PhysicsBowl
Category: News
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Physics Bowl Past Papers: Choosing a Practice Set and Checking Answer Coverage
With Physics Bowl moving to offline-only exams, selecting the right past papers and simulating pen-and-paper conditions is critical for success.
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PhysicsBowl Without a School Hall: Homeschool, Library and Test-Prep Centre Entry Constraints
AAPT requires every PhysicsBowl sitting to be proctored by someone who is not a parent, relative or close friend. Homeschooled candidates must source an alternative proctor at a community college, university or library; test-prep centres compete in their own region and qualify for student awards only. This article maps each non-school route against AAPT’s verification…
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PhysicsBowl Equation and Constants Sheets: What the 2026 Sheets Print, What the 2026 Answers Still Needed, and the Conventions Behind Every Question
PhysicsBowl supplies an equation sheet and a constants sheet. We checked the 2026 sheets against the 2026 answers: what is printed, what is not, and the conventions used.
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PhysicsBowl Tie-Breaks: How Equal Scores Are Separated, and Why the Last Questions on Your Paper Can Decide the Order
PhysicsBowl breaks individual ties from the last question backwards and team ties by the top student. Our count of the 2026 top-score list shows why that now matters.
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PhysicsBowl Question Numbering: Why the Booklet Has 50 Questions, You Answer 40, and One Wrong Code Can Zero a Score
The PhysicsBowl booklet is numbered to 50, yet every student answers 40: Division I does 1 to 40, Division II 11 to 50. The numbering and answer-sheet codes, explained.
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The PhysicsBowl Recall Audit: Which Relations Must Be Automatic, and Which You Can Rebuild
At 40 questions in 45 minutes, what you can retrieve beats what you know. Sort your physics into automatic, rebuildable and leave-behind, then test it cold with a blank page.
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What a PhysicsBowl Result Corroborates in an Application – and What It Cannot Carry Alone
A PhysicsBowl award is read next to your course stage, your physics grade and your activity list. Here is what it corroborates, and what it cannot carry alone.
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If Your School Has Never Run PhysicsBowl: What Hosting Involves, and How to Ask For It
PhysicsBowl is sat at your own school under its own supervision. Here is what a first-time host school is actually agreeing to, who to ask, in what order, and what to hand them.
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PhysicsBowl 2027: What Is Actually Known So Far – Offline-Only Signals, and What 39 Super Golds Taught Us About the 2026 Season
AAPT has not published PhysicsBowl 2027 dates. What exists so far: the China organising channel says the new season drops online seats entirely – offline sittings only – and its assisted registration is open. Alongside that, our own 2026 cohort record (39 Super Gold, 31 Gold, 42 Silver, 37 Bronze in the China-region bands) shows…
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PhysicsBowl vs BPhO: Two Physics Competitions That Share Nothing but the Word Physics
PhysicsBowl is AAPT’s 40-question, 45-minute multiple-choice sprint sat at your own school in spring. The BPhO is a UK multi-round olympiad running November to February, with a Round 0 pre-selection whose China deadline is 20 September per the organising channel. Different organisers, formats and calendars – here is the clean comparison, and why sitting both…