Goals /Train at the hardest end

Train at the hardest end

No preliminaries and no routine exercises. Only problems that may take an afternoon.

Problems

564

Hours

650

Hours a week

Problems a week

Start at stage 7 Not sure this is your level?

What you work through

Stage	Roughly this paper	Problems
7	BMO Round 2 · USAMO P1/P4 · IMO P1/P4	300
8	IMO Shortlist mid-range · USAMO P2/P5	180
9	IMO P2/P5 · hard shortlist	52
10	Hardest shortlist tier	32

Where it leaves you

The top of the ladder, including the shortlist problems nobody solves quickly.

Make-up of these 564 problems

83% want a proof the rest want an answer topics rotate throughout

The weekly figure assumes you finish in 52 weeks. Take longer and it drops; the order stays the same either way. Time per problem is estimated from the stage rather than measured — an estimate, not a promise. Some problems fall in minutes and others ruin an evening.

Other goals

Train at the hardest end

What you work through

Where it leaves you

Other goals

Qualify for AIME

Make USAMO

Reach BMO Round 2

From BMO to the squad