The 26th annual HMI will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2027. We expect to open registration in December.

2026 Results

We had 410 participants from 26 schools at HMI 2026. There were 71 competing teams and 8 non-competing teams.

Individual Round

6th Grade

1st: Claire Wang (BASIS Silicon Valley)
2nd: Kennan Suen (Harker)
3rd: Simon Yang (Miller)
4th: Yankai Cao (Miller)
5th: Vivaan Mallick (Harker)

7th Grade

1st: Eli Zhang (Sierramont)
2nd: Kyle Zhang (BASIS Silicon Valley)
3rd: Vivaan Kumawat (Peterson)
4th: Ayden Bi (Harker)
5th: Yankai Wang (BASIS Silicon Valley)

8th Grade

1st: Ella Feng (Blach)
2nd: Sidharth Midhun (Challenger Berryessa)
3rd: Tanuj Kundu (Challenger Berryessa)
4th: Sanaathan Gargeshwari (Challenger Sunnyvale)
5th: Sean Zhang (Harker)

Overall Team Rankings

6th Grade

1st: Miller 613
Yankai Cao, Zhixiu Chen, Bryan Hu, Ethan Lu, Junxiao Wu, Simon Yang
2nd: Combined Team 617
Steven Huang, Quoc Anh Phan, Paixaio Seeluangsawat, Daniel Wu
3rd: Harker 602
Ayaan Bhaya, Lucas Chang, Ishaan Jain, Aiden Kim, Felix Ma, Lauren Wu

7th Grade

1st: Miller 713
Aaron Guan, Nathaniel Liu, Colin Qiu, Asad Rahman, Yisu Yao, Neo Yuan
2nd: BASIS Silicon Valley 709
Henry Han, Grayson Liu, Renu Prakash, Yankai Wang, Darren Zhang, Kyle Zhang
3rd: Harker 701
Ayden Bi, Ava Bull, Demir Ege Genc, Caleb Liu, Steven Park, Melissa Zhao

8th Grade

1st: Harker 801
Mary Chen, Rebeca Costin, Jessica Li, Joseph Long, Sean Zhang, Moxi Zhu
2nd: Challenger Berryessa 820
Angela Gong, Tanuj Kundu, Sidharth Midhun, Robby Qian
3rd: Greene 812
Zelin Fang, Jaewoo Koh, Ryan Park, Leo Varodayan, Eleanor Zhang

Estimation

We asked each of the contestants to estimate the number of pieces in a lego sculpture.

With an estimate of 2400 pieces, Jeffery Song from Stratford Middle School Fremont was the closest to the actual number of pieces, 2404.

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