The 2023 National Mental Math Championship was held Sunday November 12 in Montreal. Thanks to everyone who participated!
Congratulations to Hua Wei Chan for his third consecutive Canadian mental math champion title!
Congratulations to Mohammad El Mir for his close second place! And for establishing a new national record at the square roots optional challenge.
Congratulations to 2018 champion Jean Béland for his third place overall! His results remain just as impressive as always.
And congratulations to Prerna Rawat for her fourth place and for her outstanding overall performance!
* In this particular challenge, Hua got the highest number of good answers (4), but the penalties for all the mistaken answers brought his final score to only 0.5.
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Some fun facts about the participants:
- First place Hua Wei Chan got second place at the Mental Calculation World Cup in Germany back in 2013.
- Second place Mohammad El Mir got third place at the Mental Calculation World Cup in 2022.
- Third place Jean Béland was the Canadian Mental Math champion back in 2018. He once earned thousands of dollars in a tv show thanks to his quick mental math skills.
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P.-S. For next year, we will be brainstorming various ways to try attract a significantly larger number of intermediate and beginner-level participants. Let us know if you’d like to help us or collaborate with us in any way to reach that goal!