Lehigh Valley Math team results

This page describes and links to the results of the Lehigh Valley Math team in recent years. ARML contest results appear first, followed by first-place finishes in PUMaC and HMMT.

In the contest held June 3, 2023, Fire finished second and had the only perfect team round. Ice, Lightning, and Thunder were the 4th, 2nd, and 3rd highest B, C, and D teams, resp. Results.

The contest on June 4, 2022, was split between "on-site" and "off-site" teams. Our Fire team was the top off-site team, but I prefer to combine the two groups. Then Fire team finished second overall. Lightning, Thunder, and Storm were the top C, D, and E teams, resp. Nearly complete results.

In the contest held mostly online June 5, 2021, Fire team finished 3rd and Ice 6th, both receiving cash awards. Complete results. Ice team had the only perfect Team round of anyone in the contest. 5-team scores of the top 5 programs.

ARML was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, but online ARML Local (for 6-person teams) was held in its place. Our Magnetic team finished 2nd out of 270 teams. We had 7 teams. Results.

In the contest held June 1, 2019, Fire received a national award for finishing seventh. Complete results. Thunder and Storm were the top D and E teams. Top 7 in each "division".

In the contest held June 2, 2018, Fire received a national award for finishing third. Complete results. Top 6 in each "division."

In the contest held June 3, 2017, Fire received a national award for finishing ninth. Lightning became our B team for the day. Ice was the second highest C team, Thunder the second highest D team, and Storm the second highest E team. See results.

In the contest held June 4, 2016, Fire received a national award for finishing ninth. Our 5-team total was the highest for the third straight year, and our overall total highest for the second straight year. See ranks of teams and team totals.

In the contest held May 30, 2015, Fire was tied for seventh. Lightning was the top "C" team (by a 16-point margin) and Thunder was the top "D" team (by a 9-point margin), and we had the highest 4-team and 5-team totals. Results

In the contest held May 31, 2014, Fire finished sixth. Lightning was the top "C" team (out of 20), and Storm the top "E" team (out of 5). We had the highest 5-best-teams total. Results

In the contest held June 1, 2013, there were 139 teams, including five Lehigh Valley teams, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Thunder, and Storm. The Fire team finished in a 3-way tie for third, but fifth officially, after the tie-breaking criterion was applied. Thunder team finished second in Division B, and so in 2014 we will have four teams in Division A (the elite teams). Results

In the contest held June 2, 2012, there were 140 teams, including five Lehigh Valley teams, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Thunder, and Storm. The Fire team came in second place, behind North Carolina, for our seventh top-three finish in the past eight years. The Ice team finished 22nd again, and was the second highest second team, behind San Francisco Bay Area/Northern Cal. Results of 2012 contest.

In the contest held June 4, 2011, there were 133 teams, including five Lehigh Valley teams, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Thunder, and Storm. The Fire team came in first place, winning the national championship for the third year in a row, and fourth time in seven years. The Ice team finished 22nd, their best finish ever, and the Lightning team finished fourth in Division B, which means that they will be moved to Division A (which consists of the elite teams) for the next three years. Results

In the contest held June 5, 2010, there were 122 teams, including four Lehigh Valley teams, Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Thunder. The Fire team came in first place, winning the national championship for the second year in a row, and third time in six years. 2010 results

In the contest held May 30, 2009, there were 130 teams, including four Lehigh Valley teams, Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Thunder. The Fire team came in first place, winning the national championship for the second time in five years! The Ice team was 3rd in Division B, and 32nd overall. 2009 results.

In the contest held June 2, 2007, there were 116 teams, including four Lehigh Valley teams, Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Thunder. The Fire team came in second place. See results in Excel format. Toggle at bottom between Divisions A and B. For pdf format (slightly more compact), see Division A and Division B.

In the contest held June 3, 2006, we had three teams, the Fire, the Ice, and the Lightning. The Fire team finished third out of 113 teams. Results. (A tab at the bottom of that page toggles between Divisions A and B.)

In the contest held June 4, 2005, there were 95 teams, including two Lehigh Valley teams, the Fire and the Ice. The Fire team came in first place, winning the national championship! Results of 2005 contest in Division A and Division B

On February 19, 2023, our LV Fire team won the 2023 Harvard/MIT contest, and on February 17, 2024, we won the 2024 Harvard/MIT contest.

On November 21, 2009, an 8-person Lehigh Valley Fire team won the Princeton University Math Contest in a highly competitive field of 70 teams, and on November 20, 2010, another 8-person Lehigh Valley Fire team repeated as champions of the Princeton contest, again topping a very competitive field of 70 teams. Lehigh Valley Fire also won the Princeton Math contest on November 17, 2012, by a large margin.