2025 IM²C Competition Results & International Summit
The International Mathematical Modeling Challenge begins with thousands of student teams competing through national and regional competitions worldwide. From those participants, each country or region may nominate up to two teams to represent them at the international competition. In 2025, 69 finalist teams from 39 countries and regions advanced to tackle the Global Sports League modeling problem before the competition concluded with the International Summit and Awards Ceremony in Hong Kong.
2025 Modeling Problem: Global Sports League
The 2025 IM²C problem challenged teams to develop a mathematical model for scheduling a Global Sports League. Teams considered travel, fairness, logistics, and other competing priorities while developing practical, data-driven recommendations.
Competition Resources
Access the official problem statement, competition results, team certificates, and judges commentary from the 2025 International Mathematical Modeling Challenge.
Outstanding Award Winners
Macleans College
New Zealand
Team 2025006
Wai Lap (Alston) Yam
Jay (Zixuan) Zhao
Bruce Zhang
Zhiwei (Michael) Lu
Advisor: Carl Fourie
Korean Minjok Leadership Academy
South Korea
Team 2025017
Minseo Park
Junsu Park
Jeyoon Lee
Jaehyun Won
Advisor: Junwoo Kim
Meritorious Award Winners
2025 International Summit & Awards Ceremony
July 21-25, 2025 | Hong Kong
The 2025 IM²C International Summit and Awards Ceremony brought together finalist teams, educators, organizers, judges, and academic leaders from around the world to celebrate excellence in mathematical modeling.
Hosted across The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and The University of Hong Kong, the Summit featured student presentations, expert discussions, networking opportunities, and the International Awards Ceremony.
Highlights from the 2025 IM²C International Summit and Awards Ceremony:
Congratulations to the 2025 Teams
The 2025 International Mathematical Modeling Challenge showcased the creativity, collaboration, and analytical thinking of student teams from around the world. Congratulations to every student, advisor, and participating school whose dedication and innovative problem solving made this year’s competition a success. Your work continues to demonstrate the impact of mathematical modeling in addressing complex real-world challenges. We look forward to welcoming the next generation of mathematical modelers at IM²C in next year’s competition.