Welcome from the Director
Dear Competitors,
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2025 James S. Rickards Fall Invitational. Each year, our student-run team works tirelessly to design problems that promote the joy of mathematics.
We’re thrilled to host over 1,000 participants in person on Saturday, November 8th, and to open our mail-in division to schools nationwide. After the tests are submitted, we’ll reveal the results and honor the top performers.
Thank you to everyone who attended last year's event. Your enthusiasm is central to what makes our Invitational succeed. However, we've noted and fixed various concerns you had from last year.
This year, we're debuting a new, streamlined process that will make it easier than ever for students to participate and coaches to register. We'll be sending more details regarding this process in a series of email updates closer to the event.
Thank you for your passion and dedication. I look forward to an unforgettable day of problem-solving.
Sincerely,
Himank Chhaya
Director, Rickards Math Invitational
Guest Speaker
Po-Shen Loh is a social entrepreneur and mathematician, with a track record of inventing incentive-aligned solutions to address timely population-scale real-world problems, from pandemic control to helping human society thrive in the AI era. He is a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and served a decade-long term as the national coach of the USA International Mathematical Olympiad team from 2013–2023. Since 2023, he has been the Vice President of the IMO Foundation, as the founder and organizer of the annual IMO Alumni Reunion. His latest innovation, LIVE, brings together math stars and professional actors, to mass-produce live-streamed creative problem-solving lessons that match the engagement level of online video entertainment.
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1,000+ Competitors
Compete alongside some of the brightest students in the region.
Challenging Problems
Push your skills with unique, thought-provoking questions.
Student-Run
Organized by passionate students who love math as much as you do.