International distributed
Physics Olympiad 2020

The Advisory Board of the International Physics Olympiad endorsed
the event in a distributed format.
December 7-15, 2020

About the event

Problems

Both theoretical and experimental exams are expected. The experimental equipment will be sent to the countries and given to the contestants. The exams duration is 5 hours each.

Where

In your home countries. Once the country joins the event the local organizers arrange the location and facilities.

Eligibility

The event is organized for those students who qualified for the IPhO 2020. So the first-year (just entered) students of Universities are eligible to participate.

Supervision

The exams are to be supervised by the representatives of the Organizing Committee and via video-surveillance.

Awards

The regulations of the IPhO apply here. That is the ratios and medal borders will be determined accordingly.

Frequently asked questions

How do you plan to organize the event in 13 time zones?

That is the main challenge. The eastern countries will start the exams about 3-4 pm local time, while western about 8-9 am. The main idea is that the last country should start writing before the first one finishes.

How the problem discussion is organized?

For security reasons no problem discussion is planned. A preliminary meeting of international Academic Committee will be organized to discuss the problems and introduce changes.

How the problem translation is organized?

Oly-exams translation tool will be used. For security reasons the Organizing Committee will prepare the translation to the languages of the registered countries. The access to the countries will be given 2-3 hours before the exam to introduce the corrections. Since the corrections are to be done in the home country, the local organizers can invite as many observers as possible. The Academic Committee will do its best to keep problems shorter.

Should we printout any documents before/after of the exams?

Yes. You should printout corrected (by you) Texts of the Problems, Answer Sheets, Working Sheets and General Instruction. Files of Working Sheets and General Instruction will be sent you beforehand.

Can students use calculators?

Yes. But non-programmable only. The calculators models should be coordinated with the Organizing Committee.

How do you collect the students solutions?

The representative of the Organizing Committee with the help of local organizers scans the students solutions and uploads them to Oly-exams tool.

How the moderation is organized?

The Academic Committee as well as Leaders marking is planned to be done via special web-interface. The pre-moderation procedure will be organized to check for the discrepances in sub-points of the marking scheme. Finally, the moderation is planned as Zoom-sessions with leaders.

What if you don't find a representative in our country?

Organizing Committee heavily relies on the alumni network of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology all over the world. In the worst case when the country does not admit foreigners and we can not find a representative inside, your country can participate as a guest team without our supervision.

Should a team pay a participation fee?

No. But we appreciate any support in accommodation, local transportation etc. of the representative of the Organizing Committee.

Should the room for exams have a copying machine, printer etc.?

Yes. We ask you to place printing and copying facilities in the Room for exams or (if it’s impossible) in the neighboring room. You should provide color copies. This room should also have a good Internet connection.

What are requirements to the area close to the room for exams?

This area should be closed for not involved persons (i.e., available only for participating students and for team leaders only during correcting of translations). Toilet should be within this area. May be, there should be a cooler with pure water (or bottles with water).

Do you need any assistance during exams?

Yes. We kindly ask you for one helping person during exams. This person shouldn’t be involved in translation.

Can our team take competition exams in a neighboring country?

Yes. We would greatly appreciate if you will find a possibility to bring your team to a neighboring country. In this case we will avoid problems related to sending Envoy to your country. Please, inform us whether you can do it.

Are there any specific requirements to the room for exams?

No. It should be well-lighted room. Each participant should have an individual table. Tables should be separated at least by 1.5 meters. There should be also a table for the Envoy. And chairs, of course.

Event schedule

Day	Event
November 8	Teams registration deadline
December 7	Teams arrival to the competitions sites, OC representatives arrivals, instructions
December 8	Theoretical examination, preliminary translation
December 9	Day off
December 10	Experimental examination, preliminary translation
December 11	Marking
December 12	Marking submission deadline, premoderation
December 13	Moderation
December 14	Board meeting, medals distribution
December 15	Closing ceremony

Problems

Problem	Authors	Task	Solution	Marking scheme	Translations
I20-T1. Problem mix	Andrey Uymin (MIPT), Ivan Vorobyov (NSU)
I20-T2. Anisotropic friction	Leonid Koldunov (MIPT)
I20-T3. Laser technologies	Konstantin Parfenov (MSU)
I20-E1. Crystallography	Daniil Vakhrameev (MIPT), Valentin Borshchevskiy (MIPT), Fedor Tsybrov (MIPT)	Additional files for pseudo-experiment

Winners

Gold medals	Silver medals	Bronze medals	Honourable mentions
Zhang Yifei, China	Fukala Viktor, Czech Republic	Rajkov Bogdan, Serbia	Lopatko Rolands, Latvia
Sun Rui, China	Ślusarczyk Tomasz, Poland	Ory Schwierz, Israel	Zarytskyi Petro, Ukraine
Li Shichang, China	Almog Wald, Israel	Choi Wai Ching, Hong Kong	Yusupov Abdullodzhon, Tajikistan
Han Yongyan, China	Raj Vaibhav, India	Hamdi Lugas Firdinand, Indonesia	Hartono Dean, Indonesia
Ouyang Xiaoyu, China	Doboš Ronald, Slovakia	Tezcan Alper, Turkey	Arsy Ahmad, Indonesia
Kharichkin Ivan, Russia	Ho Li Xiong, Timothy, Singapore	Vrcek Janko, Croatia	Abdrazakov Chingiz, Kyrgyzstan
Pokrovskii Maksim, Russia	Zahorodnii Andrii, Ukraine	Schmied Martin, Czech Republic	Sánchez-Bonilla Martínez Javier, Spain
Emelianova Tatiana, Russia	Lau Sze Chun, Hong Kong	Nguyen Le Duc Hoang, Vietnam	Laariara Daoud, Belgium
Zenkovich Alexander, Russia	Beguš Dušan, Serbia	Premec Grgur, Croatia	Thom Leo, Switzerland
Russkikh Ivan, Russia	Xu Edward Yanyang, Hong Kong	Paide Jarl Patrick, Estonia	JERBY ABDALAZEEZ, Syria
Gyoletsyan Artashes, Armenia	Nguyen Khac Hai Long, Vietnam	Lo Chon Hei, Macao (SAR of China)	Kossacki Jan, Poland
Putra Wilsen Chandra, Indonesia	Faulend Bernard, Croatia	Pivko Pavol, Slovakia	Lewandowski Jakub, Poland
Sadhani Peter Addison, Indonesia	Şahin Bayram Alp, Turkey	Rakhimzhanov Dinmukhamed, Republic of Kazakhstan	Rouxinol Gabriel, Portugal
Ghita Antonia Alma, Romania	Dukach Konstantin, Estonia	Dzadzamia George, Georgia	Otgonbayar Misheel, Mongolia
Han Jiatao Jerry, Singapore	Maciel Dias Davi, Brazil	Xashayev Rail, Uzbekistan	Thaman Kushal, India
Shao Yang, Singapore	Tian Shuhao, Singapore	Yeung Franklin Hor Chung, Macao (SAR of China)	López Fernández Javier, Spain
Leong Eu-Shaun, Singapore	Burlacu Eduard-Florin, Romania	ISLAM RASHEDUL, Bangladesh	Horn Lennart, Switzerland
	Vu Ngo Hoang Duong, Vietnam	Chakhoyan Hakob, Armenia	Noga Keren, Israel
	Ardeleanu George Cristian, Romania	Frija Marius, Moldova	Nicollerat Loïc, Switzerland
	Herman Jaroslav, Czech Republic	Subotić Dušan, Montenegro	Genç Eser İlke, Turkey
	Magauin Rassul, Republic of Kazakhstan	Kahu Kristjan-Erik, Estonia	Boboshov Sardor, Uzbekistan
	Chiriac George, Romania	Karakhanyan Ruben, Armenia	Yahyazade Siraj, Azerbaijan
	Ihnatenko Oleksii, Ukraine	Küssner Lennart, Sweden	Spūlis Viesturs, Latvia
	Silva Bastos de Almeida Alexandre , Brazil	Ismagulov Temirlan, Republic of Kazakhstan	Ermolaev Petr, Switzerland
	Bukovšek Simon, Slovenia	Vija Hendrik, Estonia	Sno Shofar, Suriname
	Cotirlan Claudiu-Mihai, Romania	RAHIM IMTIAZ TANWEER, Bangladesh	Guo Allan, Hong Kong
	Kivisalu Kaarel, Estonia	Paiva Martim, Portugal	Shamsiev Yakhyo, Tajikistan
	Pirov Daler, Tajikistan	Jakeš Hynek, Czech Republic	ISHTIAK GOLAM, Bangladesh
	Lior Bar Hillel, Israel	Sagi Nahushtan, Israel	Ayala-Duarte Luis Eduardo, Mexico
	Le Minh Hoang, Vietnam	Moos Dominik, Switzerland	Suleymanzade Ayhan, Azerbaijan
	Csipes Jozef, Slovakia	Vučić Marko, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Matraszek Miłosz, Poland
	Trang Dao Cong Minh, Vietnam	Nicov Stefan, Moldova	Batbayar Bilguun, Mongolia
	Parmaksız Yunus Emer, Turkey	ABO RDAN M.SUBHI, Syria	Tursunov Azizbek, Uzbekistan
	Güner Öykü Sıla, Turkey	Bashirov Murad, Azerbaijan	Hartanto Kwee Jeffrey, Hong Kong
	Lopes Ponciano Lima Matheus, Brazil	Chwistek Karel, Czech Republic	Kopadze Luka, Georgia
	Ferreira Rodrigues Vinícius , Brazil	Takose Ian Seo , Brazil	Purice Vladimir, Moldova
	Kaldybayev Rauan, Republic of Kazakhstan	Skewes-Zorrilla Ricardo, Mexico	Conchello Vendrell Víctor, Spain
	Draganchuk Anton, Republic of Kazakhstan	Nikuradze Nikoloz, Georgia	Ruiz Lupon Javier , Spain
		BOURHANI OMAR, Syria
		Krčmar Sergej, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Podbregar Lev, Slovenia
		Kirtadze Luka, Georgia
		Almeida Gabriel, Portugal
		Carneiro Nuno, Portugal
		Abdukhamidov Abdurahmon, Tajikistan
		ALHASNI ABDULLAH, Syria
		Samardžić Petar, Serbia
		Kamoliddinzoda Mukhammadkhuja, Tajikistan

Primary organizers

The Organizing Committee of IdPhO 2020 is represented by Russia. Two educational institutions from Moscow are in charge of the project: Center for Teacher Excellence and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

The inquiries shoud be addressed to i20@phystech.edu.

Academic Committee

The marking of students solutions and problems preparation was performed by Norayr Asriyan, Ilya Barygin, Valentin Borshchevskiy, Pavel Buslaev, Maksim Eliseev, Ivan Erofeev, Ilya Fradkin, Jaan Kalda, Maksim Karmanov, Alexander Kireev, Alexander Kobyakin, Leonid Koldunov, Andrey Konovalov, Anatoly Koribut, Kirill Kovalev, Nina Kudryashova, Konstantin Kutelev, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Arina Kuznetsova, Andrey Lyovin, Vladimir Malinovskiy, Ivan Maslov, Darya Mokrousova, Vasily Nesterov, Fedor Oksanichenko, Andrey Panferov, Konstantin Parfenov, Danila Parinov, Arseniy Pikalov, Yaroslav Pozdnyak, Shtefan Sanduleanu, Igor Shenderovich, Yury Skakov, Elena Sunchugasheva, Pavel Tikhonov, Stanislav Tsapaev, Fedor Tsybrov, Andrey Uymin, Daniil Vakhrameev, Igor Vilkin, Ivan Vorobyov, Zakhar Yakovlev, Ivan Yudin, Vasily Yugov.

Deputy heads: Dmitry Aleksandrov, Vitaly Shevchenko

Head: Artem Voronov

International distributed Physics Olympiad 2020

About the event

When

Problems

Where

Eligibility

Supervision

Awards

Frequently asked questions

How do you plan to organize the event in 13 time zones?

How the problem discussion is organized?

How the problem translation is organized?

Should we printout any documents before/after of the exams?

Can students use calculators?

How do you collect the students solutions?

How the moderation is organized?

What if you don't find a representative in our country?

Should a team pay a participation fee?

Should the room for exams have a copying machine, printer etc.?

What are requirements to the area close to the room for exams?

Do you need any assistance during exams?

Can our team take competition exams in a neighboring country?

Are there any specific requirements to the room for exams?

Event schedule

Problems

Winners

Primary organizers

Academic Committee

International distributed
Physics Olympiad 2020