BxMO 2018 - Mersch
The tenth Benelux Mathematical Olympiad took place in Luxembourg from 27th to 29th April 2018. The teams arrived on Friday, 27th April and the Olympiad ended in the afternoon of Sunday, 29th April. To celebrate the 10th edition of the BxMO, three extra countries (France, Ireland and Switzerland) were invited.
The paper was sat on Saturday morning in the annexe of the Lycée Classique de Diekirch in Mersch, where one of the Ersatz-IMOs took place in 1980. Teams lodged in the youth hostel in Luxembourg-City.
The marking of the papers was done by an international team of coordinators. Chief coordinators were Pierre Haas and Charles Leytem.
Number of participants: 59.
Four problems, each worth at most 7 points.
Awards
Gold medal: SCORE ≥ 24, awarded 5 times
Silver medal: SCORE ≥ 18, awarded 15 times
Bronze medal: SCORE ≥ 11, awarded 15 times
Participants who earned full points for at least one of the problems and were not awarded a medal, received a honourable mention. 4 honourable mentions were awarded.
Participating Countries
| Country | Leader | Deputy leader(s) | # participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Nicolas Radu | Stijn Cambie, Hoan-Phung Bui | 10 |
| France | Thomas Budzinski | Colin Davalo, Myriam Qrichi Aniba | 10 |
| Ireland | Andrew Smith | Jacob Bennett-Woolf | 9 |
| Luxembourg | Bernard Felten | Claudine Bausch, Pascal Zeihen | 10 |
| Netherlands | Julian Lyczak | Jeroen Huijben, Eva van Ammers | 10 |
| Switzerland | Alain Rossier | Horace Chaix, Henning Zhang | 10 |
Results per Country
| Country | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Mean | Participants | #G | #S | #B | #H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 5.2 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 18.3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 4.4 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 16.0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 5.6 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 14.8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Belgium | 5.6 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 14.6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Ireland | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 3.9 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 12.2 | 59 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 4 |
Results per Problem
Individual Results
| Country | # | Name | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Score | Rank | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 | Buggenhout Tijs Buggenhout | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 1 gold |
| Belgium | 2 | Cortild Daniel Cortild | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 2 silver |
| Belgium | 3 | De Bock Flor De Bock | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 3 bronze |
| Belgium | 4 | Devleeschouwer Gert-Jan Devleeschouwer | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 4 hm |
| Belgium | 5 | Dubus Benoît Dubus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 3 bronze |
| Belgium | 6 | Jaspers Willem Jaspers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 5- |
| Belgium | 7 | Kim Jueun Kim | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 4 hm |
| Belgium | 8 | Peeters Marie Peeters | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 1 gold |
| Belgium | 9 | Ploumhans Bruno Ploumhans | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 3 bronze |
| Belgium | 10 | Vandeputte Lukas Vandeputte | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 3 bronze |
| France | 1 | Averous Emile Averous | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 2 silver |
| France | 2 | Bazin Pierre-Alexandre Bazin | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 1 gold |
| France | 3 | Bouyer Matthieu Bouyer | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 2 silver |
| France | 4 | Cahen Paul Cahen | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 1 gold |
| France | 5 | Esmenjaud Pierre-Marie Esmenjaud | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 2 silver |
| France | 6 | Fougereux Théodore Fougereux | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 2 silver |
| France | 7 | Jampsin Julien Jampsin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 3 bronze |
| France | 8 | Luchnikova Anna Luchnikova | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 3 bronze |
| France | 9 | Pigé Xavier Pigé | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 3 bronze |
| France | 10 | Zablocki Jean Zablocki | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 3 bronze |
| Ireland | 1 | Mustata Anna Mustata | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 3 bronze |
| Ireland | 2 | Wansoo Kim Wansoo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 5- |
| Ireland | 3 | Bachmann Lucas Bachmann | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 2 silver |
| Ireland | 4 | O’Halloran Tony O’Halloran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 5- |
| Ireland | 5 | Fouda Basem Fouda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 5- |
| Ireland | 6 | Lica Vlad Lica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 5- |
| Ireland | 7 | Pochinkov Nicholas Pochinkov | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 4 hm |
| Ireland | 8 | Cuskelly Dylan Cuskelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 5- |
| Ireland | 9 | Szarkowicz Michal Szarkowicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 5- |
| Luxembourg | 1 | Da Costa Nathaël Da Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 5- |
| Luxembourg | 2 | Thill Pol Thill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 5- |
| Luxembourg | 3 | Toor Vincent Toor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 5- |
| Luxembourg | 4 | Menasce Lea Menasce | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 4 hm |
| Luxembourg | 5 | Foxius Mathis Foxius | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 5- |
| Luxembourg | 6 | Harpes Philippe Harpes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 5- |
| Luxembourg | 7 | Menasce Rafael Menasce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 5- |
| Luxembourg | 8 | Oberweis Noah Oberweis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 5- |
| Luxembourg | 9 | Van Bommel Oscar Van Bommel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 5- |
| Luxembourg | 10 | Reding Lori Reding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 5- |
| Netherlands | 1 | Berg Nils van de Berg | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 1 gold |
| Netherlands | 2 | Buzogany Szabi Buzogany | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 2 silver |
| Netherlands | 3 | Chen Thomas Chen | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 2 silver |
| Netherlands | 4 | Elderen Philippe van Elderen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 5- |
| Netherlands | 5 | Gerbscheid Jovan Gerbscheid | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 2 silver |
| Netherlands | 6 | Snijders Hanne Snijders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 5- |
| Netherlands | 7 | Venselaar Floris Venselaar | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 3 bronze |
| Netherlands | 8 | Vogels Tim Vogels | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 3 bronze |
| Netherlands | 9 | Westerdijk Lammert Westerdijk | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 2 silver |
| Netherlands | 10 | Wols Richard Wols | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 3 bronze |
| Switzerland | 1 | Imbach Valentin Imbach | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 2 silver |
| Switzerland | 2 | Cavaleri Marco Cavaleri | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 2 silver |
| Switzerland | 3 | Angst Raphael Angst | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 3 bronze |
| Switzerland | 4 | Patil Tanish Patil | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 2 silver |
| Switzerland | 5 | Rosinsky Juraj Rosinsky | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 2 silver |
| Switzerland | 6 | Tempus Timothy Tempus | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 2 silver |
| Switzerland | 7 | Muttappillil Bibin Muttappillil | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 3 bronze |
| Switzerland | 8 | Keta Florian Keta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 5- |
| Switzerland | 9 | Pfister Daniel Pfister | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 5- |
| Switzerland | 10 | Lazar David Leonardo Lazar | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 3 bronze |
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Download data
Result data for 2018 can be downloaded in CSV Format. Also, the full data set of all editions is available.