SASMO 2026 P1: A Massive Field, Thin at the Very Top

252 born-2019 medalists in SASMO 2026 P1 — by far the largest single-competition field on the site.

Award spread (252 total)

Heavily bottom-loaded compared to the K2 cohort: Bronze+HM = 185 (~73%), Gold+Perfect = 31 (~12%). A field this large naturally compresses the top of the distribution.

Competition breadth

91 of 252 (36%) also medalled at least one of SMKC 2026 P1 or TASMO 2025 K2 — a meaningful overlap but the majority (64%) are SASMO-only medalists at this scale.

Top 10 schools by medalist count

108 distinct schools represented — North London Collegiate School stands out with 26 medalists, over 10% of the entire field from one school.

Top-5 schools vs. the rest: award tier

Volume doesn't translate to podium strength — medalists from the top-5 schools by count skew hard toward Honorable Mention (36 of 62, 58%) with only 3 Golds, while the rest of the field (190 students across 102 other schools) pulls a proportionally stronger Gold/Silver share and holds the field's only Perfect Score.

Early-bird repeat competitors
10 born-2019 students medalled SASMO 2025 P1 — the earlier calendar-year edition of the same P1 competition, taken a year ahead of their own cohort's scheduled sitting — and went on to also medal SASMO 2026 P1:

• ATHARV KAUSHIK, JUNDA RUSSEL YAO, ZHANG YICHEN — Gold in 2025, Gold again in 2026.
• WANG YIZHE, ZHANG ZIYAN, MOTANG WANG, YUNIS ZHONG SHUYU — Bronze in 2025, jumped to Gold in 2026.
• CAMBER BASHIR — Honorable Mention in 2025, jumped to Gold in 2026.
• YE LONGSEN, LIU JINGYI — Honorable Mention in 2025, improved to Bronze in 2026.

All 10 backed up their early attempt with a repeat medal, and 8 of 10 moved up at least one tier — a strong signal that early entry (competing a year ahead of schedule) tracks with real improvement, not just repeat participation.

Single-competition vs multi-competition medalists

91 of 252 (36%) medalled in more than one competition — a lower multi-competition rate than the K2 cohort's 48%, consistent with SASMO 2026 P1 pulling in a much larger, more SASMO-only field.

Read: SASMO 2026 P1 is the cohort's marquee, high-volume competition — top tier is proportionally thinner than at K2 given the field size, and medal count by school doesn't predict medal quality: North London Collegiate leads on volume but its medalists cluster at Honorable Mention, while the long tail of 102 other schools produces a stronger top-tier share. The 10-student early-bird group is a small but genuine signal — most jumped a full award tier on their second attempt.