RSM-METROWEST
World Class Math Instruction Your Children Will Love!
RSM-METROWEST
World Class Math Instruction Your Children Will Love!
About Purple Comet
Purple Comet is a relatively new, but rapidly expanding competition. It was founded by Dr. Jonathan Kane, of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Since its inception in 2003, Purple Comet has become an internationally recognized competition.
Purple Comet is unlike our other competitions in that it is team-based. Students must know a lot of math, but also be capable of collaborating and achieving consensus before submitting their team’s answers. These are useful, life-long skills!
Teams are comprised of up to six students. High school team students must attend 9th through 12th grade in regular school. Middle school team students must be in grades 6 through 8.
The test is an online exam. Students receive a question from their instructor, discuss the problem and its solution, and submit the team’s final answer online. The test is limited to 60 minutes at the Middle School level and 90 minutes at the High School level. It is always held in mid-April.
Purple Comet 2024 Season
With great pleasure and pride, we would like to announce this year’s results. Congratulations to Team White for taking 1st place among Middle School Teams and Team Blue for taking 2nd place among High School Teams in the 2024 year Purple Comet Competition.
A very special thank you must be extended to Alex Sukher who coaches the Purple Comet teams to do their best each year, and enjoys every minute of it.
Purple Comet 2024 Winners
RSM-MetroWest Team White
Massachusets 1st Place
Student | Grade | Award |
Mia Zhao | 8 | 1st Place in MA MS Mixed Teams |
Sean Gao | 7 | 1st Place in MA MS Mixed Teams |
Ritvik Ghosh | 7 | 1st Place in MA MS Mixed Teams |
Aanya Mittal | 8 | 1st Place in MA MS Mixed Teams |
Atticus Rando | 7 | 1st Place in MA MS Mixed Teams |
RSM-MetroWest Team Blue
Massachusetts 2nd place
Student | Grade | Award |
Ragav Iyer | 11 | 2nd Place in MA HS Mixed Teams |
Sriaditya Vaddadi | 10 | 2nd Place in MA HS Mixed Teams |
Jianing (Jenny) Huang | 10 | 2nd Place in MA HS Mixed Teams |
Soham Patil | 10 | 2nd Place in MA HS Mixed Teams |
Chris Xu | 9 | 2nd Place in MA HS Mixed Teams |