Basic Information

  • Physics Brawl Online is a non-profit three-hour-long team competition for anyone with an interest in physics.
  • Teams of up to five competitors are trying to solve as many physics problems as possible in a given time limit of three hours in a fierce competition of hundreds of teams from all around the world.
  • Every team starts with the same seven problems, for each problem solved they get a new, more challenging one.
  • It is possible to compete in Czech and English language.
  • The participation is free of charge.
  • The competition take place on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. CET.
  • Registration is open from October 3 until November 23, 03:00 pm CET.

Organizers

Physics Brawl Online is organized on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic by the FYKOS student group, consisting mostly of students of physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University. The rooms, hosting and hardware are provided by the Institute of Theoretical Physics and the Department of Applied Mathematics.

The FYKOS group also organizes an offline version of the Physics Brawl Online called Fyziklani (which in Czech loosely translates to "Physics Brawl") which is held annually in Prague, and the FYKOS Online Physics Competition taking place throughout the school year.

events organized by FYKOS

Main organizers

Kateřina Charvátová
Head organizer of the Physics Brawl Online
Studies 1. year of MSc. Biophysics and Chemical Physics at FMP CUNI.
Martin Vaněk
Head organizer of FYKOS
Studies 1. year of MSc. Theoretical Physics at FMP CUNI.
Jaroslav Herman
Physics problems administrator and chief editor
Studies 3. year of BSc. Physics at FMP CUNI.
Daniel Dupkala
Consultant
Studies 2. year of MSc. Teaching physics and math at FMP CUNI.
Vojtěch David
Head organizer of Fyziklani
Studies 2. year of BSc. Mathematics at FMP CUNI.
Štěpán Stenchlák
IT
Studies 1. year of PhD programme Software systems at FMP CUNI.
Michal Červeňák
IT
Works at The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
Veronika Hendrychová
IT
Studies 3. year of BSc. Mathematical informatics at FNSPE CTU.
Tomáš Červeň
Graphics
Studies 2. year of MSc. Theoretical Physics at FMP CUNI.
Radka Křížová
Communication with participants
Studies 3. year of BSc. Physics at FMP CUNI.
Ema Wayan Danielová
Communication with participant
Studies 3. year of BSc. Physics at FMP CUNI.
Jitka Vysloužilová
Communication with participant, sponzors
Studies 2. year of BSc. Biophysics at FSC USB.
Anežka Bakočová
Communication with participants
Studies 2. year of BSc. Physics at FMP CUNI.
Marek Čepec
Communication with participants
Studies 1. year of BSc. Nuclear engineering at FNSPE CTU.

Authors of physics problems:

  • Jaroslav Herman
  • Karel Kolář
  • Daniela Dupkalová
  • Šimon Pajger
  • Jáchym Bártík
  • Václav Mikeska
  • Vojtěch David
  • Dávid Brodňanský
  • Jindřich Jelínek
  • Radka Křížová
  • Matěj Mezera
  • Jakub Smolík
  • Matěj Rzehulka
  • Viktor Materna
  • Marek Milička
  • Petr Kahan
  • Marek Jankola

Central Committee

Mgr. Daniel Dupkala
Prezident
Mgr. Dupkala is a student of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University (FMP CUNI), and he was the head organizer of Fyziklani for 6 years. He is an active organizer of FYKOS and Physics Náboj in the Czech Republic and he is a member of the Promotion Committee of FMP CUNI. Apart from this, Mgr. Dupkala was a mathematics teacher at the SPŠST Panská secondary school.
Bc. Kateřina Charvátová
Vice-President
Bc. Charvátová is a student at FMP CUNI, she is the haed organizer of the Physics Brawl Online and she is an active organizer of Fyziklani and FYKOS.
Lubor Čech
Mr. Čech is a student at FMP CUNI. He is a deputy main organizer of Brnenska prednaskova NOC (Brno Lecture Night) and he has been organizing the correspondence seminar Vyfuk for 4 years.
Michal Červeňák
Mr. Červeňák works at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and he is one of the most experienced organizers of FYKOS. Michal is responsible of the technical features of the organization of Fyziklani and Physics Brawl Online, he develops and maintains the game systems.
doc. RNDr. Martin Čížek, Ph.D.
Doc. Čížek is an employee of FMP CUNI - ITP and he examines collisions of atoms and molecules and studies molecular electronics. He has collaborated in the testing of the physics problems for Fyziklani and Physics Brawl Online.
RNDr. Karel Kolář, Ph.D.
Dr. Kolář is an editor in the Prometheus publishing house and he led FYKOS for several years as the head organizer. He has been organizing Fyziklani for 12 years and he has also taken part in all of the Physics Brawl Online developments. He was the main coordinator of the MF Náboj (currently Junior Náboj). He took part in the organization of Days with Experimental Physics, Weeks with Applied Physics, Science Week at Jaderka, and other activities for secondary schools. He is a jury member of IYPT.
doc. RNDr. Přemysl Kolorenč, Ph.D.
Doc. Kolorenč is an employee of FMP UK - ITP and he has been the head of FYKOS for 15 years. He is also a member of the Promotion Committee of FMP CUNI.
Mgr. Daniela Dupkalová
Mgr. Dupkalová is a graduate of FMP CUNI, she had led FYKOS for 4 years as the head organizer. She has extensive experience with organizing events such as Fyziklani, Physics Brawl Online, and Physics Náboj.
Mgr. Štěpán Stenchlák
Mgr. Stenchlák is a student at FMP CUNI and he organizes FYKOS. He provides technical support and handles the promotion of Fyziklani and Physics Brawl Online.
Bc. Martin Vaněk
Bc. Vaněk is a student at FMP CUNI. He is the head organizer of FYKOS and president of National Committee Czech Republic of International Association of Physics Students. He also organizes Fyziklani and Physics Brawl Online.
doc. RNDr. Mgr. Vojtěch Žák, Ph.D.
Doc. Žák is the head of the DPD FMP CUNI and he is a consultant of FYKOS. In his work, he focuses on the quality of physics education and the physics curriculum. He is a member of the Promotion Committee of FMP CUNI and he is also its coordinator for the physics section in Troja.

Guarantors

The guarantors of the competition are the workplaces of the Physics Section of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University, specifically the Institute of Theoretical Physics (ITP), the Department of Physics Didactics (DPD), and the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics (IPNP). Furthermore, distinct persons who have taken over the guarantee of the physics level of the competition problems are then nominally (in alphabetical order) doc. RNDr. Martin Čížek, Ph.D. (ITP), doc. RNDr. Jiří Dolejší, CSc. (IPNP), doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Drozd, Ph.D. (DPD), RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (ITP), doc. RNDr. Přemysl Kolorenč, Ph.D. (ITP), Mgr. Tomáš Ledvinka, Ph.D. (ITP), RNDr. Dana Mandíková, CSc. (DPD), RNDr. Jiří Novotný, CSc. (IPNP), Mgr. Martin Rybář, Ph.D. (IPNP) and doc. RNDr. Vojtěch Žák, Ph.D. (DPD).