Vlad Novakovski

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Bankless · From Harvard at 18 to Building Crypto's Fastest Exchange | Vlad, Lighter · 27 Jul 2026 podcast

Okay.

Yes.

And so, like, you have, you know, three problems like that, five hours, two days of that.

So that's the programming one.

Math, at the... I'm talking about the highest levels, right?

And the ways leading up to that, it's, you know, it's not five hours, right?

There's, like, it's less intense, but... And then the math...

that one looks like it's also two days and you have three problems where you have to find a solution with proof you've probably heard of like the four color theorem like you can like paint like a map with like four colors like any like it doesn't matter if it's states countries right now that one is very hard but let's say the problem is like prove that you can do it with like six colors okay hypothetically right yeah it's like it's not enough just to show one example you have to like prove that you can always do it

And then you have to write proofs like that for like three problems over five hours also, I think, two days.

Physics one, there's a theory part and experiment part.

So the theory part is also similar.

It's like, you know, like a block of ice is coming down the hill, you know, with, you know, with kind of assumptions like, you know, how fast is it going to get there while it melts, you know.

So it's not just like basic.

It's not like physics 101 where it's like just like a rock.

But like because it's ice and melting, you have to like bring in a bunch of different concepts together.

But then there's also the experiment part.

And that's probably the most different of all these.

You actually have to do stuff with your hands and measure something or build something, design something.

So the thing was that it was like a virtual cycle because I was pretty good at it even before competing.

And then once I started competing, I saw that winning is fun.

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