Live Challenge Results and Prizes

This post originally appeared on the Brilliant blog on 11/22/2012.

Congratulations to the winners of our first ever Live Challenge! The Brilliant Live Challenge: Fall 2012 was an olympiad-style math competition that was held on September 22. In order to qualify for the Live Challenge, finalists had to place at the 95th percentile or above in problem solving on Brilliant.org. 92 students took the Live Challenge, and the top 12 scorers, listed below, received a box full of special prizes.

They are, in order of ranking:

Grand Prize Scholarship Winners

  1. Eldy F. 12, Philippines ($2,500)
  2. Lim J. 17, Singapore ($1,500)
  3. Way T. 14, Singapore ($750)

$250 Scholarship Winners

  1. Wei Liang G. 17, Singapore
  2. Dylan Shan Hong T. 11, Singapore
  3. Jansen Jarret S. 16, Singapore
  4. Kai Yuan Y. 17, Malaysia

Prize Winners

  1. Jau Tung C. 16, Singapore
  2. Jaren S. 15, Singapore
  3. Zara L. 14, Canada
  4. Justin L. 16, Malaysia
  5. Jordan C. 12, Singapore

Collegiate Winner

Jia Rui Jeremy S. 20, Singapore

Here’s what the grand prize winners, Eldy, Lim, and Way, received:

The top scorers also received various scholarships ranging from $250 to $2,500. The first place winner, Eldy, spent his scholarship on a brand new Macbook Air. Students in 4th place through 12th place received a subset of these prizes. Additionally, the top ten students in each region (50 students total) in the final week of problems leading up to the Live Challenge received a da Vinci catapult.

Here’s the second place winner of the Live Challenge, Lim, playing with Buckyballs:

Here are Jaren (left) solving the YOT mechanical puzzle and Jansen (right) solving the 21-step Japanese puzzle box.

And here’s Jordan putting the finishing touches on his da Vinci catapult:

Few of Da Vinci’s inventions were actually made during his lifetime. Now, following his plans, our prize winners can realize his catapult (although at a much smaller and more pesky scale).

In practically realizing problems and following others’ solutions, problem solving skills flourish. The Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center, funded by the National Science Foundation, has been doing quite a bit of research on the role of puzzles in the development of successful STEM students. We at Brilliant are especially excited about our role in enabling such students. Like our own problem sets, the puzzles and books we gave express our excitement in finding students that are curious about the process in finding solutions. Our users, we hope, can eventually go on to find and solve their own problems. And, if we’re right, our hardworking math-and-science loving students, who have sharply honed their analytic skills, can have a disproportionate impact on the world.

Thanks again to all who participated!

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