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DrCT 2023

Canadian students excel in DrCT Contest

August 4, 2023

Design thinking with robotics and Computational Thinking International Competition (DrCT)

DrCT is a competition developed by International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) medallists and moderated by Professors involved in IOI. DrCT is a significant competition for those students taking the International Olympiad in Informatics (NOI) competition. Around 25% of the questions are related to NOI, set by IOI medallists, and reviewed by the NUS School of Computing professor. SIMCC conducts this contest.

1,905 students participated in DrCT in 2023 from 21 countries. These students were from 477 schools worldwide. Canadian students performed exceptionally well in this global contest. This year 39 Canadian students won the award. 8 of the Canadian students were among the top 10 worldwide for their school grades.

  • 🥇 11 Gold Medals
  • 🥈 11 Silver Medals
  • 🥉 10 Bronze Medals
  • 🎗️ 7 Honorable Mentions

Congratulations Students! We are very proud of your achievements. Have a wonderful summer!

IMPORTANT NOTATIONS

  • 🔝Top 10 students worldwide
  • 🥇Gold Medal, 🥈Silver Medal, 🥉Bronze Medal, 🎗️Honorable Mention
  • 🇨🇦 #Country Rank, 🌎 #Global Rank

GOLD MEDAL WINNERS (11)

  • 🔝🥇SAMUEL WANG (G3, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #1, 🌎 #2)
  • 🔝🥇CHONGRUI WANG (G4, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #1, 🌎 #4)
  • 🔝🥇BRYAN ZHANG (G4, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #2, 🌎 #5)
  • 🔝🥇RYAN ZANDER (G5, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #1, 🌎 #2)
  • 🔝🥇AIKATERINA MOUKAS (G6, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #1, 🌎 #6)
  • 🔝🥇ISAAC FONG (G6, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #2, 🌎 #9)
  • 🥇AADYA RAYALA (G6, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #3, 🌎 #11)
  • 🥇RUXUAN WANG (G7, Success for All, 🇨🇦 #1, 🌎 #17)
  • 🔝🥇ANSH AGARWAL (G9, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #1, 🌎 #5)
  • 🔝🥇ZAYAAN AFTAB (G9, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #1, 🌎 #5)
  • 🥇ARINA KURBATOVA (G9, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #3, 🌎 #24)

SILVER MEDAL WINNERS (11)

  • 🥈ADHITYAA MADHAVAN (G2, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #1)
  • 🥈REYANSH NEGI (G4, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #3)
  • 🥈DHEEMANTH POLAPALLY (G5, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #2)
  • 🥈SHREENANDITA DAS (G6, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #4)
  • 🥈TOMMY SHANG (G7, Success for All, 🇨🇦 #2)
  • 🥈ANANTHAA MADHAVAN (G8, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #1)
  • 🥈ASHWIN SANKAR (G8, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #2)
  • 🥈VIVAN PATIL (G8, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #3)
  • 🥈KAVANGUN KALRA (G9, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #4)
  • 🥈QIYE WU (G9, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #5)
  • 🥈ANISH NAGARIYA (G10, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #1)

BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS (10)

  • 🥉HIRO HIGASHIMURA (G7, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #3)
  • 🥉RITVIK GOYAL (G7, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #4)
  • 🥉ADITYA KUMAR (G7, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #5)
  • 🥉AKASH K SATHISHKUMAR (G8, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #4)
  • 🥉MANAV SANGHRAJKA (G8, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #4)
  • 🥉NETAANT PUROHIT (G9, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #6)
  • 🥉DIYA PANDEY (G9, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #7)
  • 🥉ARJUN GARG (G9, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #8)
  • 🥉THEODORE DICKERSON (G10, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #2)
  • 🥉PRITIKA LAHIRI (G10, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #3)

HONORABLE MENTIONS (7)

  • 🎗️ALMIRA ZIA (G4, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #4)
  • 🎗️SEHAJ GREWAL (G5, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #3)
  • 🎗️TANISHKA CHINTHAMANENI (G5, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #3)
  • 🎗️INAAYA ZIA (G6, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #5)
  • 🎗️MAHI PATEL (G7, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #6)
  • 🎗️RACHEL JIN (G8, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #6)
  • 🎗️DHRUV LADANI (G9, Competitive Kids STEM, 🇨🇦 #9)

Winners are also awarded points toward a special award. Keep earning more points to win this special award at the end of the year. Please review the award details here.

  • STEAM INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (SIT) AWARDS: 3 points for the Perfect Score, 2 Points for the Gold Medal, and 1 point for the Siver Medal.

Congratulations again to all the winners!