Cogratulations to Mihai Ibanescu, returning BAUPC-98 champion who reclaimed his title again this year, becoming the first person to win BAUPC twice in a row! Mihai was also the only student who broke 50-point barrier this year and the only one who gave correct solution to problem-killer #6 ("Winding Spring").
This year we are giving away money prizes to 7 top contenders. Dmitry Vasilyuk and Abhinav Kumar are tied for 2nd/3rd place and 3 students - Michael Westover, Daniel Preda and Andrei Gnepp are tied for 5th, 6th and 7th places.
On a team front, MIT placed first, with Harvard beating Caltech by .5 point (or 1 ranking point) for the second place. Princeton was fourth and Berkeley came in fifth.
First Name Last Name school year Total Rank
Mihai Ibanescu MIT junior 52 1
Dmitry Vasilyuk UC Berkeley senior 45 2
Abhinav Kumar MIT freshman 45 2
Michael Levin Harvard sophomore 44 4
Michael Westover Caltech senior 42.5 5
Daniel Preda MIT sophomore 42.5 5
Andrei Gnepp Harvard senior 42.5 5
Haitao Yu Caltech junior 39.5 8
Vijay Bhat Princeton freshman 38 9
Chiyan Luo Caltech junior 38 9
Pavlin Savov MIT sophomore 35.5 11
Lukasz Fidkowski Harvard sophomore 34 12
Daniel Wesley Princeton junior 34 12
Xiaolin Xie Caltech junior 33 14
Daniel Stronger Harvard sophomore 32 15
Damon Clark Princeton sophomore 31 16
Worawat Meevasana UC Santa Barbara sophomore 30.5 17
Arthur Kowalczyk Simon Fraser sophomore 29.5 18
Paul Lujan Harvard junior 29 19
Noah Bray-Ali MIT sophomore 28.5 20