Chapter 125: Shocking perfect score
Chapter 125 A surprise perfect score appeared
IMO examination papers are all reviewed by the main examination committee, because the award ceremony and closing ceremony are on the second day, and the examination begins on the day after the candidates finish the examination.
“Andre, you are finally here.”
In the Office of the Examination Committee, the man who was immersed in grading the test papers raised his head, as if he had seen a savior, and spoke in a surprised tone.
Andre nodded. He had just returned from teaching the students, "How's it going?"
He was asking about the test scores of this session. The man named Andre was the dean of the School of Mathematics at the University of London who had a brief conversation with Yunsu in the library. As the host of this IMO, as a mathematician As the dean of the college, he is naturally also a member of the examination committee.
It’s just that he has always disliked those overly cumbersome links, so he had already applied to Mr. Smith to only participate in the final marking process.
The man shook his head, "The difficulty of the questions this time was really too high. Many students' last question was completely blank."
"That's their own problem." Andre looked calm and showed no sympathy.
Forgot to mention that the last question was the one he insisted on choosing.
The surveillance in the office is on. There are six marking teachers in total, each of whom is responsible for one question. Andre is the teacher responsible for marking the last question.
The elegant and beautiful cursive characters are pleasing to the eye, and the last question is fully written.
“Huh?” Andre paused his pen and frowned as he looked carefully at the test paper in front of him.
What happened to surprise the usually calm Andre like this?
The teachers who were immersed in correcting papers all looked up, "What's wrong? Andre."
"Wait, this..." Andre calmed down and looked carefully.
Andre's eyes widened and he looked at the light test paper in his hand in disbelief. This student actually solved it perfectly!
The first thing Andre noticed was the test paper, "The handwriting is pretty good."
Andre took a few deep breaths and continued reading with his racing heart. Wait, why is there an answer sheet?
Andre calmly corrected one test paper after another, feeling more and more disappointed. The score rate for the last question was simply terrible. He skillfully circled one zero after another.
The name column of the test paper is sealed. Any mark on it will be regarded as cheating. The examiner can only see the content of everyone's answers.
“Solution 2?!” Andre couldn’t control himself anymore and exclaimed, “How is this possible?!”
“This explains part of it.” Andre stopped writing, but unfortunately it went astray. He regretfully wrote a 3.
Andre put this test paper aside and continued to mark the following test papers.
There is still someone who can answer it. Andre was a little tired at first, but now he is energetic again. He looked at the questions that had been reviewed before and found that they were all full marks. He nodded happily.
And they used a completely different solution than their answers!
"Wait a minute, I'll take a look." Andre felt that his mind was in a mess at this time, and he tried his best to calm down.
“The idea is right, and the process is similar, not bad.” Andre instantly happily put a 5 on it.
Getting 40 points out of 42 is already a very good result. Not to mention that this year’s questions are so difficult. Even in previous years, scores of more than 38 points were rarely seen.
“Give it to me.” Andre asked for the test paper that had already marked the first five questions.
"Without changing the meaning of the question, the following two equivalent principles are obtained. First, this invisible rabbit is allowed to be blessed with magic and can control the detector. Second, under the influence of first, the hunter may have problems in judgment under certain circumstances. deviation…"
Andre shook his head. It was rare for him to score a 3-pointer. He actually felt that it was pretty good. At least he scored.
The teachers all gathered around, "What is this?"
“Two solutions?!”
"how come!"
The huge office exploded instantly.
Andre's hand holding the test paper shook violently, two completely different solutions! What a talented student this is!
His eyes slipped to the last row of words, "I can't write any more..."
What does it mean? Andre's breathing became heavy. Did she have other solutions? No, no way, this idea is too crazy. But once it appeared in his mind, he couldn't get it out of his mind.
He hurriedly looked through her previous question scores, and all of them were full marks!
With the last question added, wouldn’t it be a perfect score, 42 points!
Throughout the history of IMO, very few people have been able to get full marks, let alone get full marks in the most difficult test paper in history!
Andre couldn’t wait to find out who this student was!
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“The results will be announced later, please don’t cry.” As they passed each other, Bernie smiled mischievously at Yunsu.
Yunsu ignored it and walked into the auditorium and sat down at the seat belonging to the Chinese national team.
On the fifth day in R country, the much-anticipated moment finally arrived, the 62nd IMO Awards Ceremony and Closing Ceremony was officially held.
Mr. Smith stood up and looked at the anxious, expectant, and nervous expressions of students and coaches from various countries in the audience. The card he held in his hand was everyone’s fresh results.
Knowing everyone's mood at this moment, he didn't hold back and said straight to the point: "I know everyone has been waiting for this moment for a long time. Now please allow me to announce the gold, silver and bronze medal scores for this IMO competition."
"Here it comes, here it comes." At the very back of the auditorium were some students who came to watch the ceremony. He Shan and Xie Lingling were prominently among them, with their hands clasped together and their expressions more nervous than those of the students below.
Smith opened the card, which showed the result of the trial committee's deliberations all night long. "The score line for the bronze medal in the 62nd IMO is 15 points."
Everyone’s expressions were indifferent. The bronze medal was almost a participation award and no one cared.
“The cutoff for a silver medal is 22 points.”
“The score cutoff for gold medal is 28 points.”
After Smith announced the score line, many people already looked sad. They didn’t understand why this question was so difficult, but the score line still hadn’t dropped, and was even slightly higher than before.
"It's over, it's over, 28 points." Li Yanshuang looked like the end of the world was coming. She estimated her score at 26 points, which was not the gold medal score.
Yunsu comforted her, "No, you always get points based on the lowest estimate."
It was because she was not sure that she estimated the points like this. Li Yanshuang made a sad face.
After knowing the score line, many people have already made a preliminary judgment about their medal status. Some people looked happy, while others sighed deeply.
"Holy crap! If the score line is so high, wouldn't that school girl..." He Shan hesitated, after all, Yunsu handed in the paper in less than an hour that day.
In order not to burden the junior students, they did not tell a few people that they were at the scene.
“Look again.” Xie Lingling was also panicked.
“Now, I would like to invite Mr. Andre, the dean of the School of Mathematics, to announce the list of IMO bronze medalists this year.”
Andre, who was sitting in the first row, walked onto the stage. He was dressed appropriately today and had a clean shave. Today, he was here just for the student who had perfect scores.
Andre's eyes wandered below, looking for the person he thought was a possible candidate. When his eyes glanced at Yunsu, he showed a friendly smile. He remembered this girl who was very talented in languages.
Yunsu raised his eyebrows, wasn't this the dean that day? She almost didn't recognize him because he was shaved, and she smiled politely back.
“The bronze medal winners include Kwon Sang-woo and Kim Go-eun of Korea Team, Edward Kent and Bonnie Watson of Netherlands Team, Shunji Ishii of Fuso Team, National Team E..."
Andre's voice was gentle, but everyone's hearts became heavier and heavier as they listened. It was only a bronze medal, but he had already read out the names of more than half of the contestants. One can imagine how bad the results were this time.
The person whose name was not read breathed a sigh of relief, and his face showed joy.
“I don’t seem to have heard the names of the juniors. Does that mean they are at least bronze medalists?” He Shan said.
“It should, maybe.” Xie Lingling was not sure either.
Chen Zhirun has led the national team to compete in IMO for so many times. This can be said to be the most nervous time for him. Seeing him so nervous, several people who should be nervous inexplicably relaxed a little.
Professor Wang didn’t even take the thermos cup today because he was afraid he would drop it if he got too excited.
After the bronze medal was announced, the winners came on stage to receive certificates and photos. The speed was very fast, and then the silver medal winner was announced.
Mr. Michael Spencer, the president of the University of London, stood up and bowed first. He was personable and his voice was steady and powerful, without any sloppiness at all.
“I am very honored to announce the silver medal winners of this IMO competition. The following is the list of winners.”
“R’s Elsa Hiddleston, Korea’s Lee Dong-won, J’s Helmut, Fuso Yoshino Mika, M’s…”
This time, those whose names were read had mixed feelings and regrets about missing out on the gold medal.
Li Yanshuang's heart was in her throat, and her body shook every time she said a name.
“Don’t worry, I went to worship God last night.” Chu Hai was also nervous, but comforted Li Yanshuang.
Li Yanshuang looked at him, "What **** do you worship?"
Chu Hai was stunned, "Wenquxing?" Isn't that wrong? He specifically checked and found out that Wenquxing was in charge of this.
Li Yanshuang was about to cry but had no tears, "But we are abroad now. Can domestic Wenquxing take care of us?"
“Oops!” Chu Hai’s expression changed drastically. Why didn’t he think of this problem?
Li Yan: “…”
What kind of nonsense is this conversation!
Feng Qin was slightly overjoyed, and the tense atmosphere was diluted a lot.
“Is it gone? Finished reading?”
Until the last name was read, none of the five members of the Chinese national team heard their own names. Li Yanshuang was in disbelief that her name was not there! Did she really get the gold medal score? She looked ecstatic.
“Why don’t they have names?” He Shan was already dizzy.
“Let’s just say, is there a possibility?” Now that it’s over, Xie Lingling boldly assumed, “They are all gold medals!”
"No way? So awesome?" He Shan couldn't even think about it.
“I’ll know it soon.” Xie Lingling rubbed her hands excitedly.
(End of this chapter)