Results of the NAC

In order to increase transparency, we are publishing the scores and ranks of students that took part in the National Astronomy Competition. We asked for students consent when publishing the scores. Note that anyone can take part in the National Astronomy Competition but only U.S. citizens and residents can represent U.S. at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad.

For the 2021/2022:

This year 73 students took the National Astronomy Competition. The mean was 79 points. Only U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents can represent US at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad.

NAC Score Histogram

For the 2020/2021:

95 students took part in the NAC. We again administered the exam online with the help of many volunteers. The mean score was a 55.02 out of 180 with a standard deviation of 29.99, and the median was 54.50. Below are the full results and histogram.

RankNameScore
1Leo Yao160.5
2William Huang138.5
3Alexander Hu119.5
4Erez Israeli Miller117.5
5George Cristian Ardeleanu114.5
6Adithya Balachandran113.5
7Abhay Narasimha Bestrapalli96.5
7Harsh Deep96.5
9Jared Machtinger93.5
10Orion Foo92
11Răzvan Gabriel Marcu90
12Cayuss Mihaitoaia89.5
13Aarush Gupta87.5
14Joshua Jones85.25
15Adrian Marian Tiripa83.5
16Geoffrey Wu81.5
17Justin Chen81
18Albert Zhang80.5
19David-Corneliu Turturean80
20Victor-Ioan Dumbravă77
21Chengkai Yu76.5
22Zachary Zitzewitz75
22David Zhang75
24Sanjit Kobla72
25Samvit Das70.5
26Flavia Pascal67.5
26Yang Jie Lin Hu67.5
28Ivan Ge67
29Rohan Bhowmik66
30Michelle Park65.5
30Jonathan Pei65.5
32Isaac Noel64.5
33Kelli Van Brunt64
34Daria Teodora Hărăbor62
35VLADIMIR GEORGE NECULA61
35Arjun Patel61
35Leonard Bian61
38Amir Akbar60
39Răzvan Mihail Ciurescu59
40Alexandru Apostol57.5
40Richard Xu57.5
42Momoiu Alexandru57
43Krithi Koodli56
43Sreyas Adiraju56
43Jihao YU56
46Justin Shan55.75
47Dragomir Andrei-Darius55.5
48Venkat Ranjan54.5
49Shion Murakawa53
50Chris Jung52
51Austin Chen49.5
52Adhitya Chandra49
52Leon Ma49
54Abrar Sheikh48
54Mihnea Butiurca48
54Christopher Tong48
57Arvyn De47.5
57Adrian D’Souza47.5
59Andrew Liu44.5
60Rishauv Kar-Roy43.5
61Andrew Yuan42
62Hyunwoo Park40
62Titus Tsai40
64Pratyoy Biswas39
65Ayush Nayak38.5
66Konstantinos Maliaris37
67Raghav Sriram36
68Theodore Hill35
68Paul Hamrick35
70Sidhant Chaliha33.5
70Archit Kalra33.5
72Sean Fei32.5
73Liyuan Liu32
74Alina Yang28
74Jerry Yuan28
76Andreea Goia27
76Logan Reich27
78Shaurya Jain26.5
79Austin Guo25.5
80Shrithan Sandadi25
81Harish Krishnakumar24
82Chris John23.5
83Andrew Li23
84Asher Jiang18
85Megan Waters16.5
85Cindy wang16.5
87Shardool Deshpande15
87Sritaran Bondada15
89Brijesh Molala14.5
90Shohom Chakraborty14
90Vadim Bernshteyn14
92Andra Ariciu13.5
92Anirudh Bharadwaj13.5
94Shreya Singh12
95Ashika Srivastava8.5

For the 2019/2020:

In total 72 students took part in the National Astronomy Competition. This year we had the exam online, split into 2 sessions. Here are the official scores and histogram distribution.

RankNameSchoolScore
1Leo YaoWest Windsor-Plainsboro High School North139.95
2April ChengCanyon Crest Academy115.5
3William HuangLynbrook High School94.05
4Sean ChenCanyon Crest Academy89.65
5Max TanPhillips Exeter Academy84.5
6Gopal K. GoelKrishna Homeschool83.7
7Jinghuai YaoSt.Stephen’s Episcopal School82.95
8William LiKing High School81
9Adithya BalachandranHigh Technology High School80.35
10Shion MurakawaNorth Hollywood High School78.45
11Jupiter DingState College Area High School77.975
12Jared MachtingerAdlai E. Stevenson High School77.55
13Ryan RaikmanSharon High School66.05
14Richard XuClear Lake High School65.4
15Abhay BestrapalliFreedom international school62.25
16Kelli Van BruntFrancisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School61.85
17Shaurya JainEvergreen Valley High School58.05
18Evan ZhangThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology55.45
19Joshua JonesLangley High School53.5
21Abrar SheikhPoolesville HS52
22Andrew LiuAdlai E. Stevenson High School50.225
23Viraj JayamThe Wheatley School49.95
25Erez Israeli MillerBergen County Academies46.75
26Arjun PatelTroy High School45.95
27Sunay JoshiBergen County Academies44.5
28Yang Jie Lin HuPrinceton International School of Math and Science42.85
30Lixin ZhengKing High School42.05
31Jihao YuPrinceton International School of Mathematics and Science41.75
35Kendrick NguyenFairmont Preparatory Academy36.75
36Andrii ObertasFryeburg Academy36.25
40Ernest LuTexas Academy of Math and Science32.15
42Albert ZhangState College Area High School31.35
45Yevgeniy GorbachevStuyvesant High School29.5
46Ethan PereiraWest Windsor-Plainsboro High School North28.25
47Akash KumarAdlai E. Stevenson High School27.9
50Shreya SinghCenterville High School25.45
52Victor LiThe Wheatley School25.4
55Grant DanielsTimpview High School23.5
57Austin ChenLubbock High22
58Kashvi MundraLambert High School21.75
62Matthew WestleyWestview High School12.825
64Chris JungCanyon Crest Academy10.825
Official scores of 2020 NAC
Score histogram of 2020 NAC