Thirty-eight out of forty-two
The EGMO 2024 scoreboard, published by the olympiad itself, records Cloris Xu of Australia on 38 points out of a possible 42, ranked joint second overall and awarded a gold medal. The same total and the same rank belong to Aino Aulanko of Finland.
Above them sits one name. Hannah Fox of the United States finished first with 41 points, a single problem short of a perfect paper. The gap between first and joint second is three marks, which at this level can mean one incomplete case in one proof out of six.
What the olympiad asks
EGMO sets six problems and marks each out of seven, giving a maximum of 42. The problems are proofs, not calculations: a contestant who reaches the right answer without justifying it earns little, and a contestant who builds a complete argument for a harder problem can outscore several partial attempts elsewhere.
The scoreboard shows the pattern clearly. Full marks of seven appear repeatedly against individual problems across many countries, while totals near the ceiling are rare. Consistency across all six is what separates the top of the table, and it is why a score of 38 is closer to the summit than the arithmetic alone suggests.
An Australian at a European olympiad
The competition is named for Europe but the scoreboard is not confined to it. Teams from outside the continent appear on the 2024 table, Australia and the United States among them, and in 2024 the two highest individual scores in the world belonged to competitors from the United States and Australia respectively.
That makes Xu's result a double achievement: a gold medal, and a gold medal won by a guest team against the strongest national squads in European mathematics. The scoreboard as read here lists roughly fifty participating countries, most fielding teams of four, which places her result inside a field of around two hundred contestants.
What a gold medal at EGMO signifies
Olympiad medals are awarded on a sliding scale rather than to a fixed number of winners, with gold reserved for the highest band of scores. Reaching that band requires solving problems that have been written specifically to defeat the best school-age mathematicians in the world, under examination conditions, with no reference material.
Every contestant in Tskaltubo had already won a national selection to be in the room. The scoreboard records what happened after that: a small group at the top, a long tail of partial credit beneath it, and two names sharing second place with 38 points apiece.
What is documented — and what is not
The firm facts come from the olympiad's own scoreboard: the score of 38 out of 42, the joint second placing, the gold medal, the year, the host city of Tskaltubo in Georgia, and the identity of the contestant who finished above her. Competition results published by the competition are the strongest evidence this kind of record can have.
Nothing personal is attached. No date of birth, age, school, city or photograph appears in the source, and no interview or follow-up has been published in the sources gathered here. Whether she competed at other olympiads, before or since, is not recorded on this page, and the exact number of participating countries is stated only approximately in the scoreboard as read.
| Person | Country | Milestone | Age / Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloris Xu | Australia | Gold and joint second in the world, EGMO 2024 | — |
| Junghun Ju | South Korea | A perfect score at the International Mathematical Olympiad | — |
| Amber Li | Australia | Three consecutive EGMO gold medals | — |
| Aida Mitroi | Romania | Three consecutive EGMO gold medals | — |
| Alisa Volkova | Russia | She solved five of the six problems outright and finished twelfth in the w | — |
What is documented — and what is not
✓ Documented
- 38 points out of 42 at EGMO 2024, joint second overall, gold medal (official scoreboard)
- Held in Tskaltubo, Georgia, in 2024
- Hannah Fox of the United States finished first with 41 points
? Unverified, disputed or wrong
- No date of birth, age, school or city in the source
- The exact number of participating countries and contestants is approximate in the scoreboard as read
- No record of results at other olympiads, before or after 2024
Questions people ask about Cloris Xu
What did Cloris Xu achieve at EGMO 2024?
She scored 38 out of 42, finished joint second in the world and won a gold medal for Australia.
Who beat her?
Hannah Fox of the United States, the only contestant above her, with 41 points out of 42.
How old is Cloris Xu?
No source in this record gives her age or date of birth. The scoreboard publishes names, countries and scores only.
How is EGMO scored?
Six problems, each marked out of seven, for a maximum of 42 points. The problems require written proofs rather than answers.
Why does Australia compete at a European olympiad?
The scoreboard includes teams from outside Europe, Australia and the United States among them. The source does not explain the invitation rules.
Is Cloris Xu on Wikipedia?
No Wikipedia article was found for her. The EGMO scoreboard is the primary published record.
Where is Cloris Xu now?
No source in this record states what she has done since 2024. That is a gap in the reporting rather than a statement about her.
Did anyone score a perfect 42 in 2024?
No perfect score appears at the top of the 2024 table; the highest total was 41, by Hannah Fox.
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Sources
- EGMO 2024 scoreboard — European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (official), 2024-04
Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.
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