The two marks in Bath
The 2024 papers were unusually punishing. Of 609 contestants, exactly one, Haojia Shi of China, reached the maximum. Chasovskikh came next, with a scoresheet of 7, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7: two problems marked one point short of full, everything else complete, and second place in the world.
A six rather than a seven is not a wrong answer. Olympiad coordinators read each proof as written and deduct for a step that is not fully justified or a case that is not covered. Chasovskikh's 2024 paper was two small gaps away from perfection, which is as close as anyone came to Shi that year.
The perfect paper in 2025
The 2025 olympiad was held on the Sunshine Coast in Australia with 630 contestants. Five of them finished on 42: Chasovskikh, Warren Bei of Canada, Leyan Deng and Hengye Zhang of China, and Satoshi Kano of Japan. All five are listed at rank 1, because the maximum admits no tie-break.
Two consecutive years at or within two marks of the ceiling is a rarer profile than a single perfect paper. It removes the usual objection to a maximum, that a contestant caught an easy year, because the same contestant was second in the world in the hardest year in this record.
The name without a country
Neither the 2024 nor the 2025 results table prints a country beside his name. Russian contestants competed at these olympiads without a national designation, taking part as individuals, and the database reflects that by leaving the field blank.
The research file for this page lists him as Russian and explicitly asks for the nationality to be confirmed. This page follows the file and states the limit at the same time: the primary source documents the scores and the ranks, not the flag.
What the numbers are worth
The olympiad sets six problems across two mornings, four and a half hours per paper, seven points per problem. Medals are capped at half the field and split roughly one gold to two silvers to three bronzes, so gold reaches about one contestant in twelve.
Rank 2 in a year with one perfect paper, and rank 1 in the next, places Chasovskikh in a group of perhaps a dozen contestants worldwide across those two olympiads. The count of maximums swings from one in 2024 to five in 2025 and seven in 2026, which is why a strong result in a hard year deserves reading alongside the perfect one.
Vingt questions, huit minutes au chronomètre et un centile mesuré face à tous ceux qui l’ont passé. Sans inscription.
Passer le test de QI →What is documented, and what is not
Documented by the competition's own database: both years, both host cities, the field sizes, the per-problem scores, the totals, the ranks and the two gold medals.
Not documented: his age or date of birth, which is why this page gives no birth year; his school or city; his nationality as printed by the olympiad; and anything about his life outside the competition. No press report naming him was collected for this file.
| Personne | Pays | Étape | Âge / Donnée |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Chasovskikh | Russie | Un 42/42 parfait à l'OMI 2025 et une deuxième place mondiale en 2024 | — |
| Colin Shanmo Tang | États-Unis | Un 42/42 parfait aux Olympiades internationales de mathématiques, 2019 | — |
| Youngjun Cho | Corée du Sud | Un 42/42 parfait aux Olympiades internationales de mathématiques, 2019 | — |
| Galiia Sharafetdinova | Russie | Un 42/42 parfait aux Olympiades internationales de mathématiques, 2022 | — |
| Ihor Pylaiev | Ukraine | Un 42/42 parfait aux Olympiades internationales de mathématiques, 2022 | — |
What is documented — and what is not
✓ Documented
- Scored 42/42 at IMO 2025, joint first with a gold medal
- Scored 40/42 at IMO 2024 for second place overall, with a gold medal
- 2024 per-problem scores were 7, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7
- The IMO tables list him without a country
? Unverified, disputed or wrong
- Nationality is not printed by the IMO; the research file gives Russia and asks for confirmation
- No age, date of birth or school in these sources
- Nothing documented about his studies or life outside the competition
Questions people ask about Ivan Chasovskikh
What did Ivan Chasovskikh achieve?
A perfect 42 out of 42 at the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad, and 40 out of 42 for second place in the world in 2024.
How old is Ivan Chasovskikh?
No age or date of birth appears in the sources used here.
Why is no country listed beside his name?
Russian contestants competed without a national designation at these olympiads, so the official table leaves the country field blank.
Where was the 2025 olympiad held?
On Australia's Sunshine Coast, with 630 contestants.
How many contestants scored 42 in 2025?
Five, including Chasovskikh.
What did he lose marks on in 2024?
Two problems were marked six out of seven rather than seven; the official scoresheet reads 7, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7.
Is Ivan Chasovskikh on Wikipedia?
No standalone article is recorded for him in this file.
Where is Ivan Chasovskikh now?
The sources used here do not say.
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Sources
- IMO 2025 individual results — International Mathematical Olympiad (official), 2025
- IMO 2024 individual results — International Mathematical Olympiad (official), 2024
Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.
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