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Just the hard end

You already sit olympiads and only want problems that'll cost you an afternoon.

Problems

564

Hours

650

Hours a week

Problems a week

Start at stage 7 Not sure this is your level?

What you work through

Stage	Roughly this paper	Problems
7	BMO Round 2 · USAMO P1/P4 · IMO P1/P4	300
8	IMO Shortlist mid-range · USAMO P2/P5	180
9	IMO P2/P5 · hard shortlist	52
10	Hardest shortlist tier	32

Where it leaves you

The top of the ladder, including the shortlist problems nobody solves quickly.

Make-up of these 564 problems

82% want a proof the rest want an answer topics rotate throughout

The weekly figure assumes you finish in 52 weeks. Take longer and it drops; the order stays the same either way. Time per problem is estimated from the stage rather than measured, so read the hours as a rough size, not a timetable.

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Where it leaves you

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AIME in six months

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BMO1 behind you, squad ahead