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 20, 2024, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. CET.
  • Registration is open from September 1 until November 20, 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

David Škrob
Head Organizer of FYKOS, temporarily in charge of the role of Head Organizer of Physics Brawl Online
Studies 2nd year of Bc. Physics at CUNI MFF.
Vojtěch David
Head Organizer of Fyziklani, consultant
Studies 1st year of MSc. Mathematical Structures at CUNI MFF and 1st year of MSc. Teacher Education of Chemistry for Upper Secondary Schools.
Kateřina Charvátová
Communication with partners, consultant
Studies 1st year of PhD Biophysics, Chemical an Macromolecular Physics at CUNI MFF.
Štěpán Stenchlák
IT
Studies 3rd year of PhD programme Software systems at CUNI MFF.
Michal Červeňák
IT
Works at The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
Veronika Hendrychová
IT
Studies 1st year of Eng. Science de l'Informatique at Université de Rennes, France.
Martin Vaněk
Consultant, Head Organizer of FYKOS until 2024
Studies 2nd year of MSc. Theoretical Physics at CUNI MFF.
Marek Milička
IT
Studies 3nd year of Bc. Physics at CUNI MFF.
Adam Krška
IT
Studies 3rd year of Bc. Informatics at FIT VUT.
Petr Sacher
Communication with partners and participants
Studies 2nd year of Bc. Physics at MFF UK.
Monika Drexlerová
Communication with partners
Studies 1st year of Bc. Physics at MFF UK.
Daniela Karpíšková
Communication with participants
Studies 2nd year of Bc. Physics at MFF UK.
Denisa Zdvořilá
Communication with participants
Studies 3rd year of Bc. Physics at MUNI.

Communication with participants:

  • Kateřina Charvátová
  • Daniela Karpíšková
  • Denisa Zdvořilá
  • Radka Křížová
  • Helena Boušová
  • Klára Matějková
  • Patrik Stercz
  • Veronika Hendrychová
  • Petr Sacher
  • Tereza Hochmanová
  • David Škrob

Communication with partners:

  • Petr Sacher
  • Juraj Pavolko
  • Monika Drexlerová

Central Committee

Bc. Vojtěch David
President
A student at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University (CUNI MFF) and the Faculty of Science of Charles University. He is the head organizer of Fyziklani. He is also an organizer of FYKOS and thus actively participates in the running of Physics Brawl Online and other FYKOS events. Furthermore, he works as a mathematics teacher at Altis grammar school, organizes other STEM competitions in the Czech Republic, and is a lecturer at several camps for elementary and high school students.
Mgr. Daniel Dupkala
Vice-President
An IRC Government of Ireland Scholar conducting postgraduate research of exoplanets at Trinity College Dublin. He has been the head organizer of Fyziklani for six years. He is a graduate of CUNI MFF, a former member of the PR committee of the faculty. He worked as a researcher at the Astronomical Institute of the CAS and a mathematics teacher at SPŠST Panská high school.
Michal Červeňák
An employee of the Institute of Plasma Physics of the CAS. He is one of the most experienced organizers of FYKOS. For a long time, he has been responsible for the technical side of the organization of Fyziklani and Physics Brawl Online as he develops and maintains the game systems.
doc. RNDr. Martin Čížek, Ph.D.
An employee of ITP CUNI MFF. He examines collisions of atoms and molecules and molecular electronics. He takes part in the testing of problem assignments for Fyziklani and Physics Brawl Online.
Mgr. Daniela Dupkalová
A predoctoral researcher at the Universitat de Barcelona and a graduate of CUNI MFF. She was the head organizer of FYKOS for four years. She has extensive experience with organizing events such as Fyziklani, Physics Brawl Online, and Náboj Physics.
Mgr. Kateřina Charvátová
A student at CUNI MFF. She has been the head organizer of Physics Brawl Online for three years. She is also an organizer of Fyziklani and FYKOS.
RNDr. Karel Kolář, Ph.D.
An editor in the Prometheus publishing house. He ran FYKOS for several years as the head organizer. He has prior experience in the preparation and execution of Fyziklani since its 3rd year and of every edition of Physics Brawl Online. He was the main coordinator of MF Naboj (currently Naboj Junior). He was instrumental in organizing DSEF (Day of Experimental Physics), Week of Applied Physics, Science Week at FNSPE CTU, and other activities for high schools. He is a judge of the Czech IYPT.
doc. RNDr. Přemysl Kolorenč, Ph.D.
An employee of ITP CUNI MFF. He has been the head of FYKOS since its 21st year and supervises all its activities.
Mgr. Štěpán Stenchlák
A student at CUNI MFF and an organizer of FYKOS. He participates in providing technical support of Fyziklani and Physics Brawl Online.
Bc. Martin Vaněk
A student of CUNI MFF. He is the head organizer of FYKOS, which, apart from running Fyziklani and Physics Brawl Online also organizes other educational events such as DSEF (Day of Experimental Physics) or educational camps.
doc. RNDr. Mgr. Vojtěch Žák, Ph.D.
The head of KDF CUNI MFF 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 PR Committee of CUNI MFF and 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 Cizek, Ph.D. (ITP), doc. RNDr. Jiří Dolejší, CSc. (IPNP), doc. RNDr. Zdenek Drozd, Ph.D. (DPD), doc. RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (ITP), doc. RNDr. Přemysl Kolorenč, Ph.D. (ITP), doc. Mgr. Tomáš Ledvinka, Ph.D. (ITP), RNDr. Dana Mandikova, CSc. (DPD), RNDr. Jiří Novotný, CSc. (IPNP), Mgr. Martin Rybář Ph.D. (IPNP) and doc. RNDr. Vojtech Zak, Ph.D. (DPD).