Hamilton Institute

2007 Rules of Competition:

Competitors must solve the puzzles themselves without outside assistance.
Multiple solutions are not allowed. If you submit several answers to a puzzle, only your FIRST submission will be considered. So, be certain that you are happy with your answer before submitting it.
The overall competition winner will be the competitor with the highest number of correct answers to the puzzles posted on the competition website.
The winner within each school will be the competitor within the school with the highest number of correct answers to the puzzles posted on the competition website.
Ties in the individual competition may be settled with a selection of tie-break puzzles done under supervised conditions at NUI Maynooth.
In the schools competition, the score of each school will be the sum of the scores of the best five competitors from the school. The school with the highest aggregate score will be the winner.
Ties in the school's team competition will be broken with the team with the youngest total age declared the winner.
The overall winner will also win the school student prize for their school.
Competitors are allowed register only once. Use of multiple IDs is not allowed.
A satisfactory level of participation may be required for us to award a school student prize.
Breaking these rules may result in disqualification.