This year over 1,960 students participated in the British Physics Olympiad across the UK. The 3 hour paper was designed to stretch and challenge the top young Physicists in the country in a challenging competition, which is used to select the International Physics Olympiad representatives later in the year. Every question is indeed a real test and all of our students can be proud of their achievements, but special mention should go to Brandon Liu who achieved a Gold award, which places him in the top 10% of students entering this now international competition, with many students in China now sitting the paper.