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BMO1 behind you, squad ahead

You've qualified for a second round before. Everything from here is a proof, and most take an hour.

Problems

932

Hours

767

Hours a week

Problems a week

Start at stage 6 Not sure this is your level?

What you work through

Stage	Roughly this paper	Problems
6	BMO Round 1 · national olympiad first round	400
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

Where it leaves you

Working shortlist problems at the level that decides team selection.

Make-up of these 932 problems

76% want a proof the rest want an answer topics rotate throughout

The weekly figure assumes you finish in 78 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.

Other routes

BMO1 behind you, squad ahead

What you work through

Where it leaves you

Other routes

AIME in six months

USAMO qualification in a year

BMO Round 2 in two years

Just the hard end