2023 Results
Individual Round
6th Grade
1st: Charlie Huang (King's Academy)
2nd: Austin Jin (Basis Silicon Valley)
3rd: Katherine Li (Kennedy)
4th: Keith Li (Basis Fremont)
5th: William Mao (Stratford Blackford)
7th Grade
1st: Michael Tang (Miller)
2nd: Sophia Fan (Miller)
3rd: Calvin Strohmann (Kennedy)
4th: Jeffery Wang (Harker)
5th: Henry Wang (Miller)
8th Grade
1st: Hengrui Liang (Harker)
2nd (tie): Haofang Zhu (Harker)
2nd (tie): Benjamin Zhang (Miller)
4th: Ian Chen (Miller)
5th: Ashmit Arasada (Miller)
Team Round
6th Grade
1st: Kennedy 6D
Ashita Thakkar, Natalie Yao, Katherine Li, Brianna Su, Justin Zhang, Ella Zheng, Chloe Chen
2nd: Harker 6P
Taddy Fujimura, Mark Han, Rafa deGoma, Ethan Weyn, Eric Zhang, Lucas Zhang, Jocelyn Zhao
3rd: King's Academy 6N
Emma Jin, Charlie Huang, Kaden Leong, Isaac Chi, Dylan Wan, Aidan Zhang, Fiona Wu
7th Grade
1st: Miller 7J
Michael Tang, Tanish Kolhe, Ishaan Mittal, Hanyu Zhang, Sophia Fan, Frank Xia, Henry Wang
2nd: Kennedy 7G
Kevin Chen, Joseph He, Zheng Sheng He, Xuanyi Ma, Bryan Ge, Adya Seker, Calvin Strohmann
3rd: Miller 7K
Victoria Huang, Tianlin Liu, Gopal Deshpande, Catherine Jian, Sean Huang, Yunfei Xia, Leo Zhang
8th Grade
1st: Miller 8G
Ashmit Arasada, Benjamin Zhang, Nitin Vaka, Andy Chen, Christopher Lu, Ian Chen, Shannon Zhang
2nd: Kennedy 8F
Qixuan Mu, Derek Wang, Rehan Babu, Sohum Uttamchandani, Yutong Chen, Theeran Sathish Kumar, Elaina Pan
3rd: Harker 8R
Kevin Chen, Aaron Luo, Haofang Zhu, Lily Peng, Sanjith Senthil, Audrey Hu, Ryan Miao
Estimation
We asked each of the contestants to estimate the distance Om Nom, who takes a road trip to visit each of the participating schools in alphabetical order, travels, in miles.
This is his itinerary: BASIS Independent Fremont, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley, Bullis Charter, Cabrillo Middle, Challenger Strawberry Park, John F. Kennedy Middle, Miller Middle, Peterson Middle, Quimby Oak Middle, Redwood Middle, Sierramont Middle, Stratford Fremont, Stratford San Jose, Stratford Preparatory Blackford, Harker Middle, King’s Academy, Union Middle, Valley Christian.
With an estimate of 181 miles, Boyan Han from Redwood Middle Schoolguessed the exact distance, with honorable mentions to Ashley Shen from Stratford Middle School Fremont and Fiona Wu from The King's Academy, who each guessed 180 miles.