| Results 2005 Virginia Tech Regional Mathematics Contest |
64 schools took part in the 27th contest and there were 370 participants. The maximum possible score was 70. The leading scores were (if anybody has any objections about putting these leading scores on the WEB, please inform the Contest Director immediately!)
| Score | Name | Institution | State | Major |
| 60 | Zhang, Lingren | Duke | NC | ?08 |
| 50 | Kim, John Y | Univ of MD | MD | High School |
| 50 | Ferguson, Jason M | Duke | NC | ?09 |
| 46 | Pardon, John V | Duke | NC | High School |
| 42 | Preskill, Ben D | Harvey Mudd College | CA | Math 09 |
| 40 | Sher, David A | Johns Hopkins | MD | Math 07 |
| 40 | Ponnusamy, Karthik E | Johns Hopkins | MD | BME 06 |
| 40 | Khandhawit, Tirasan | Duke | NC | Math 08 |
| 40 | Bhawalkar, Kshipra Uday | Duke | NC | Math/CS 08 |
| 40 | Bliznashki, Nikifor C | Duke | NC | Math 07 |
| 40 | Biggs, Richard V | Carnegie Mellon | PA | Math 05 |
| 40 | Davis, Clayton G | UVA | VA | ?09 |
| 40 | Kositwattanarerk, Wittawat | UVA | VA | Math 06 |
| 40 | Rice, Brian T | Harvey Mudd College | CA | Math 08 |
| 39 | Thompson, Brian E | Carnegie Mellon | PA | CS/Math 06 |
| 39 | Bach, Daniel C | Vanderbilt | TN | Math/CS 07 |
| 38 | Elder, Matthew T | USC | SC | Math/CS 06 |
| 38 | Offutt, Carolyn J | William and Mary | VA | Math/Acct 07 |
| 38 | Leung, Tedrick W | Harvey Mudd College | CA | High School |
| 35 | Minton, Gregory T | Harvey Mudd College | CA | Math 08 |
| 34 | Childers, Michael A | Univ MD Baltimore Cty | MD | Math 06 |
| 34 | Pahwa, Ramanpreet S | Carnegie Mellon | PA | ECE 08 |
| 32 | Ravipati, Sumanth S | George Mason | VA | Chem 06 |
The score distribution was
| Score Range | Number of Contestants |
| 50 and above | 3 |
| 40 to 49 | 11 |
| 30 to 39 | 31 |
| 20 to 29 | 61 |
| 10 to 19 | 147 |
| 1 to 9 | 49 |
| 0 | 68 |
For more details, see all the scores ranked
The order of difficulty of the problems indicated by the scores, starting with the hardest, was 7,5,6,1,3,4,2.
Local supervisors will be sent the scores of their contestants soon.
I would like to thank all the schools who took part, and I hope you will all take part again next year. I also hope that many schools who did not take part this year will take part next year. Watch these WEB pages; even if you do not get an invitation, we will still be delighted for you to take part provided you fill in the registration forms before the closing date for entries.
The exam will take place at about the same time again next year. We will try to avoid important dates like GRE's and ACM. Occasionally announcements about the competition will be posted in the newsgroup sci.math. Otherwise no substantial changes in the format of the exam are planned.