Comment by Jcampuzano2

There are entire fields of math with exceptional people trying to solve impossibly hard problems that utilize quite literally 0 calculus.

Many of them are also questions that eventually end up with proofs or solutions that only require very high level understanding of basic principles. But when I say very high I mean like impossibly high for the average person and ability to combine simple concepts to solve complex problems.

I'd wager the majority of Math graduates from universities would struggle to answer most IMO questions.