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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, Maggie Yang
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
Vibha Devanandana, Angela Gong, Tanuj Kundu, Sidharth Midhun, Robby Qian
3rd: Greene 812
Zelin Fang, Jaewoo Koh, Ryan Park, Leo Varodayan, Brandon Wu, 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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