The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Statistics on the 2004 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
109 1 70 23 51 84.5
39.6 186 29 371
13 778.5
101 2 69
27.5 50 89.5
39.5 187.5 28 405.5
12 825.5
99
3 68 31
49 100
39.4 189.5 27 426.5
11 916.5
89
4.5 67 34.5
48 110.5
39.3 192.5 26 432.5
10 1123.5
88
6
66 38 47 118
39.2 195.5 24 436.5
9 1305.5
87
7.5
63 41.5
46 122
39 208.5
23 445
8 1376.5
84
9 62 43
45 124
38 228.5
22 467
5
1419
80
10 61 47.5
44 126.5
37 241
21 508.5
4
1422.5
79
11 60 53
43 130
36 247
20 596.5
3
1439.5
78
12 59 58.5
42 134 35 249.5
19 686
2
1515
77
13.5 58 64.5
41 142.5 34 252.5
18 733.5
1
1655
76
15 57 69
40
159.5 33 258
17 754
0
2733.5
73
16 56 73
39.9 174.5 32 267
16 756


72 17
53 75.5
39.8 181.5 31 287 15 759


71 18.5 52 80
39.7 184.5 30
327.5
14 764.5
   

This table shows how many of the top 196 contestants received each possible score on each problem.

A1
 A2
 A3
 A4
 A5
 A6
 B1
 B2
 B3
 B4
 B5
 B6
 Total
10 139 64
148 23
14
7
156
56
79
92
16
4
798
9
 3 10
13 6
0 3
3
41
10
42
3
1
135
8
 26 11
4
8
2
4 2
39
1
10 1 0 108
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 7
7 
 2 15
0
1
2
22
3
8
3
1 71
1 0
1 9
 13
0 
 0
3
0
44
9
12
1
92
0 20
83
8
69
55
49 27
28
35
19 62
58
513
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20
12
62 125 132 3
10 24 16
99
131 635
Transcribed to HTML by Kiran S. Kedlaya (kedlaya[at]mit[dot]edu).