[PokemonNoGo]

> level performance on the world’s most prestigious math competition

I don't know which one i would consider the most prestigious math competition but it wouldn't be The IMO. The Putnam ranks higher to me and I'm not even an American. But I've come to realise one thing and that is that high-school is very important to Americans...

[sealeck]

The Putnam and IMO are quite different. I would suggest the IMO is probably harder...

[kevinventullo]

I would disagree; the IMO depends only on late middle school/early high school level mathematics (geometry, gcd, functions) while Putnam typically depends on late high school/early college-level mathematics (integrals, limits, matrices).

[kurtis_reed]

Thank you for this invaluable contribution