After a Final Physics Fight between the three best teams of the week ( France – ENS Lyon, Russia – Voronezh State University, Poland – Warsaw University & Science Club Fenix), we have the winners of the 8th International Physicists’ Tournament!

Final Ranking

After an epic Captains’ Fight (“You have paper, adhesive tape and five minutes. Construct the highest tower possible.”), the three rounds of the Finale were distributed.

Distribution of the rounds

First round

Reporter:  Poland (on “Magnetic cannon”)
Opponent:  Russia
Reviewer:  France

Second round

Reporter: Russia (on “Sultry day”)
Opponent: France
Reviewer: Poland

Third round

Reporter:  France (on “Half-empty bottle”)
Opponent:  Poland
Reviewer:  Russia

Prizes

The prizes are the following:

1st place: 6x Canon EOS 700D (Reflex cameras)
2nd place: 6x Parrot Zik 3 (Wireless noise-cancelling headphones)
3rd place: 6x Arduino starter kits (open-source microcontroller-based boards) & 12x Springer Nature books.

The team members of all the 15 teams win the book “Sustainable Energy – without the hot air“, by David MacKay.

Replay

Thank you!

Congratulations to all the participants! We hope that you all had a wonderful week, doing physics, but also making new friends, discovering Paris, and… having fun! We would like to thank all the participants for the fantastic ambiance during the tournament and all the good moments we had with you. Seeing all your smiling faces when resolving the problems of the IPT is very encouraging for the future of Physics.

We would also like to thank all our partners, because the 8th IPT couldn’t have been possible without them. This is thanks to their support that all the participants could enjoy such optimal conditions and nice prizes!