The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Statistics on the 2010 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
120 1 83 25 60 91 48 198 30 527.5 12 1204.5
118 2 82 26 59 103.5 47 214.5 29 593.5 11 1305
117 3 80 27.5 58 115 46 225.5 28 641.5 10 1669.5
110 4 79 31 57 123 45 230 27 669 9 2008.5
109 5 78 34.5 56 128.5 44 232.5 26 679.5 8 2048
99 6 75 37 55 132.5 43 237.5 24 684 4 2070.5
98 7 74 39 54 134 42 245.5 23 690 3 2080
97 8.5 72 40.5 53 135.5 41 259.5 22 715 2 2135
96 11 71 43 52 139.5 40 294 21 764.5 1 2228
93 13 70 46 51 146 39 342.5 20 883 0 3285
92 14 69 50 50 159.5 38 383 19 1012    
91 16.5 68 56.5 49 176 37 407.5 18 1084.5    
89 19.5 67 63 48.9 183 36 418.5 17 1119    
88 21 66 67 48.8 184 34 424.5 16 1121.5    
87 22 65 70 48.7 185.5 33 430 15 1123.5    
86 23 62 75 48.6 187 32 442.5 14 1128    
85 24 61 81.5 48.5 188 31 470.5 13 1140    
This table shows how many of the top 188 contestants received each possible score on each problem.

  A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 total
10 181 103 30 90 26 12 144 133 152 37 11 24 943
9 0 42 43 29 9 1 24 5 0 8 9 4 174
8 0 26 6 1 4 4 5 31 0 3 17 7 104
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 0 6 5 2 63 2 2 10 0 3 2 1 96
1 0 2 0 2 4 5 4 2 0 3 3 7 32
0 7 7 56 25 38 44 8 4 32 78 63 28 390
blank 0 2 48 39 44 120 1 3 4 56 83 117 517
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