SYPT

The Swiss Young Physicists' Tournament 2022 took place on the 26^th and 27^th of March at the main building of ETH Zurich. After two years without an in-person tournament, we are delighted to have organized a highly successful in-person tournament.

A total of 30 students in 10 teams participated in this year's tournament and presented their solutions to one of the 17 SYPT problems. In the months leading up to the tournament, they invested a lot of time and effort to prepare for the competition. They planned experiments, evaluated data, and worked on the theoretical foundations of their projects. Additionally, this year students had to cope with the uncertainty of whether an in-person tournament would be possible at all.

"Many schools and teachers were very careful during the pandemic with such alternative teaching formats that mix students from different classes", said Samuel Byland, president of Pro IYPT-CH. "This makes it even better that the students were not dissuaded from taking part and could now show their results in front of the jury."

After three rounds and a final, the winners were clear. Jan Kamm, Joel Tan, and Chengjie Hu won the prize for the best team and Jan Kamm also was first in the individual ranking. The best nine students now have the chance to qualify for the international tournament in Rumania.

Further information including both the individual and team ranking can be found below.

Press release

• Medienmitteilung

Ranking

• Final Team Ranking
• Individual Ranking

• Team Ranking Round 2
• Team Ranking Round 1
  

Documents and information

• SYPT Problems 2022
• SYPT on Facebook
• SYPT on Instagram
• Regulations
• SYPT Booklet

Time Schedule

Sa, 26^th of March:

• From 08:00:      Registration & welcome coffee (Polysnack HG F 32)
• 08:30-09:30:     Opening address, team pictures and jury meeting (HG E 3)
• 09:30-13:00:     Physics Fight Round 1
• 13:00-14:00:     Lunch (Polysnack HG F 32)
• 14:00-17:45:     Physics Fight Round 2

Su, 27^th of March

• From 08:00:      Welcome coffee (Polysnack HG F 32)
• 08:30-12:00:     Physics Fight Round 3
• 12:00-13:00:     Lunch (Polysnack HG F 32)
• 13:00-15:45:     Final Fight (HG E 3)
• 15:45-16:45:     Award ceremony and apéro

Jury and Fight Plan

• Jury Plan Round 1
• Fight Plan R1

• Jury Plan Round 2
• Fight Plan R2

• Jury Plan Round 3
• Fight Plan Round 3

The 13^th time we organized the Swiss Young Physicists' Tournament also marked the first time we held an online tournament. The participants coped well and demonstrated that good virtual Physics Fights are clearly possible.

Amidst a lot of uncertainty, the students prepared for the tournament and we are delighted they could present their work at the SYPT.

We would like to thank all the students, coaches, teachers, jurors, volunteers, and organizers for enabling a successful SYPT 2021. We hope to see you at a future (in-person) tournament.

Results:

The final team ranking of SYPT 2021 can be found below. "Team Joule" (Jann Kamm and Joel Tan) won the SYPT after beating team "anti-lagrangians" in an entertaining final.

• Results

Due to the uncertainty regarding COVID-19 and its impact on the preparations, the SYPT 2021 has been postponed to the 12^th of June.

Unfortunately, the SYPT Physics Week cannot be held in person, however, we will offer online coaching to all interested students.

Documents and information:

• SYPT Problems 2021
• SYPT on Facebook
• SYPT on Instagram

In light of the rapidly changing situation regarding the Corona virus (COVID-19) and based on ETH internal instructions and recommendations we have decided to cancel the SYPT 2020. We made this difficult decision as the safety and health of our attendees and their social environment is our highest priority.

Furthermore, as we are aware that many of our participants have spent several weeks and months on their projects, it was central for us to make and communicate a final decision as soon as possible. We deeply regret having to inform you of this decision but believe it represents the best option at this point.

As we value the projects of our participants very highly, we invite students to upload a 12-minute video of them presenting their solution. A jury will then deliver a detailed feedback on the solution. Furthermore, based on these videos we will invite up to 15 students to attend a team qualification workshop where the five students for the International Young Physicsts’ Tournament will be selected. All participants will be informed in the coming days.

We would like to thank all attendees for their understanding and hope to see you at a future SYPT.

The Swiss Young Physicists' Tournament 2020 will take place on the 28^th and 29^th of March in the main building of ETH Zurich. We are happy that we can once again host the SYPT at ETH.

Students can optionally sign up for the SYPT Physics Week where coaches will help them prepare for the SYPT. The Physics Week 2020 will take place from the 10^th to 14^th of February. Please note that the spots at the Physics Week are limited and not all problems are offered. Please check the Physics Week section for more details.

Registration for the SYPT and SYPT Physics Week is now closed. Over 60 students have signed up for SYPT 2020

Documents and information:

• SYPT Problems 2020
• SYPT Regulations 2020
• SYPT on Facebook
• SYPT on Instagram

The SYPT 2019 was held on the 23^rd and 24^th of March at the FHNW in Brugg-Windisch. Roughly 70 students presented their projects in front of a jury. After the three preliminary rounds the teams Black Physics, Team Räupli and The Excited Ground States qualified for the final. In a competitive final the team The Excited Ground States consisting of Nicola Widmer, Daniel Gotsmann and Daniel Swingler won the 12^th Swiss Young Phyisicists' Tournament. Congratulations to the winners and all our participants for a great tournament!

We would like to thank the FHNW as well as all helpers who made such a successful event possible.

Results:

• Final Team Result
• Individual Ranking

 Results after preliminary fights:

• Results after Round 1
• Results after Round 2
• Results after Round 3