The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Statistics on the 2007 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

110

1

66

23

49

64.5

33

156.5

26

269

11

971.5

97

2

64

24

48

69.5

32

167.5

25

274

10

1180

91

3

63

26.5

46

72.5

31

181

24

291.5

9

1359

90

4

62

30

45

74

30.9

189.5

23

316.5

8

1412

82

5.5

61

33.5

44

78

30.8

192

22

367

7

1433.5

81

7.5

60

36

43

84.5

30.7

194

21

431.5

6

1439

80

10

59

37.5

42

94

30.6

196.5

20

503.5

5

1448

78

12

58

39

41

103

30.5

198.5

19

571

4

1477

77

13

57

41

40

113

30.4

201

18

601

3

1534

72

14

56

43

39

126

30.3

203

17

614.5

2

1724.5

71

15.5

54

45

38

135

30.2

205

16

620.5

1

2020.5

70

17

53

49

37

139

30

221

15

629.5

0

2956

69

18

52

52.5

36

141

29

244.5

14

661

 

 

68

19.5

51

54.5

35

144.5

28

259.5

13

707.5

 

 

67

21.5

50

58.5

34

149.5

27

266

12

819

 

 

This table shows how many of the top 206 contestants received each possible score on each problem.

 

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

A6

B1

B2

B3

B4

B5

B6

Total

10

29

106

126

12

7

3

189

80

65

45

39

2

703

9

6

33

0

19

5

0

10

11

12

10

3

2

111

8

30

12

0

14

2

0

3

9

10

4

6

0

90

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

96

16

49

10

6

0

3

27

10

2

4

1

224

1

12

7

6

2

7

4

0

21

10

5

2

2

78

0

23

17

9

91

91

69

0

34

29

75

28

28

494

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10

15

16

58

88

130

1

24

70

65

124

171

772

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