The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Statistics on the 2006 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

101

1

70

25

55

74

38

166

27

294

12

544

99

2

69

28

53

76.5

37

174.5

26

296

11

600.5

98

3

68

31.5

52

82

36

177

25

297

10

747

92

4.5

67

34.5

51

86.5

35

179

24

300

9

890

88

6

66

37.5

50

92.5

34

180.5

23

305.5

8

937.5

87

7

65

40.5

49

100

33

182.5

22

320.5

7

961

86

9

64

42.5

48

106.5

32

185.5

21

342.5

6

962

84

11

63

44

47

113

31.9

189.5

20

390.5

5

963

81

13

62

46

46

117

31.8

193.5

19

445

4

971

80

15

61

49

44

119

31.7

196.5

18

475

3

992.5

78

16

60

52

43

120

31.6

198

17

490

2

1089

77

17.5

59

56

42

122.5

31

208.5

16

492

1

1266.5

76

19

58

61

41

127.5

30

239

15

493.5

0

2501

73

20

57

65.5

40

140

29

266

14

501

 

 

71

22

56

70.5

39

154

28

282.5

13

511.5

 

 

This table shows how many of the top 198 contestants received each possible score on each problem.

 

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

A6

B1

B2

B3

B4

B5

B6

Total

10

129

96

63

112

16

1

52

123

15

22

93

6

728

9

3

37

17

17

3

0

13

28

12

7

17

2

156

8

11

30

13

0

3

0

54

16

23

4

6

0

160

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

6

4

6

3

5

0

4

3

54

9

6

7

107

1

2

4

0

6

5

2

2

0

25

17

1

5

69

0

47

27

39

32

46

58

30

13

33

91

15

42

473

blank

0

0

60

28

120

137

43

15

36

48

60

136

683

Transcribed to HTML by Kiran S. Kedlaya (kedlaya[at]mit[dot]edu).