Comment by tantalor
4 days ago
That's very silly. They should do the order like this:
Day 1: P1 P3 P5 (odds)
Day 2: P2 P4 P6 (evens)
Then the problem # is the difficulty.
4 days ago
That's very silly. They should do the order like this:
Day 1: P1 P3 P5 (odds)
Day 2: P2 P4 P6 (evens)
Then the problem # is the difficulty.
On one hand, it's very difficult to break traditions.
On the other hand, the order P1 P4 P2 P5 P3 P6 is not always true.
Usually there is only one problem of geometry per day.
Some problems involve a brilliant trick and another analyzing many cases. You don't want too "long" problems the same day. (Sometimes there is solution that the Jury didn't see and the problem changes it of made-up-category.)
Some problems are difficult but have a nice easy/medium intermediate step that assigns some points.
There are a lot of implicit restrictions that can affect the order of the problem.
Also, sometimes the Jury miscalculate how difficult is a problem and it's easier or more difficult than expected. Or the Jury completely miss an alternative easier solution.
The only sure part is the order that they are printed in the paper.