The New York State Mathematics League (NYSML) competition was originally held in 1973 and has been held annually in a different location each year since. It was founded by Alfred Kalfus. The American Regions Math League competition is based on the format of the NYSML competition. The current iteration contains four sections: the team round, power question, individual round, and a relay. These are done in competition in that order. All of these rounds are done without a calculator. Each individual team can have up to fifteen students, which is the usual amount per team. Like ARML, it has banned the use of calculators beginning in the 2009 contest.
Competition format There are four sections in the current iteration, done so in a day:
A team round where a team collaborates to solve ten questions in twenty minutes. There is a possible 50 points to earn here. A power question where a team has an hour to complete ten questions which requires proofs and explanations for a possible 50 points. An individual round, where each team member has five groups of two questions to answer, with each group of questions taking ten minutes, totaling fifty minutes for ten questions for a possible 150 points. A relay round, where teams are broken up into five groups of three if possible. There are three problems, with each member giving their answer back to the next member until it hits the third member, who can rise at 3 minutes for a correct answer to get 5 points, or rise at the time limit of 6 minutes for a correct answer to get 3 points. The maximum is fifty points. This brings the total maximum for points to 300.
Past NYSML Competition Sites YearLocation2004Westlake High School2005Fayetteville-Manlius High School2006Nyack High School2007Stuyvesant High School2008Victor Senior High School2009John Jay Senior High School2010SUNY Albany2011Suffolk County Community College2012Susquehanna Valley High School2013Byram Hills High School2014Fayetteville-Manlius High School2015Syosset High School2016Penfield High School2017Stuyvesant High School2018SUNY Geneseo2019Middletown High School2020N/A (Planned to be Ithaca High School)2021N/A (Online)2022N/A (Online)2023Ithaca High School2024Owego Free Academy2025Chaminade High School2026Webster Thomas High School
Past NYSML Winners +YearDivision A WinnersWinning scoreDivision B Winners2006New York City AN/AAlbany Area Math Circle2007New York City AN/AMonroe A2008New York City AN/ADUSO (Dutchess-Ulster-Sullivan-Orange) A2011New York City Manhattan242Ithaca High School2012New York City MBkSIBx 243Onondaga A2013New York City A237Suffolk A2014New York City Seniors223Suffolk A2020N/A (Cancelled)2021New York City Tin Man274N/A (One online division)2022New York City Tin Man281N/A (One online division)2023New York City Tin Man242Scarsdale High School 2024New York City Tin Man252Scarsdale High School 2025New York City Tin Man264 Albany2026New York City Mad Hatter247 Ithaca High Shcool Math Team
Past NYSML Individual Winners (a.k.a. the Curt Boddie Award) +YearIndividual Winner2010Allen Liu (Monroe County)2011Sam Duchovni (NYC)2012Allen Liu (Monroe County)2013Allen Liu (Monroe County)2014Max Fishelson (NYC)2023 Andrew Li (NYC Tin Man)2024Emily Yu (Monroe County)2025Liran Zhou (Nassau County, New York)
External links NYSML Homepage https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/New_York_State_Math_League https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/NYSML.com