The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Statistics on the 1996 Competition

This table indicates, for each score achieved, the average rank of the participants receiving that score.

Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
98	1	60	17.5	45	32	32	115.5	24	214	12	608
89	2	59	19.5	44	47.5	31	127	23	224	11	681
80	3.5	58	21.5	43	51.5	30	138.5	22	244	10	799.5
76	5.5	56	23	42	55	29	154.5	21	276	9	948.5
73	7	55	24	41	59.5	28	170.5	20	321	8	1086.5
70	8	52	25	40	67.5	27	185	19	383	6	1145
68	9.5	51	26	39	77	26	197.5	18	447	5	1147.5
66	11	50	29	38	89	25.9	202	17	500.5	4	1157
65	12	49	32.5	37	97.5	25.8	203	16	532.5	3	1184.5
64	13	48	34	36	100.5	25.7	204	15	543.5	2	1288.5
62	14.5	47	35.5	35	104	25.6	205.5	14	552	1	1473.5
61	16	46	38	33	107.5	25	208	13	571	0	1991

This table shows how many of the top 206 contestants received each possible score on each problem.

	A-1	A-2	A-3	A-4	A-5	A-6	B-1	B-2	B-3	B-4	B-5	B-6	Total
10	87	6	63	3	4	4	113	85	20	40	34	0	459
9	26	11	18	7	4	4	72	13	19	4	4	1	183
8	47	27	6	7	2	11	17	6	8	7	7	9	154
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	6	65	0	7	0	18	3	15	14	17	3	2	150
1	9	23	0	19	13	13	1	7	36	4	2	0	127
0	31	46	47	67	40	46	0	28	56	48	58	23	490
blank	0	28	72	96	143	110	0	52	53	86	98	171	909

Transcribed to HTML by Kiran S. Kedlaya (kedlaya[at]ucsd[dot]edu).