, and failure to comply with all rules may result in immediate and irreversible disqualification. -### Can middle school students compete? What if I don’t have a team? +### Can middle school students compete? What if I don't have a team? -Yes! BMT is open to any student in 8th grade or below, including those who -haven’t entered high school. While students are allowed to compete as -individuals under “LAST_NAME Homeschool” or some other variation, we highly -recommend that students compete on a team of at least 4 due to our scoring -guidelines. To calculate the overall Individual score, we will take the average -of every team member’s score on their individual portion if the team has 4, 5, -or 6 members. If the team has less than that many members, we will add 0’s until -the team has reached at least 4 scores, of which we will take the average. +Yes! BMT is open to any student in 12th grade or below, including those who +haven't entered high school. While students are allowed to compete as +individuals, we highly recommend that students compete on a team of at least 4 +due to our scoring guidelines. ### Will there be awards? Although we will provide an official ranking as well as certificates for top-scoring teams, there will not be physical awards for the online tournament. -[Team-Finder]: - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mY4kX2pINp2-4qBjuHhf_3gyhyZVl_dsg5D_iBrMNQw/edit?usp=sharing +[Teammate Finder]: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mY4kX2pINp2-4qBjuHhf_3gyhyZVl_dsg5D_iBrMNQw/edit?usp=sharing