The world's most prestigious math competition revealed a powerful truth: elite students reach their potential not through isolation, but through community. AoPS CEO Ben Kornell shares what the International Math Olympiad taught him about why we've always put collaboration over competition.

An ambitious student's guide to the math contest world, as compiled by math education leader, Art of Problem Solving.

Learn about the potential pitfalls of math competitions and how to avoid and offset them with the greatest asset of math contests — cooperation.