Goals /From BMO to the squad

From BMO to the squad

You have made a second round already. From here almost everything is a proof, and very little comes quickly.

Problems

932

Hours

767

Hours a week

Problems a week

Start at stage 6 Not sure this is your level?

What you work through

Stage	Roughly this paper	Problems
6	BMO Round 1 · national Olympiad first round	400
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

Where it leaves you

Working shortlist problems at the level that decides team selection.

Make-up of these 932 problems

80% want a proof the rest want an answer topics rotate throughout

The weekly figure assumes you finish in 78 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

From BMO to the squad

What you work through

Where it leaves you

Other goals

Qualify for AIME

Make USAMO

Reach BMO Round 2

Train at the hardest end