BmMT 2026 Online Logistics Update 5/24

This email was sent to participants on 5/24.

To all coaches and students,

BmMT Online is rapidly approaching! Please read this email in its entirety as it contains the tournament day logistics. If you're getting this email, that means that you (or your student) have registered for the event, or that you are a coach for a team participating in the event!

Important Information

For any immediate questions before and during the competition, please check our FAQ Page. If you have any additional questions, send us an email at team@berkeley.mt.

To-Dos

Students

Please ensure you can sign-in to ContestDojo and have Zoom installed before the competition. More details are listed in the Day-of Logistics section.

Parents/Guardians

To ensure your student is able to participate in the event, please make sure that you have completed the liability waiver on ContestDojo. If you're unsure about the status of your student's waiver, please send us an email at team@berkeley.mt. Students will not be allowed to participate in any of the events without having their waiver signed, and no extra time will be given if you are unable to start due to not having a signed waiver.

Coaches

Please ensure that all students are assigned to teams (you have dragged them out of the "Unassigned Students" section on ContestDojo). If there are any outstanding concerns with your team's roster, please email team@berkeley.mt so we can resolve them before the start of the Puzzle Round.

Team (and Team Scoring)

As a reminder, students are allowed to participate in teams with 1–5 total students. Please review the team scoring guidelines here. If you are looking for more students to join your team, you can use our available Teammate Finder.

Registration for BmMT 2026 Online will close Friday, June 5 at 11:59 PM PT. Team and roster changes are permitted until Saturday, June 6 @ 7:00 AM Pacific Time. If you need assistance with roster changes, please check our FAQ page and email us at team@berkeley.mt if you have any additional questions.

Day-of Logistics

Schedule

ContestDojo

All testing rounds are completed on ContestDojo. All students should ensure that they can login to ContestDojo prior to the event. If students were registered by a coach, they have received an email containing their sign-in details. If students are having trouble logging in or locating the BmMT 2026 Online event, please try the Forgot Password function, or email team@berkeley.mt for assistance.

Students will use the platform to view problems, submit answers, as well as collaborate with their teams on the Puzzle, Team, and Relay rounds. We have opened some sample tests for students to familiarize themselves with the software. A brief guide on how to use the site will also be shown during the opening ceremony, though we highly encourage students to try the sample test beforehand to ensure a smooth process.

The Puzzle Round will involve the use of a separate website, in addition to ContestDojo. Instructions on how to use the Puzzle Round website will be provided on Zoom prior to the start of the test.

Zoom

The entirety of the event, including the Opening and Awards ceremonies, as well as the testing rounds, will take place on the Zoom video conferencing software. Students should download the Zoom software to their computer prior to the event. Students are expected to stay on the Zoom meeting during the Opening Ceremony and testing periods of the event. Students must show their hands and their phone on the camera screen. Those without cameras during the competition will be ineligible for awards, including honorable mentions.

The Zoom meeting link will be released 48 hours before the competition in the emails of coaches and participants. Please send us an email at team@berkeley.mt if you have not received it by that point.

Communication

You are responsible for setting up your own communication with your team — the BMT team will not be coordinating communication, and the main Zoom room will not be able to be used to communicate with your teammates. Coaches are allowed to help facilitate the communication prior to the testing phase, but are not allowed to communicate during any testing phase with students.

Activities

After the Relay Round, we will be hosting student activities. These are optional activities that promote recreational math. We are offering:

• Estimathon — Got wit and strategy? Come to our Estimathon®, a contest combining trivia, strategic planning, and sharp mathematical thinking. Teams of up to 3 will race against the clock to tackle a challenging set of 13 Fermi-style problems, testing their ability to think fast and outsmart the competition.

• Puzzle Hunt — Are you a fan of logical reasoning? Puzzle Hunt is an experience with competition that includes lateral thinking, teamwork, patterns, and many other elements. Teams will be racing against a time limit of 60 minutes to solve a series of puzzles, unlocking new puzzles as you progress to reach the final mystery.

• Countdown — Miss the excitement of the MATHCOUNTS® Countdown Round? Come put your mental math skills to the test in a countdown match to see who can solve problems the fastest!

Awards

Top-performing individuals and teams will be recognized at the Awards Ceremony from 3:30 – 4:00 PM. For each student, we will provide an official ranking as well as certificates. However, we are not awarding physical awards for the online tournament.

Tiebreakers

We will not need additional tiebreaker rounds to resolve ties following the Automatic Tiebreaking Policy.

The Automatic Tiebreaking Policy works as follows:

1. First, problems are ordered from hardest to easiest, based on the number of correct submissions.
2. The n-th hardest problem is assigned a tiebreaking value of 2⁻ⁿ. For example, the hardest problem will have a tiebreaking value of ½, the second hardest problem will have a tiebreaking value of ¼, et cetera.
3. Each student's tiebreaking index is calculated as the sum of their original score and the tiebreaker values of the problems that they correctly answered.
4. Students are ordered by their tiebreaking index, determining their tiebroken rank.

In simpler terms, among those tied for the same score, whoever solved the hardest problem is placed the highest, followed by the one who solved the next hardest, and so on.

Frequently Asked Questions

What should coaches/parents do during the event?

Coaches/parents should help their students log into Zoom and their ContestDojo student accounts; no further action is required from coaches on the day of the event. As long as all of your students are successfully registered (placed on a team and their waivers are signed), then you are all set! Coaches are welcome to join the Opening and Award Ceremonies. Due to Zoom capacity restrictions, we ask that parents watch the Opening and Award Ceremonies with their children on the same device.

Will students be penalized for not attending the Opening Ceremony?

We will go over the schedule and how to navigate ContestDojo during the opening ceremony, so we strongly encourage students to attend. While there is no score penalty for missing the opening ceremony, students who encounter difficulties navigating ContestDojo will not receive extra time. Please be sure to attend the opening ceremony to familiarize yourself with the platform.

Can students be in the same room while taking the individual test?

Yes. During the Individual round, students may be in the same room, but they must work independently and cannot communicate with other teammates. Each student should submit answers on their own device and refrain from communicating. We will be monitoring submissions for suspicious patterns and activity.

Can students work together on the Puzzle, Team, and Relay rounds in person if they are on the same team?

Yes! We encourage students on the same team to collaborate in person or online during team-based rounds.

How do students submit the Puzzle, Team, and Relay rounds?

Students can choose to share a device or use their own devices to submit team-based round answers. ContestDojo will automatically sync everyone's work so that when one teammate updates an answer, it automatically updates for the other team members, and only the most recently inputted answer is submitted.

Note that it may be helpful for team members to have their own device open (even just to view the questions), so everyone can follow along and discuss in real time.

Are calculators or other reference material allowed?

Graph paper and calculators are prohibited, but protractors, rulers, scratch paper, and compasses are permitted. You may print out the questions if you would like. Use of AI or any other outside resource during the testing round is strictly prohibited. Cheating in any form will not be tolerated, and failure to comply with all rules may result in immediate and irreversible disqualification. Students who have viewed the test or its solutions should come forward and not take the tests.