Photos
Want to see how awesome PLANCKS 2014 was? See the pictures below.
PLANCKS 2015 Leiden
Next edition of PLANCKS will take
place in the Dutch city Leiden. De Leidsche Flesch and Leiden University
are happy to host this second edition. The organising committee has
already began. You can reach them on the email address leiden@plancks.info.
PLANCKS 2015
Competition results: all scores
| # | Team Name | Representing | Ex. 1 | Ex. 2 | Ex. 3 | Ex. 4 | Ex. 5 | Ex. 6 | Ex. 7 | Ex. 8 | Ex. 9 | Ex. 10 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Dutch Physics Olympiad Team 2012/2013
 | the Netherlands | 10 | 9.5 | 4 | 10 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 10 | 8.5 | 8 | 7 | 80 |
| 2 | | Tena  | the Netherlands | 8 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 9.5 | 5 | 7 | 6.5 | 75 |
| 3 |  | Smoluchowski's team  | Poland | 6 | 5 | 9.5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 66.5 |
| 3 |  | NOFY066 | Czech Republic | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6.5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 66.5 |
| 5 | | Honors brigade | the Netherlands | 7 | 7.5 | 10 | 7 | 0.5 | 9 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 3.5 | 57.5 |
| 6 |  | Team Heisenberg | Germany | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6.5 | 7 | 3.5 | 57 |
| 6 | | Leiden | the Netherlands | 10 | 3.5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0.5 | 57 |
| 8 | | Plancksgas | the Netherlands | 8.5 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 2.5 | 10 | 9 | 0.5 | 4 | 2.5 | 56.5 |
| 9 | | This is just a tribute! You gotta believe it! | the Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 9.5 | 3 | 9 | 9.5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 52 |
| 10 | | spinonethousandcannon | Germany | 9 | 7 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 51 |
| 11 | | The Raman Peaks | Germany | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 6 | 4.5 | 45.5 |
| 11 | | Docikáme dalej | Czech Republic | 1 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6.5 | 5 | 0 | 45.5 |
| 13 | | the Monster group | the Netherlands | 3.5 | 3 | 5.5 | 4 | 2 | 4.5 | 10 | 0.5 | 8 | 3.5 | 44.5 |
| 13 |  | Team Mösl | Austria | 3 | 4 | 9.5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 | 44.5 |
| 15 |  | The Martians | Hungary | 10 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 1.5 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 |
| 15 | | Caedwalla | Hungary | 9.5 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3.5 | 42 |
| 17 | | The Martians Jr. | Hungary | 9.5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 4.5 | 41.5 |
| 18 |  | Imperial China League | United Kingdom | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 40.5 |
| 19 |  | Operator bl | Ukrain | 8 | 4.5 | 9.5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 20 | | Entscheidungsproblem | Germany | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 38 |
| 21 | | The pencil nibblers | Germany | 5 | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 6 | 1 | 30.5 |
| 22 | | Tunguzka 42 | Hungary | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | 5.5 | 30 |
| 23 | | Maxwell's demons | Hungary | 0 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 8 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 24 | | Functional Associate | Hungary | 5.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 6 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | 27.5 |
| 25 | | ELTEREGO | Hungary | 4.5 | 4 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 26.5 |
| 26 |  | The Absolute Zeros | Lithuania | 5.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21.5 |
| 26 |  | Angilella's boys | Italy | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 | 5.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.5 | 21.5 |
| 28 |  | PMCteam | France | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 29 | | North Poles | Poland | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 30 |  | Bezimeni | Montenegro | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 |
| 31 |  | 0 Kelvin | Denmark | 8 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Exercises and answers
The exercises and answers for PLANCKS 2014 can now be found online. The exercises can be found here (6.8 MB) The answers can be found here (4.7 MB)
Top 3 announced
The Netherlands (2x), Poland and
Czech Republic form the top 3 of the first edition of PLANCKS! The
Netherlands finish on first and second place. Poland and Czech Republic
share the third place.
The full score table can be found
below.
Location 2014
PLANCKS is a competition for Physics students, run by Physics students. It will be held once a year in a different city and will last a weekend.
In 2014 this city will be Utrecht, the Netherlands
Who? When?
PLANCKS is a three day event from the 23rd to the 25th of May. In which teams of Physics students to battle each other over extremely difficult exercises. Teams can be up to four contestants and will also enjoy lectures by famous physicists and lots of social activities.
For Dutch teams
For Dutch teams the PION competition will be the preliminary for PLANCKS. PION is open to both Bachelor and Master students. For more information see pion.vvtp.tudelft.nl