<p>Relative to Tokenadult’s comment. Many years ago I took the Putnam exam with about 1200 others, and ranked around 512th out of the 1200, by answering completely about 1 and 1/2 problems. The next highest in my school (a small LAC in the West) was the best math person in the program who was only in the 600’s. And, no, I am not in math at this time. People at the top and near top are outstanding.</p>