New York State Mathematics League

The New York State Mathematics League (NYSML) competition was originally held in 1973 and has been held annually in a different location each year since. It was founded by Alfred Kalfus. The American Regions Math League competition is based on the format of the NYSML competition. The current iteration contains four sections: the team round, power question, individual round, and a relay. These are done in competition in that order. All of these rounds are done without a calculator. Each individual team can have up to fifteen students, which is the usual amount per team. Like ARML, it has banned the user of calculators beginning in the 2009 contest.

Competition Format

There are four sections in the current iteration, done so in a day:

  • A team round where a team collaborates to solve ten questions in twenty minutes. There is a possible 50 points to earn here.
  • A power question where a team has an hour to complete ten questions which requires proofs and explanations for a possible 50 points.
  • An individual round, where each team member has five groups of two questions to answer, with each group of questions taking ten minutes, totaling fifty minutes for ten questions for a possible 150 points.
  • A relay round, where teams are broken up into five groups of three if possible. There are three problems, with each member giving their answer back to the next member until it hits the third member, who can rise at 3 minutes for a correct answer to get 5 points, or rise at the time limit of 6 minutes for a correct answer to get 3 points. The maximum is fifty points.
  • This brings the total maximum for points to 300.

Past NYSML Competition Sites
Year Location
2004 Westlake High School
2005 Fayetteville-Manlius High School
2006 Nyack High School
2007 Stuyvesant High School
2008 Victor Senior High School
2009 John Jay Senior High School
2010 SUNY Albany
2011 Suffolk County Community College
2012 Susquehanna Valley High School
2013 Byram Hills High School
2014 Fayetteville-Manlius High School
2015 Syosset High School
2016 Penfield High School
2017 Stuyvesant High School
2018 SUNY Geneseo
2019 Middletown High School
2020 N/A (Planned to be Ithaca High School)
2021 N/A (Online)
2022 N/A (Online)
2023 Ithaca High School

Past NYSML Winners
Year Division A Winners Winning Score Division B Winners
2006 New York City A N/A Albany Area Math Circle
2007 New York City A N/A Monroe A
2008 New York City A N/A DUSO (Dutchess-Ulster-Sullivan-Orange) A
2011 New York City Manhattan 242 Ithaca High School
2012 New York City MBkSIBx 243 Onondaga A
2013 New York City A 237 Suffolk A
2014 New York City Seniors 223 Suffolk A
2021 New York City Tin Man 274 N/A
2022 New York City Tin Man 281 N/A
2023 New York City Tin Man 242 Scarsdale High School

Past NYSML Individual Winners (a.k.a. the Curt Boddie Award)
Year Individual Winner
2010 Allen Liu (Monroe County)
2011 Sam Duchovni (NYC)
2012 Allen Liu (Monroe County)
2013 Allen Liu (Monroe County)
2014 Max Fishelson (NYC)
2023 Andrew Li (NYC Tin Man)
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