• We have now extended the deadline for the first selection test until 5 January 2025 in order to give more learners the opportunity to still write the test.

    We are now starting the selection process for the 2025 International Mathematics Competition SA teams. The first selection test will available to be written at home from 1 November 2024 and will be open until 30 November 2024. This first selection test can be written without invigilation and hence learners can write it at their own convenience. However please note, selection tests 2 and 3, which are to be written in January and February 2025 will be written under invigilation and will therefore be weighted more in the selection process. Furthermore, there are also a series of assignments that can be completed and submitted as part of the team selection process. We are in the process of updating this website for 2025 and hence you will still see the old 2024 information below while we are busy updating.

    Congratulations to the top performers. Below you will find the lists of the top 16 learners in Junior Secondary as well as Upper Primary. These learners have qualified for South African places for the IMC teams. These learners should be honoured for their achievement and we congratulate them heartily. However, please note that the final teams might not be representative of these two lists due to the very expensive cost of the India trip as well as other obstacles.

    Junior Secondary - Top 16 - Qualified for 2024 IMC Teams

    First Name Surname Grade School Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Total
    Xiaoyuan Li 9 St John’s College 47 86 59 47 239
    Pocoyo Pun 9 Elkanah House High School 59 87 70 22 238
    Noah Greenblatt 10 King David Linksfield 28 88 70 18 204
    Jeremy Liddle 10 Bishops 45 86 45 28 204
    Eric Huang 10 International School of Hout Bay 17 94 50 27 188
    Olivia Castleden 8 Somerset College 38 64 55 18 175
    Noah Rassou 10 SACS 30 82 55 5 172
    Lineé Lubbe 9 Hoërskool Jim Fouché 19 84 40 27 170
    WanRu Zhou 10 Parklands College 31 69 50 20 170
    Zhirui Li 9 St John's College 32 82 24 21 159
    Ruth Trimble 10 Pinelands High School 20 67 30 38 155
    Adam Rassou 8 SACS 26 74 23 25 148
    Kimaya Chana 10 Tesseract Homeschool 22 69 35 22 148
    Reece Engelbrecht 9 SACS 21 67 33 25 146
    Danielle de Moor 10 Thomas More College 49 61 10 26 146
    Matthew Mallach 8 King David Linksfield 23 75 30 12 140


    Junior Secondary - Qualified as Close Reserves

    Sasha Swart 9 Westerford High School 20 78 15 22 135
    Lyra Rapley 10 Ashton International College 21 70 25 18 134
    Daaruk Kumarasamy 8 Eden College 34 66 10 22 132


    Upper Primary - Top 16 - Qualified for 2024 IMC Teams

    First Name Surname Grade School Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Total
    Qiyuan Sun 7 Redhill School 53 94 103 35 285
    Yicheng Ning 7 Redhill School 40 84 79 32 235
    Qihang Zhang 7 Redhill School 31 94 77 32 234
    Yunling Xu 7 Crawford International Sandton 30 94 68 12 204
    Xizhi Aiden Luo 7 Crawford International La Lucia 33 72 64 23 192
    Suhrit Pitchaimuthu 6 Thomas More College 23 84 46 28 181
    Edric Gosnell 7 Crawford International La Lucia 24 86 46 21 177
    Njabulo Luthuli 7 Redhill School 30 75 54 12 171
    Sahashra Harinarain 6 Crawford International La Lucia 25 76 55 14 170
    Samuel Smit 6 Nebula College 17 72 70 10 169
    Yea Jun Yoon 7 Hendrik Louw Primary School 33 71 52 12 168
    Julia Cox 6 Rustenburg Girls' Junior School 24 71 57 14 166
    Ivy Williams 6 Sweet Valley Primary School 20 72 47 22 161
    Ruocun Li 7 Redhill School 18 68 50 21 157
    Zachariah Hopf 7 Glenwood Preparatory School 29 66 49 9 153
    Ella Luo 6 Glenwood Preparatory School 14 62 63 8 147


    Middle Primary - Top 3

    First Name Surname Grade School Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Total
    Dhanika Dalal 5 Redhill School 31 66 52 15,5 164,5
    Lefei Li 5 Redhill School 27 60 39 7,5 133,5
    Farryn Naidoo 5 Redhill School 19 46 23 8 96

    Important Announcement: It has just been announced that the 2024 IMC will be taking place in India (Lucknow).
    Directors: Ms Kitty Phillips, Dr Elsie Schoombie, Phil Labuschagne


    JIMCOBSA was launched at the start of 2021 to facilitate the national training and selection of teams to represent South Africa at the International Mathematics Competition for primary school and high school learners. Although there were also attempts earlier at selecting and training teams at a national level, the first national training only occurred with the creation of JIMCOBSA. However, in 2019 two primary school teams and two high school teams were selected as the first ever national teams (the other teams were regional teams as have also been the case with teams before 2019). The hope is that the creation of JIMCOBSA will not only nationalize selection and standardize training across the country, but will also lead to improved training and better results.