China Goes 6/6 Gold at IMO Again, Yet Will Never Beat Romania on a Per-Capita Basis
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-08
An AI Twitter argument over whether East Asia's limited original scientific contributions can be excused by competition results. teortaxesTex counters that China crushes nearly every math-heavy competition when participation isn't capped: IMO limits entrants per country, and China went 6/6 gold this year and last — yet due to population size it will never beat Romania on a per-capita basis. The underlying question: do Olympiad scores actually predict a nation's AI and scientific output?
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