ARML

Key facts

Eligible grades

Grade 12 or below during the school year of the competition. Students may not have graduated from high school in a prior academic year. There is no lower grade limit. not yet checked against the official source

Source note: the only reference found for this was a third-party listing or encyclopedia, not the organiser. Eligibility must come from the organiser, so this is marked unconfirmed until a first-party page confirms it.

Source, checked 2026-09-02

Recommended preparation

Comfort with olympiad-style problems, and a place on a regional team

Why: Teams are assembled by regional selection rather than open entry, and rounds include a proof-oriented Power Question and relay formats where one student's answer feeds the next.

Based on the published qualification route.

The organiser publishes this as part of how you qualify or enter, so it is a real condition rather than our suggestion.

Eligible ages

Not confirmed. This organiser may set eligibility by grade rather than age. We do not convert one into the other.

ARML publishes both a grade condition and an age condition. One regional organiser notes there is no lower age limit, though a guardian may be required to accompany very young students on the trip. Source note: the only reference found for this was a third-party listing or encyclopedia, not the organiser. Eligibility must come from the organiser, so this is marked unconfirmed until a first-party page confirms it.

Source, checked 2026-09-02

Individual or team

Team · Exactly 15 members plus two adult coaches. Each team must draw its students from a well-defined geographic area, and no two teams may draw from overlapping areas.

Where it runs

In person · United States, International

Entry cost

Varies by team, typically a few hundred dollars including travelThe only official figures found are from an older ARML FAQ and should not be treated as current: $400 per team plus room and board at the competition, quoted at $65 per person in 2011, with an extra night at $25. One provision is worth asking about: the FAQ states the $400 registration fee is WAIVED for a team that has not participated in the past three ARML contests, which includes teams entirely new to ARML. Coaches must pay all team fees before the competition starts.

Registration deadline

Set locally, not published as a single national date Set by each regional team's coach, well before the June competition. Contact your regional organiser in the winter or early spring.

Competition dates

Held in June, on the first Saturday after Memorial Day, simultaneously at multiple university sites. Recent sites include the University of Iowa, Penn State, the University of Nevada Reno, Western Carolina University and Saint Anselm College. A separate ARML Local competition runs in April.

Difficulty

Highly competitiveNational-level field. Expect months of structured work, and usually a coach or a strong team.

Prizes

Trophies and national team rankingsTeam and individual awards and certificates; no cash prize schedule was found on the pages checked.