2026 World Mathematics Team Championship

The 2026 World Mathematics Team Championship will be held in Bangkok, Thailand.  WMTC is an international event, drawing students from six continents (all but Antarctica).  The overall event consists of a mathematics competition, cultural excursions, and interaction among students from around the world.

Lodging, food, and excursions fall within a package fee including all local event costs, not including international travel costs; the individual cost of travel must be borne by each family.  Advance planning for travel is especially important!

The 2026 WMTC US participation administered by SDMC is NOT limited to SDMC members.  This event is open to any suitable US-based student.

Schedule

December 2 – All Day: Airport Arrival Pickups/Registration

December 3 – Coaches/Proctors meetings

December 4 – Examination, Organizing Committee Meeting

December 5 - Touring

December 6 - Touring / Award Ceremony / Dinner, performances, gift exchange

December 7 - Departure

Division Structure

WMTC is structured in three divisions, Advanced, Intermediate, and Junior.  These divisions are defined by birthdate,  not by school grade level or SDMC ability group.  This is because school systems around the world organize grade levels differently, so it is difficult to sort students fairly that way.

Junior Level – For participants born in or after 2014.

Intermediate Level – For participants born within 2011-2013, inclusive.

Advanced Level – For participants who are not yet high school graduates and who were born within 2008-2011.

It is permissible for younger students to participate in a higher division, but not in the reverse. 

Contest Structure

WMTC combines three event types, Individual, Team, and Relay, each bearing resemblance to the similarly named events of the US ARML competition.  (There is no "Power Round" in WMTC owing to the difficulty in judging full solutions in international competition.)

Individual - The individual round has two parts, a 20-minute segment with 15 fast-paced problems and a 40-minute segment of 8 more challenging problems.

Team - Teams of six students work together to solve 14 team problems in 40 minutes.  

Relay - A WMTC relay consists of two interrelated  problems A and B, the solution to B depending on the answer to A.  Team member A solves problem A and passes the answer to team member B, who then uses that answer to produce the final solution of B.  There are three rounds of 7 minutes each.

Signing up

Please use the link below to access our Google Form now being used to sign up for discrete events like WMTC.  Use the drop down menu to select WTMC as your signup event and then complete the rest of the form as directed.  In the field provided for Event-Specific Information, please provide your birthdate (which will determine your division) and whether you wish to try the next-higher division as well.

Click here to go to the signup form.