2018 Finals Results

The Woburn Challenge 2017-18 on-site finals was one for the books! We witnessed 25 teams from 13 schools battle it out for the coveted title of Woburn Challenge Champion. In the end, team William Lyon Mackenzie C.I. were victors of the junior division, narrowly inching out team 4 from Churchill Heights P.S. by a time penalty of 10 short minutes. Unfortunately, we were struck by the test data gremlins today. Due to incorrect data for problem J5/S3, Joey Yu and Zixiang Zhou are declared the conjoint champions of the senior division! The corrected version of the problem and data has been copied to the main judge, where in-contest submissions have been rejudged.

The senior division prizewinners are:

  1. Joey Yu of Thornhill Secondary school ($250) and Zixiang Zhou of University Heights Public School ($250)
  2. Brian Chau of Woburn Collegiate Institute ($150)

The junior division prizewinners are:

  1. Yi Deng, Evan Zhang, and Jeffrey Gao of William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute ($150)
  2. Aaron Tang and Robert Chung of Churchill Heights Public School ($100)
  3. Bill Hu, David Tang, and Andrew Marin of University of Toronto Schools ($50)

Congratulations! For all online-round prizewinners who could not join us today, we will be getting in contact with your teachers shortly about sending your prizes by mail. We truly hope that you enjoyed tackling all the problems which we have prepared with love. Thanks to all the helping hands that made this event possible, as well as contestants and teachers alike, who stayed with us through to the end of the season. We would love to hear your feedback about how to improve for next year, so please send them to woburnchallenge@gmail.com. That said, we hope you enjoyed the last round of the season and look forward to bringing you many more exciting challenges next year!

See the full contest results including problems, solutions, and test data.

Round 4 Problems, Solutions, and Results are Available!

Thank you for joining us in our fourth online round, new and returning participants alike. Our anticipation for the premiere of Avengers: Infinity War is surpassed only by our anticipation for the finals next month!

This time, we had two perfect scores in each division: Michael and Aaron in intermediate; Brian and Zixiang in senior. Keep up the good work!

The senior division prizewinners for this round are:

  1. Brian Chau of Woburn Collegiate Institute ($100)
  2. Zixiang Zhou of University Heights Public School ($50)
  3. Alex Xu of White Oaks Secondary School ($25)
  4. Joey Yu of Thornhill Secondary School ($25)
  5. Ava Pun of Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute ($25)
  6. Henning Jiang of Vincent Massey Secondary School ($25)
  7. Sunny Lan of Richmond Hill High School ($25)
  8. Andrew Tang of Erindale Secondary School ($25)

The intermediate division prizewinners for this round are:

  1. Michael Huang of Bell High School ($50)
  2. Aaron Tang of Churchill Heights Public School ($25)
  3. Yi Deng of William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute ($25)
  4. Evan Zhang of William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute ($25)

Finally, a job well done to the top Junior finishers with perfect scores: Henry Guo of A.Y. Jackson S.S., Michael Sheinman of Grimsby S.S., Eric Gu of Glenforest S.S., and Robert Chung of Churchill Heights P.S. To all you juniors who are doing so well – we suggest moving yourself up to intermediate next year for an even greater challenge!

Congratulations! These prizes will be distributed as Visa gift cards during the on-site finals in May to which all of the above winners are invited (more details to come later). Do not fret if you may not be able to make the final round in person – we will mail your prize to you afterwards.

P.S. The date and location of the Woburn Challenge on-site finals will be announced this week, when the invitations will also be distributed. Be on the lookout!

See the full contest results.

2018 Online Round 4 Announced

Hello Challengers!

Our 4th and final online round of the 2018 season will be held on Friday, April 20th, 2018 from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm ET. If you participated last year, you must still complete this year's registration form using the link on the registration page but you can continue using the same PEG Judge username.) If you participated in online rounds 1 to 3, please use the same WCI PEG Judge username and there's no need to register again.

If you are new to the Woburn Challenge, you can visit http://wcipeg.com/contests to check out some of the past contests and familiarize yourself with submitting solutions to our online grading environment (the PEG Judge). It is also a good idea to try and solve some of the problems on the WCIPEG website in order to sharpen your problem-solving prowess!

The end is nigh, don't miss it!

P.S. Just a heads up that the on-site finals (by invitation) will take place in the middle of May. We have our sights set on Sunday, May 13th but this remains to be finalized. More details will be given after the 4th round is over, when invitations will be sent out.

Round 3 Problems, Solutions, and Results are Available!

Thank you for joining us in our third online round, new and returning participants alike. The finals are coming into view, and we hope you’re finding our questions more mind-bending than ever!

This time, there were no perfect scores in the intermediate division and only one perfect scorer in the senior division. Alas, it took three rounds before Brian Chau of Woburn was finally able to decrown the young reigning champion, Zixiang Zhou. We’d burst into our Wildcats cheer now, but we know this victory may only be temporary. Round 4 is the only way to find out!

The senior division prizewinners for this round are: 

  1. Brian Chau of Woburn Collegiate Institute ($100) 
  2. Zixiang Zhou of University Heights Public School ($50) 
  3. Ava Pun of Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute ($25)
  4. Allan Xu of Woburn Collegiate Institute ($25)
  5. Evan Yu of Iroquois Ridge High School ($25)
  6. Arielle Shannon of University of Toronto Schools ($25)
  7. Henning Jiang of Vincent Massey Secondary School ($25)
  8. William Huang of Woburn Collegiate Institute ($25)

The intermediate division prizewinners for this round are: 

  1. Michael Huang of Bell High School ($50)
  2. Sharujan Sreekaran of Glenforest Secondary School ($25)
  3. Aaron Tang of Churchill Heights Public School ($25)
  4. Jeffrey Gao of William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute($25)

Finally, we would like to applaud another job well done to the top Junior finishers (all with perfect scores): Robert Chung of Churchill Heights Public School, and Henry Guo of A.Y. Jackson Secondary School. To all you juniors who are doing well – why not try a harder division next round? :)

Congratulations! These prizes will be distributed as Visa gift cards during the on-site finals in May to which all of the above winners are invited (more details to come later). Do not fret if you may not be able to make the final round in person – we will mail your prize to you afterwards. 

Remember that we will have many prizes in the remaining rounds of the year, so keep on practicing! Problems and solutions for this round are now posted at: woburnchallenge.com/past-contests. Once again, we thank all of you who participated, as well as teachers for sharing this with your students. 

See the full contest results.

2018 Online Round 3 Announced!

Hello Challengers!

Our 3rd online round of the 2018 season will be held on Friday, March 23rd, 2018 from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm ET. If you participated last year, you must still complete this year's registration form using the link on the registration page but you can continue using the same PEG Judge username.) If you participated in online rounds 1 or 2, please use the same WCI PEG Judge username and there's no need to register again.

If you are new to the Woburn Challenge, you can visit http://wcipeg.com/contests to check out some of the past contests and familiarize yourself with submitting solutions to our online grading environment (the PEG Judge). It is also a good idea to try and solve some of the problems on the WCIPEG website in order to sharpen your problem-solving prowess!

Don't miss it!

Round 2 Problems, Solutions, and Results are Available!

Thank you for joining us in another round, new and returning participants alike! We hope you’re taking notice to the quick ramp-up in difficulty.

This time, we witnessed a handful of perfect scores in the intermediate division, but only a single one in the senior division. That honor goes to Zixiang Zhou of University Heights Public School, coming out on top for yet another victory after having done so in the last round!

The senior division prizewinners for this round are: 

  1. Zixiang Zhou of University Heights Public School ($100) 
  2. Brian Chau of Woburn Collegiate Institute ($50) 
  3. Royi Luo of Richmond Hill High School ($25)
  4. Andrew Tang of Erindale Secondary School ($25)
  5. William Huang of Woburn Collegiate Institute ($25)
  6. Evan Yu of Iroquois Ridge High School ($25)
  7. Henning Jiang of Vincent Massey Secondary School ($25)
  8. William Fung of Richmond Hill High School ($25)

The intermediate division prizewinners for this round are: 

  1. Michael Huang of Bell High School ($50) 
  2. Aaron Tang of Churchill Heights Public School ($25) 
  3. Robert Chung of Churchill Heights Public School ($25) 
  4. Alex Xue of St. Francis Xavier Secondary School ($25) 

Finally, we would like to applaud a job well done to the top Junior finishers (all with perfect scores): Anitra Roy and Robert Chung of Churchill Heights Public School, and Henry Guo of A.Y. Jackson Secondary School.

Congratulations! These prizes will be distributed as Visa gift cards during the on-site finals in May to which all of the above winners are invited (more details to come later). Do not fret if you may not be able to make the final round in person – we will mail your prize to you afterwards. 

Remember that we will have many prizes in the remaining rounds of the year, so keep on practicing! Problems and solutions for this round are now posted at: woburnchallenge.com/past-contests. Once again, we thank all of you who participated, as well as teachers for sharing this with your students. 

See the full contest results.

2018 Online Round 2 Announced!

Hello Challengers!

Our 2nd online round of the 2018 season will be held on Friday, February 23rd, 2018 from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm ET. If you participated last year, you must still complete this year's registration form using the link on the registration page but you can continue using the same PEG Judge username.) If you participated in online round 1, please use the same WCI PEG Judge username and there's no need to register again.

If you are new to the Woburn Challenge, you can visit http://wcipeg.com/contests to check out some of the past contests and familiarize yourself with submitting solutions to our online grading environment (the PEG Judge). It is also a good idea to try and solve some of the problems on the WCIPEG website in order to sharpen your problem-solving prowess!

Don't miss it!

Round 1 Problems, Solutions, and Results are Available!

Thank you for joining us in this year’s Woburn Challenge, new and returning participants alike! It certainly did take us a couple of extra months to get things back in order this contest season – our sincerest apologies for the anticipation! However, you can be sure that we’re back now, ready to challenge you with new rules and a new intermediate division for the new year. 

We witnessed several perfect scores in all of the divisions, with Zixiang Zhou of University Heights Public School coming out on top of the senior division. Zixiang is only in grade 8. Wow! It looks like many of you have been practising over the summer and winter breaks – which is fantastic. But worry not, as even greater challenges await in the months to follow! 

The senior division prizewinners for this round are: 

  1. Zixiang Zhou of University Heights Public School ($100) 
  2. Brian Chau of Woburn Collegiate Institute ($50) 
  3. Joey Yu of Thornhill Secondary School ($25) 
  4. Henning Jiang of Vincent Massey Secondary School ($25) 
  5. Anish Mahto of Turner Fenton Secondary School ($25) 
  6. William Fung of Richmond Hill High School ($25) 
  7. Steven Mai of University of Toronto Schools ($25) 
  8. Andrew Tang of Erindale Secondary School ($25) 

The intermediate division prizewinners for this round are: 

  1. Michael Huang of Bell High School ($50) 
  2. Aaron Tang of Churchill Heights Public School ($25) 
  3. Sunny Lan of Richmond Hill High School ($25) 
  4. Kevin Wang of Glenforest Secondary School ($25) 

Finally, we would like to applaud a job well done to the top Junior division finishers: Patrick Jung and Ri Xin Yang of Dr. Normal Bethune Collegiate Institute, Young Yu of Bayview Secondary School, and Henry Guo of A.Y. Jackson Secondary School. 

Congratulations! These prizes will be distributed as Visa gift cards during the on-site finals in May to which all of the above winners are invited (more details to come later). Do not fret if you may not be able to make the final round in person – we will mail your prize to you afterwards. 

Remember that we will have many prizes in the remaining rounds of the year, so keep on practicing! Problems and solutions for this round are now posted at: woburnchallenge.com/past-contests. Once again, we thank all of you who participated, as well as teachers for sharing this with your students. 

See the full contest results.

2018 Online Round 1 Announced!

Hello Challengers!

Our 1st online round of the 2018 season will be held on Friday, January 26th, 2018 from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm ET.

We have made some exciting updates to the contest structure, including the addition of an intermediate division! Please read more about the contest details and register to participate!  (If you participated last year, you must complete this year's registration form using the link on the registration page but you can continue using the same PEG Judge username.)

If you are new to the Woburn Challenge, you can visit http://wcipeg.com/contests to check out some of the past contests and familiarize yourself with submitting solutions to our online grading environment (the PEG Judge). It is also a good idea to try and solve some of the problems on the WCIPEG website in order to sharpen your problem-solving prowess!

Don't miss it!

2018 Season Update

Hi Challengers,

We have been hard at work re-organizing the contest that you know and love to make it even more amazing and accessible to students! Due to these structural changes, the 2017-18 season has been delayed to January. Worry not, however! We will be back in the new year with monthly rounds concluding in another amazing on-site finals in May.

Hang tight for more news coming soon!

Sincerely,
The Woburn Challenge Team