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News & Updates — Editorial Coverage of the UKMT Competition Year
Editorial articles on the British Mathematical Olympiad and the UKMT competition year, written for international students preparing for the senior pathway. Articles are typically 1,500 to 2,500 words and are filed against four standing categories.
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The 2026-27 China-Region Olympiad Clash Calendar: SMC and BMO Dates Beside the BPhO, AMC and UKChO, With the Key Deadlines
The 2026-27 China-region dates for the SMC, BMO1 and BMO2 beside the BPhO, AMC and UKChO: two pressure windows, one shared deadline and what to cut first. Read article
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Your China-Region BMO1 Falls on 19 November: A Reach Table for Which Parts of a University Application It Can Still Touch
A reach table for 2026-27: which application surfaces a 19 November BMO1 entry can appear on, which it cannot, and what you may honestly claim before any mark exists. Read article
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After BMO1, Before BMO2: The Nine-Week Window Planner and Deadline Table for the China Region (19 November to 21 January)
The 63 days between the 19 November BMO1 paper and the 21 January BMO2 paper, laid out as a deadline table, an outcome decision grid and a nine-week planner. Read article
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The SMC Mark Table: Score Bands, Question Arithmetic and When to Leave One Blank (China Sitting, 8 October 2026)
A lookup table for the 8 October China sitting: what 46, 57 and 72 out of 125 cost you in correct answers, and the one-in-five rule for guessing. Read article
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State It or Prove It? A Lookup Table of Named Results You Can Use in a BMO Write-Up
There is no official list of quotable theorems. A topic-by-topic lookup of named results, what you must still justify when you cite one, and when to prove it in two lines instead. Read article
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The China-Region UKMT Season 2026-27, Decoded: SMC on 8 October, Direct Entry to BMO1, and Every Published Boundary
The China organising channel’s 2026-27 handbook is out: the China-region SMC sitting runs Thursday 8 October (registration closes 28 September), BMO Round 1 on 19 November with direct entry for China-based students, and BMO Round 2 on 21 January. UK-centre sittings follow UKMT’s own dates – 7 October for the SMC. Every boundary, fee and… Read article
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What Each BMO Question Stem Requires: A Decoder Table for Determine All, Show That and Prove or Disprove
Determine all and Find the smallest each carry two obligations, not one. A decoder table mapping eighteen BMO question stems to what your written answer must contain. Read article
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Which UK Year Group Are You In? A Grade-to-Year Conversion Table and How Many UKMT Seasons You Have Left
Chinese Grade 11 is not UK Year 11. A conversion table for Chinese, US, IB and A-Level year labels, plus a count of how many autumn UKMT seasons you have left. Read article
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The Autumn Term Hour Budget: A Week-by-Week UKMT Planner for Students Carrying a Full Course Load (2026-27)
Senior Challenge on 7 October, Round 1 in November, school mocks and applications in between. A week-by-week hour budget and a collision map to plan against. Read article
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Where to Get More BMO-Level Problems When the Recent Papers Run Out: A Difficulty-Matched Source Table (2026-27)
You have worked the recent BMO papers. Here is every remaining problem source mapped to a difficulty band, with what each one is good for and what it is not. Read article