World Maths Day

Did you know there was such a thing? There is. On March 1st (anywhere in the world), kids participate in a math competition. They are scored on 100 timed tests across 5 levels of difficulty. Each test lasts 60 seconds. The system usually pits the participant against 3 other kids across the globe. Judson competed for the first time, this year. He played kids from South Africa, Pakistan, Malaysia, China, Canada, Cayman Islands,UK, Australia, etc. There were over 5 million participants divided into 5 age groups. Judson was in the 8-11 year old category.
He finished with a 99.05% accuracy. He answered 3325 questions correctly out of 3357 presented to him.

To give you some point of reference, the person currently in 1st place in his age group has answered over 6000 questions correctly. That's right, more than 1 a second. The person currently in place 100 has answered over 3900 questions correctly. So there are a lot of sharp kids out there.

A little more perspective:
Level 1 (addition): his avg was 35/game
Level 2 (more difficult addition): his average was 34/game
Level 3 (subtraction): his average was 25/game
Level 4 (multiplication): his average was 43/game
Level 5 (combination of all of the above): his average was 33/game

Let me tell you, Judson is fast. If his fingers could type as fast as his brain works, he'd definitely be in the 4000-5000 level range. Amazing to watch him work. I dare anyone out there to try this competition. It is a great challenge. The difficulty factor increases with the age category. The 18 and above age range get to answer questions such as the cube root of 2197. (in 60 seconds)The Human Calculator