Rules briefly
What is Physics Brawl Online?
Up to five high school students compete from their homes by solving physics
problems in a three-hour-long contest, though anyone can take part in the Open category:
a teacher, university student or just a fan of physics.
There are seven problems always available. As soon as a team solves one correctly, they recieve another problem.
For each solved problem, the team is awarded points.
The best teams win prizes and undying glory in our competition, which has been held
annually for over a decade now.
What are the prizes?
Prizes Prepared for the Best of You.
Books
by your
choice
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choice
Board
and card
games
and card
games
We are preparing more prizes...
Problem examples
Everyone Finds Their Level of Difficulty
Consider a street lamp of height H = 3.2 m as a point source of light.
A person of height h = 1.8 m is walking in a straight line directly away from the lamp at a constant speed of v = 1.5 m·s−1.
Calculate the acceleration of the top of their shadow.
We have a transmission line with high voltage U0 = 110 kV, and we would like to increase it to
extra-high voltage U1 = 400 kV. Assuming the resistance of the line is constant, how much will
the power losses on the line change? We are interested in the power loss ratio P1/P0.
What would be the air pressure at sea level if the Earth had an atmosphere with the same temperature lapse rate as it does today (i.e., a linear decrease of temperature by 0.65 °C per 100 m
altitude), but at an altitude H = 8 850 m above sea level (on Mount Everest), the pressure pa
would be the same as it is today at sea level? Consider the sea level temperature T0 = 15 °C.
To maximize the frictional force between the wheels of Formula 1 cars and the road surface, the
car body is designed so that air resistance pushes the car to the ground. At what speed would
the Formula 1 cars have to travel in order to drive heads down on the ceiling? For simplicity,
consider that the car is a right-angled triangle of length 5.1 m, height 1.0 m, and width 1.8 m.
The vehicle’s mass, including the driver, is 800 kg. Let us further assume that the air particles
are initially stationary and elastically bounce off the vehicle.
Competition schedule
The contest takes place on Wednesday November 26, 2025
Beginning of the contest
Participants get 7 problems. Once they solve any of them, they immediately get another.
Hurry-up
Another series of problems appears, with problems related to different physics fields. For the next half an hour, participants can achieve bonus points for solving the series.
End of bonus points in the Hurry-up series
Problems from Hurry-up are still available but without bonus points.
End of the competition
The competition is over. We publish the author's solutions and settle potential conflicts.
Deadline for complaints
We close the possibility to complain and prepare to publish the official winners during the upcoming days.
Registration
Sign up and become a legend!
- Participation is free for anyone!
- Registration is open from September 1 until November 26, 13:00 CET.
- Except for communicating with other teams and generative AI, you can use any tools to solve the problems.
2024
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2023
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2022
S.I.M.P.S.
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2021
Metaphysical Brawlers
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2020
The Large Noobs Collider
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2019
Temple of Next
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2018
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2017
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