2016 PhysicsBowl Results Dear Physics Teachers, Thank you for having your students participate in this year’s AAPT PHYSICSBOWL contest. This year there were more than 6400 students participating from almost 250 schools from the United States, Canada, Kuwait, Mexico, South Africa, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom, as well as almost 300 schools participating from China! With the addition of the large number of Chinese schools, the contest is almost in two parts with Regions 01 – 14 competing for prizes from AAPT while ASDAN China is coordinating the contest in China. As a result, for simplicity of trying to read the long lists, there are three files: the list of winners in Regions 01 – 14, the list of winners in Regions 15 – 19, and a list of the top students/teams from all regions in both divisions! Instructors from regions 01 – 14 can obtain the scores of their students from the AAPT website and that link will be provided to you in an email from the national office. Please realize that we were able to retrieve some scores that were disqualified for improperly recording the required information, but this was done after-the-fact. If the information was not encoded correctly, the student was immediately disqualified from winning prizes even though we may be able to link that student to your code now. Some students provided no codes, the wrong regions, no name, just a last name, etc. There are a lot of records and we cannot go back and fill in missing information. While it is unfortunate to disqualify anyone, these are the rules of the contest. Sadly, some very high scores were disqualified. If you still are missing a student’s score… please email [email protected] with student information (CEEB, teacher codes, etc.) and we can try to find the information. Information is being provided to ASDAN China to find scores from regions 15 – 19. We will, as always, be trying to improve the contest and we look forward to your participation in 2017. The statistics from this year’s contest are shown below. Division 1 had an average score of . Statistically, the easiest question was #1 ( correct) while the most difficult question was #37 ( correct). Division 2 had an average score of . Statistically, the easiest question was #11 ( correct) while the most difficult question was #49 ( correct). The production of a 40 question contest that has a small percentage of very high scores while still not being overly difficult to discourage the majority of students is a very challenging task. The averages are higher than last year by more than 2 correct answers in Division 1 and almost 3.5 correct answers in Division 2. Statistics for exam Average Score for Division 1 = 16.3 with a standard deviation of 5.9 Average Score for Division 2 = 16.4 with a standard deviation of 5.9 Figure 1. Division 1... # students vs. Score Figure 2. Division 2.... # students vs. Score We look forward to having you participate in next year’s contest… and please let your colleagues at schools near you know about the contest! Thank you for participating, Michael C. Faleski PhysicsBowl Academic Coordinator TOP 100 OVERALL DIVISION 1 SCORES Rank Reg Score Student School Province/State 1 18 37 LIU, YANWEI Wuhan Foreign Language School Hubei 2 17 36 YAN, YANG Nanjing Foreign Language School Jiangsu 3 13 36 CHEN, PHIL H University HS - Irvine CA 4 02 36 XU, YUHENG Olympiads School ON 5 12 35 ARRIETA, ANDREW J Palos Verdes Peninsula High School CA 6 01 35 VITTALA, AADITH S Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and VA Tech 7 17 35 ZENGXU, ZHAOQIU High School Affiliated To Nanjing Jiangsu Normal University Jiangning Campus 8 06 35 MANSOUR, OMAR B Mentor HS OH 9 10 34 MERCHANT, SOPHIE E Hutchison School TN 10 15 34 HANG, YUXIAO Shandong Experimental High School Shandong 11 04 34 SOTNICK, ELLIOT S Millburn High School NJ 12 17 34 CHEN, JINGYUAN Nanjing Foreign Language School Jiangsu 13 17 34 ZHANG, HUIYUAN Cambridge International Centre of Shanghai Shanghai Guanghua College,(fudan) 14 04 34 SUN, MORGAN N Millburn High School NJ 15 17 34 CUI, RUOHUI Nanjing Foreign Language School Jiangsu 16 17 34 LI, XIANG Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School Shanghai 17 17 34 WANG, ZHENG Nanjing Foreign Language School Jiangsu 18 17 34 CHEN, BANGZHAN Cambridge International Centre of Shanghai Shanghai Guanghua College,(fudan) 19 18 34 FAN, PINCHEN Hefei No.8 Senior High School Anhui 20 17 34 WU, BO Shanghai High School International Shanghai Division 21 15 33 SU, BO Harbin No.3 High School Heilongjiang 22 13 33 MENG, SEAN T SpringLight Education Institute CA 23 01 33 KIM, HYEONGMIN Bergen County Academies NJ 24 15 33 ZHANG, HAOLUN Harbin No.3 High School Heilongjiang 25 15 33 LIU, ZIFENG Beijing No.5 High School Beijing 26 17 33 ZHANG, TIANCHEN Nanjing Foreign Language School Jiangsu 27 15 33 YU, YUE Qingdao No.2 Middle School of Shandong Shandong Province 28 19 33 CHEN, DUO Xi'an Gaoxin No.1 High School Shaanxi 29 15 33 WANG, JING Jilin City No.1 High School Jilin 30 17 33 WANG, HAOYU Nanjing Foreign Language School Jiangsu 31 17 33 XIE, RAN Suzhou High School-SIP Jiangsu 32 02 33 MO, GEORGE B Bayview Secondary School ON 33 17 33 MA, ZIXIAN WLSA The Affiliated High School of Shanghai Fudan International High School Classes 34 18 33 ZOU, JIARUI Wuhan Foreign Language School Hubei 35 15 33 ZHENG, YISHAN The High School Affiliated to Renmin Beijing University of China 36 05 33 QI, LUKE Fayetteville-Manlius HS NY 37 02 33 ZHANG, WALEY New Westminster Secondary School BC 38 01 33 MYERS, BECKHAM L School For The Talented And Gifted TX 39 18 33 HU, ZIQIAN Wuhan No.6 Senior High School Hubei 40 04 33 KAU, AARON John P Stevens High School NJ 41 16 32 LITING, HUANG Shenzhen College of International Guangdong Education 42 17 32 WU, XINYU Nanjing Foreign Language School Jiangsu 43 06 32 GU, ANDREW Pittsburgh Allderdice High School PA 44 15 32 WANG, BOHAO Ealing International College, Dalian Liaoning 45 18 32 FU, YANGYE The First Middle School of Jiujiang Jiangxi Jiangxi Province 46 02 32 DING, YUHAO Bayview Secondary School ON 47 15 32 QU, JIAXU Jinan Foreign Language School Shandong 48 08 32 BAUMANN, ZAKARY P Vernon Hills High School IL 49 14 32 GOEL, GOPAL K Krishna Home School OR 50 13 32 LU, DAVID University HS - Irvine CA 51 04 32 BACK, SUNG HYUN Northern Valley Old Tappan NJ 52 16 32 CAI, FANGXU Xiamen No.1 High School of Fujian Fujian 53 17 32 ZHOU, KEWEI Hangzhou Foreign Languages School Zhejiang 54 15 31 LI, SHAOBO The Experimental High School Attached Beijing to Beijing Normal University 55 18 31 GAO, CHUKUN WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages Hubei School 56 13 31 GUO, MATTHEW SpringLight Education Institute CA 57 19 31 LI, MINGXUAN Xi'an Gaoxin No.1 High School Shaanxi 58 13 31 CHOY, KENDALL Monta Vista High School CA 59 05 31 YANG, MELODY Great Neck South HS NY 60 02 31 TIAN, EDWARD University Of Toronto Schools ON 61 17 31 LU, ZHOU No.2 High School of East China Normal Shanghai University 62 15 31 ZHENG, ZHAOYI Beijing No.2 Middle School Beijing 63 17 31 YUJIA, ZHANG Ulink Education Shanghai Shanghai 64 07 31 OU, ANTHONY C Carmel High School IN 65 17 31 SHI, CHENGAO Suzhou High School-SIP Jiangsu 66 17 31 JIANG, SENYANG Hangzhou Foreign Languages School Zhejiang 67 17 31 ZHU, YUXUAN Shanghai High School International Shanghai Division 68 13 31 KU, HARRISON M University HS - Irvine CA 69 04 31 STEVENS, TREY J Millburn High School NJ 70 05 31 XU, PATRICK S Jericho High School NY 71 04 31 SWARTZ, DANIEL W Cherry Hill High School East NJ 72 15 31 GE, RUITE Camford Royal School Beijing 73 13 31 CHEN, ALLEN SpringLight Education Institute CA 74 15 31 CHEN, FEIYANGG Camford Royal School Beijing 75 04 31 TAI, MICHAEL Millburn High School NJ 76 08 31 KOKKINES, MICHAEL G Vernon Hills High School IL 77 04 31 WENG, SHANNON Y West Windsor - Plainsboro High School NJ South 78 17 31 LIU, YIFAN Nanjing Foreign Language School Jiangsu 79 19 31 YANG, JINGHONG Linyin Campus of Chengdu No.7 High Sichuan School 80 03 31 WEI, SANSEN Christian Heritage School CT 81 10 31 SANAT, MEHTA D Arapahoe High School CO 82 19 30 WANGG, ZIKUAN Xi'an Gaoxin No.1 High School Shaanxi 83 17 30 YE, YIHANG Cambridge International Centre of Shanghai Shanghai Guanghua College,(fudan) 84 08 30 MISTRATA, NICHOLAS Maine South High School IL M 85 17 30 SUN, CHANG The Affiliated High School to Hangzhou Zhejiang Normal University 86 12 30 KIM, NATHANIEL J Palos Verdes Peninsula High School CA 87 17 30 SHEN, HAO Wuxi Big Bridge Academy Jiangsu 88 04 30 PRABHUDESAI, RIYA John P Stevens High School NJ 89 03 30 DARROW, DAVID W Hopkins School CT 90 16 30 ZHANG, YINING Shenzhen College of International Guangdong Education 91 12 30 LI, RAYMOND B San Diego Math Circle CA 92 13 30 LE, KEVIN K University HS - Irvine CA 93 17 30 LIU, SHICHENG Nanjing Jinling High School Jiangsu International Department 94 16 30 HU, YUTIAN The Affiliated High School of SCNU Guangdong 95 06 30 MALIK, RAGHAV Mentor HS OH 96 17 30 FANG, CHENYANG Shanghai World Foreign Language Shanghai Middle School 97 15 30 GAO, DANLONGZ Dalian No.24 High School Liaoning 98 15 30 ZHANG, JUNGE Jinan Foreign Language School Shandong 99 01 30 WANG, FRANKLYN H Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and VA Tech 100 19 30 YANG, PENGYU Xi'an Gaoxin No.1 High School Shaanxi TOP 100 OVERALL DIVISION 2 SCORES Rank Reg Score Student School Province/state 1 08 40 LU, JASON Adlai Stevenson High School IL 2 02 39 ZHENG, GUO Olympiads School ON 3 13 38 HUANG, JONATHAN J University HS - Irvine CA 4 18 38 SHANG, JIAXUAN Yali High School Hunan 5 17 38 ZHANG, SHUANGYI Nanjing Foreign Language School Jiangsu 6