The 2025 International Physics Olympiad is taking place in Paris this year from 7/17-7/25. The US will send 5 of its best students to attend and compete. Each student will get a maximum of one medal (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention, or nothing), and the student(s) with the highest score on the theoretical and experimental exams will each get a Special Prize.
USA won 5 golds at the EuPhO in 2024 and 4 golds + 1 silver + best experiment + best theory at the 2023 IPhO.
Market will close on July 24th, the penultimate day of IPhO.
Each option resolves YES if that number of medals are won by the USA. Resolves NO otherwise.
Resolution will be based on the results at https://ipho-unofficial.org/timeline/2025/country.
Update 2025-05-16 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The creator clarified that options referring to a specific number of medals (e.g., 'X gold medals') are based on an exact count.
For example, if the USA wins 3 gold medals, only the '3 gold medals' option would resolve YES.
Options for other counts of gold medals (e.g., '0 gold medals', '1 gold medal', '2 gold medals') would resolve NO.
Update 2025-05-17 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The creator clarified how Special Prizes (Best Experiment, Best Theory) relate to the medal counts (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention) used for market resolution:
Special Prizes are awarded in addition to, and do not replace or alter, any Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Honorable Mention medals won by a student. This means a student can win both a medal (e.g., Gold) and a Special Prize, and their G/S/B/HM medal will be counted as such.
For the purpose of market resolution, Special Prizes themselves are not counted towards the 'number of medals' options. The options are based on the counts of Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honorable Mention medals only.
1,000@LucasQuan If they get 3 golds, does 0, 1, 2, and 3 gold options resolve YES or just the 3 gold resolves YES and the others NO?