The 2026 Clemson Calculus Challenge

The twenty second annual Clemson Calculus Challenge (CCC ) was held on Friday, March 27, 2026. For the fifth year, we held a hybrid event with in-person participants as well as students taking the exam remotely. The School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences welcomed 246 students (including 60 remote) from 29 schools representing Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The students competed in individual, team, and school categories.

The twenty-nine high schools were split into three divisions based on school enrollment. Division I schools had the smaller enrollments, while Division II contained the schools with the larger student populations. A third division was created for all of the remote participants, who competed only in the individual competition. The high schools that competed in the 2026 CCC are listed in the following table.

Participating Schools for 2025
High School	City	State	Division
Killian Hill Christian School	Lilburn	GA	3
TL Hanna High School	Anderson	SC	2
Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School	Kernersville	NC	1
Riverside High School	Greer	SC	2
May River High School	Bluffton	SC	2
Habersham Central High School	Mt. Airy	GA	3
Marvin Ridge High School	Waxhaw	NC	2
Ardrey Kell High School	Charlotte	NC	3
Greenville High School	Greenville	SC	2
JL Mann High School	Greenville	SC	3
Harlem High School	Harlem	GA	1
Eastside High School	Taylors	SC	2
First Presbyterian Day School	Macon	GA	1
Charlotte Christian School	Charlotte	NC	1
DW Daniel High	Central	SC	1
First Baptist School of Charleston	Charleston	SC	1
Lucy Beckham High school	Mount Pleasant	SC	2
Greenbrier High School	Evans	GA	2
Cane Bay High School	Summerville	SC	2
Gatlinburg-Pittman High School	Gatlinburg	TN	1
Scholars Academy High School	Conway	SC	1
Columbus High School	Columbus	GA	1
River Bluff High School	Lexington	SC	2
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute	Baltimore	MD	2
Memphis University School	Memphis	TN	3
Clover High School	Clover	SC	3
Chestatee High School	Gainesville	GA	1
Hammond School	Columbia	SC	1
Rockdale Magnet School For Science and Technology	Conyers	GA	3

Awards

Trophies were awarded for first, second, and third place finishes in Divisions I and II in three categories: individual test, team competition, and overall school performance. The first and second place scorer on the morning exam in Divisions I and II were each given $500 scholarships to Clemson University. A trophy was also awarded to the top finisher among the remote participants (Division III).

Individual Awards

Division I
Place	School	Winner	Score
1st Place	Hammond School	Seomgeun Shim	17.50
2nd Place	DW Daniel High School	Yuhang Wu	15.50
3rd Place	First Presbyterian Day School	Helen Zhou	9.75

Division II
Place	School	Winner	Score
1st Place	River Bluff High School	Aditya Anandkumar	12.50
2nd Place	River Bluff High School	Anthony Zou	10.50
3rd Place	Eastside High School	Liaoliao Shi	10.50

* The tie for second place was broken by the fewest incorrect responses.

Division III
Place	School	Winner	Score
1st Place	Memphis University School	Krish Agrawal	14.00

Team Awards

Division I
Place	School	Winner	Score	Team Members
1st Place	Hammond School	Orange Team	42	Seomgeun Shim, TJ Nguyen, Zaki Steinberg, Anne Perry Porter
2nd Place	First Presbyterian Day School	Purple Team	27	Taeyoung Nah, Jerry Yang, Helen Zhou
3rd Place	DW Daniel High School	Orange Team	26	Yuhang Wu, Ryan Chen, Kaya Gedikoglu, Kaiser Smith

Division II
Place	School	Winner	Score	Team Members
1st Place	River Bluff High School	Orange Team	51	Aditya Anandkumar, Justin Lee, Anthony Zou, Jonathan Unumb
2nd Place	Eastside High School	Orange Team	31	Liaoliao Shi, Nicholas Hu, Jacob Weng, Zau Haukum
3rd Place	Marvin Ridge High School	White Team	24	David Zhu, David Peterson, Prisha Singh

School Awards

Division I
Place	School	Score
1st Place	Hammond School	33.42
2nd Place	Columbus High School	29.42
3rd Place	DW Daniel High School	27.00

Division II
Place	School	Score
1st Place	River Bluff High School	41.33
2nd Place	Eastside High School	37.92
3rd Place	Baltimore Polytechnic Institute	20.00

Research Presentation

After the competition, a presentation was delivered by Ben Gobler, a graduate student in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at Clemson University,

Bonus Puzzle Challenge

As a bonus endeavor, participants were given a 'Wall Scoring Puzzle' challenge created by Dr. Shih-wei Chao, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematical and Statstical Sciences, to work on over the lunch break. One team from each division was selected at random from all correct responses to receive School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences swag.