22.01.2025

Results

Results 2nd Round 2025

On January 15, the second round of the Physics Olympiad took place. The two-part theory test included calculating the properties of the Strépy-Thieu boat lift in Belgium and understanding how liquid crystal technology and voltmeters work.
Plot of score vs. rank
Score vs. rank. Picture: Physics Olympiad
exam in Bern
Exam in Bern. Picture: Tim Mosimann
Exam in Lausanne
Exam in Lausanne. Picture: Bruno Pontecorvo
Exam in Zürich.
Exam in Zürich. Picture: Etienne Gilgien
In Urania Sternwarte.
In the Urania observatory. Picture: Etienne Gilgien
Telescope in the Urania observatory
The telescope in the Urania observatory. Picture: Etienne Gilgien.
participants and plush alien look through the telescope
What do you see in the sky? Picture: Etienne Gilgien

The competition took place simultaneously in three locations, Bern, Lausanne, and Zurich. In Zurich, an excursion to the Urania observatory took place after the exam.

Of the 71 participants in total, the following 28 were able to secure a place in the final, including two from Liechtenstein. 

RankNameSurnameScore
1.DavidReichmuth54.25
2.Luis BenedictGördes51.25
3.EliasBaumann50
4.AndrejŠevera49.9
5.EliasAlbrecher48
5.FynnKrebser48
7.NoeliaCheridito46.75
8.DiegoGassmann41.75
9.EmmaRelander39
10.HaykSerobyan38.3
11.LeonhardHasler (LIE)37.25
12.RamonDäster36.5
12.JaëlSuter36.5
14.IrinaTikhonovskaia36
15.SvenjaFelber35.75
16.LeonZimmermann34.75
16.EricLüscher34.75
18.KeyvanSulzer34.5
19.TimVölker33.25
20.SofiaBonazzola32.5
21.NikolaySmirnov31.75
21.VolodymyrKusaiko31.75
23.JohannaQiu31.15
24.LeonardDuparc30.9
25.MelindaWidler30.5
26.MagsudRzayev30.45
27.MarkNeumann30.25
 LeonhardMayer (LIE)27.5

 

Also taking part were Aliyah Lutz, Anika Gertner Martinez, Anisha Jhalani, Anna Alexandra Harrer, Basile Lambiel, Bischoff Anthony, Charlotte Reymond, David Hasler, Edenson Houngbo-Fitremann, Elisa Bisig, Enrique Tödtli, Gabrielle Denise Lao, Giulio Vogt, Hannah Eberle, Hongjia MENG, Huaxia Lin, Isis Schoolenberg, Ivan Gonzalez, James Achille Formis, Julian Birrer, Kilian Rössl, Lauriane Gay, Leandra Gloor, Luigi Fei Musa, Marat Salimov, Mathias Moens, Matthias Wagner, Maximilien Chappaz, Michail Kiourkos, Mikhail Dudko, Nicolas Klubertanz, Niyar Ali, Philipp Dneprov, Rahul Raman, Ravi Shankar Naren, Romina Zeugin, Ruben Locher, Sophie Fachruddin, Tabea Gerber-Beeg, Theo Walzel, Théo Djordjevic, Ursus Wigger, Xiaomei Xu.

In February, the young physicists will practice conducting experiments at EPFL before demonstrating their skills in the final round on March 15 and 16. There they will have the chance to qualify for the European Physics Olympiad in Bulgaria or the International Physics Olympiad in Paris.

We would like to thank everyone for their participation. Even if you didn't make it to the final this year, we would be delighted to see you again next year, either as a participant or as a volunteer. Just get in touch with us!

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