The iTest Tournament of Champions wrapped up last week, and we announced the National Champion on Sunday. Both finalists didn't miss a single problem in the final round (and bear in mind these are problems I have no idea how to solve without looking at our excellent Solutions Guide, posted on the iTest site) and the winner submitted his answers ONLY 4 MINUTES BEFORE THE OTHER PARTICIPANT. Since submission time is the tiebreaker, that person won the whole thing and the $1,000 prize along with it.

That is insane.

The Tournament of Champions, as a whole, benefitted from a heightened level of competition over last year. All of these top 64 students are incredibly gifted and destined to be worldchangers. I have no doubt that when we take a look at the list of 2008 participants ten years down the road, we'll have all sorts of young scientists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and educators that are out there greatly contributing to the world around them.

Next up for the iTest is the 2008 iTest exam in September, so we've got a bit of a break for now. We will have a sponsorship announcement to make sometime in the next two-three weeks for the next school year, and then that will probably be the last press release of any kind until the end of the summer.