Gold1st Place
Nhyira Richardson
Original theoretical work: an exact eigenmode analysis of coupled oscillator systems
King’s InterHigh
United Kingdom
IGCSE · Key Stage 4
British Young Physicist of the Year – IGCSE
Honouring the most accomplished Key Stage 4 physicists in the United Kingdom.
2,583
Total entries
429
Schools represented
74%
Private / independent entries
16.4
Average age of winners
Past winners
2026–2008
Present-year names and placements were supplied by the organiser. Historical entries and project titles are illustrative; school and country details may also be illustrative. These details have not been independently verified.
2026
Silver2nd Place
Oliver Hämäläinen
Measuring Planck’s constant through the photoelectric effect
Oulun kansainvälinen koulu
Finland
Bronze3rd Place
Isla Wandsworth
Mapping electric potentials between parallel plates
Whitfield Grammar School
United Kingdom
2025
Gold1st Place
Hannah Holmes
Resonance in coupled pendulums
Hampton School
United Kingdom
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Samuel Achterberg
Measuring the photoelectric threshold
Tallinn English College
Estonia
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Maya Iyer
Magnetic fields and coil geometry
Upper Canada College
Canada
Sample entry · unverified
2024
Gold1st Place
Lauri Veskimäe
Energy loss in oscillating systems
Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu
Finland
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Aisha Rahman
Investigating diffraction patterns
Tiffin Girls’ School
United Kingdom
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Charlotte Stromnes
Thermal conduction in layered materials
Riga Meridian School
Latvia
Sample entry · unverified
2023
Gold1st Place
Athenaïs Barbier
Modelling electric field strength
Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
France
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Joshua Okoro
Resistance and temperature
Reading School
United Kingdom
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Eirlys Hafwen
Standing waves in stretched strings
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf
United Kingdom
Sample entry · unverified
2022
Gold1st Place
William Ashby
The motion of a damped pendulum
Harrow School
United Kingdom
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Leila Haddad
Light intensity and solar-cell output
St. Julian’s School
Portugal
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Milou De Vries
Mapping a solenoid’s magnetic field
Leiden Horizon College
Netherlands
Sample entry · unverified
2021
Gold1st Place
Catrin Eluned
Determining gravitational acceleration using pendulum period measurements
Whitfield Grammar School
United Kingdom
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Felix van Dalen
Testing the inverse-square law with calibrated photodiodes
Riga Meridian School
Latvia
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Mina Kalniņa
Young’s modulus of metal wires from load-extension curves
Leiden Horizon College
Netherlands
Sample entry · unverified
2020
Gold1st Place
Hannah Willoughby
Measuring specific heat capacity with electrical calorimetry
Vistula Science College
Poland
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Emil Kask
Single-slit diffraction and wavelength estimation
Lycée des Sciences de Montclair
France
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Zara Banerjee
Eddy-current braking in falling conductive tubes
Helsinki Aurora School
Finland
Sample entry · unverified
2019
Gold1st Place
Lucien Moreau
Terminal velocity and drag in viscous fluids
Northbridge Collegiate School
Canada
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Nadia Qureshi
Internal resistance of cells under variable loads
Ysgol Dyffryn Seren
United Kingdom
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Rhys Trefor
Standing-wave harmonics in air columns
Colégio Horizonte
Portugal
Sample entry · unverified
2018
Gold1st Place
Alina Petrescu
Verification of Snell’s law using laser refraction
Tallinn Meridian College
Estonia
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Jonas Vermeer
Thermal diffusivity of layered insulating materials
Wellington Science College
New Zealand
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Esme Carrington
Magnetic flux density along a solenoid axis
Melbourne Riverbank College
Australia
Sample entry · unverified
2017
Gold1st Place
Saira Mahmood
Resonance frequencies of coupled spring-mass systems
Pune Horizon School
India
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Oskar Lehtinen
Estimating Planck’s constant from LED threshold voltages
Cape Meridian College
South Africa
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Tessa Brookfield
Inverse-square electric fields around charged conductors
Whitfield Grammar School
United Kingdom
Sample entry · unverified
2016
Gold1st Place
Finlay Ashcroft
Conservation of momentum in oblique collisions
Riga Meridian School
Latvia
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Ines Duarte
Damping coefficients from logarithmic pendulum decrement
Leiden Horizon College
Netherlands
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Daan Kooistra
Pressure-volume relationships in isothermal gas expansion
Vistula Science College
Poland
Sample entry · unverified
2015
Gold1st Place
Mariam El-Sayed
Focal length determination using lens conjugate distances
Lycée des Sciences de Montclair
France
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Celyn Angharad
Quantifying heat loss through conduction and radiation
Helsinki Aurora School
Finland
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Luca Bellandi
Capacitor discharge time constants and measurement uncertainty
Northbridge Collegiate School
Canada
Sample entry · unverified
2014
Gold1st Place
Anika Vardhan
Determining gravitational acceleration using pendulum period measurements
Ysgol Dyffryn Seren
United Kingdom
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Elias Vītols
Testing the inverse-square law with calibrated photodiodes
Colégio Horizonte
Portugal
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Clara Beaumont
Young’s modulus of metal wires from load-extension curves
Tallinn Meridian College
Estonia
Sample entry · unverified
2013
Gold1st Place
Ravi Sethi
Measuring specific heat capacity with electrical calorimetry
Wellington Science College
New Zealand
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Nell Harcourt
Single-slit diffraction and wavelength estimation
Melbourne Riverbank College
Australia
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Matteo Ferrante
Eddy-current braking in falling conductive tubes
Pune Horizon School
India
Sample entry · unverified
2012
Gold1st Place
Alys Seren
Terminal velocity and drag in viscous fluids
Cape Meridian College
South Africa
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Kamil Nowacki
Internal resistance of cells under variable loads
Whitfield Grammar School
United Kingdom
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Lotte van Beek
Standing-wave harmonics in air columns
Riga Meridian School
Latvia
Sample entry · unverified
2011
Gold1st Place
Imogen Vale
Verification of Snell’s law using laser refraction
Leiden Horizon College
Netherlands
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Tariq Mansour
Thermal diffusivity of layered insulating materials
Vistula Science College
Poland
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Adele Laurent
Magnetic flux density along a solenoid axis
Lycée des Sciences de Montclair
France
Sample entry · unverified
2010
Gold1st Place
Devika Nair
Resonance frequencies of coupled spring-mass systems
Helsinki Aurora School
Finland
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Hugo Everleigh
Estimating Planck’s constant from LED threshold voltages
Northbridge Collegiate School
Canada
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Elza Ozoliņa
Inverse-square electric fields around charged conductors
Ysgol Dyffryn Seren
United Kingdom
Sample entry · unverified
2009
Gold1st Place
Cai Emrys
Conservation of momentum in oblique collisions
Colégio Horizonte
Portugal
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Noor Farooqi
Damping coefficients from logarithmic pendulum decrement
Tallinn Meridian College
Estonia
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Stellan Niemi
Pressure-volume relationships in isothermal gas expansion
Wellington Science College
New Zealand
Sample entry · unverified
2008
Gold1st Place
Vera Banning
Focal length determination using lens conjugate distances
Melbourne Riverbank College
Australia
Sample entry · unverified
Silver2nd Place
Yusuf Darwish
Quantifying heat loss through conduction and radiation
Pune Horizon School
India
Sample entry · unverified
Bronze3rd Place
Rosalie Fenwick
Capacitor discharge time constants and measurement uncertainty
Cape Meridian College
South Africa
Sample entry · unverified