Congratulations to the 86th Annual Putnam Competition Winners!

March 10, 2026

Announcement of Winners of the 86th Putnam Competition

The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is the preeminent mathematics competition for undergraduate college students in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The competition consists of two 3-hour sessions, during each session, participants work individually on 6 challenging mathematical problems.

Team Honorable Mention

Theodore Danial, Benedikt Vilji Magnússon, Zening Xuan

Individual Honorable Mention

Theodore Danial, Zening Xuan

Students Ranked in the Top 200

Bradley Louie Saito, Benedikt Vilji Magnússon, Robert Yang 

Students Ranked in the Top 500

Yash Aggarwal, John Archibald, Nathaniel Barnes, Jason Cheng, Benjamin Gildea, Jiawen (Kevin) Huang, Henry Hutchings, Aarush Khare, Praneel Samal, Robin Sharif, Brian Zhou

For a detailed list of the winning teams, Putnam Fellows, participants earning honorable mentions, teams earning honorable mentions, and the Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize winner, please visit the MAA Putnam website.