NHNace Hranjec
Nace Hranjec is a Slovenian mathematics prodigy from Šentjanž pri Dravogradu who represented Slovenia at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in both 2024 and 2025. He won a silver medal at IMO 2024 in Bath, UK, scoring 24 points and ranking 100th (top ~16%) - the best of the six Slovenian contestants that year and, per DMFA, only Slovenia's eighth IMO silver ever. At IMO 2025 in Queensland, Australia he earned an honourable mention with 14 points. He attended Gimnazija Ravne na Koroškem, where he was national mathematics champion as a first-year student in 2022, and graduated in 2025 as a diamond maturant (top academic honours, near-perfect grades). Beyond maths he plays trumpet, football, basketball, volleyball and table tennis, and has said AI is not yet strong enough for the problems he solves.
- Won a silver medal at IMO 2024 in Bath (24 pts, rank 100) - per DMFA only Slovenia's 8th IMO silver ever; for a small Koroška school this is a rare top-tier result.Jul 21, 2024
- Earned 100% at the national logic competition every year, and named diamond maturant (diamantni maturant) in 2025 with near-perfect grades - took only two grade-4 marks across all of gymnasium.Jul 30, 2025
- Says AI 'is not yet strong enough for the problems I solve' - a public 2025 statement positioning human olympiad maths as beyond current AI capability.Jul 30, 2025
- By the end of 9th grade at OŠ Šentjanž pri Dravogradu he had already collected 25 gold and silver awards, an unusually long competitive track record that predates his IMO appearances.Jun 28, 2021
- His two IMO runs bracket a sharp swing - 24 pts silver in 2024, 14 pts honourable mention in 2025 - the 2025 paper's harder P2/P3/P5 (0/0/0) vs 2024's solved P1/P4/P5 accounting for the drop.Jul 20, 2025
- Local recognition after IMO 2025 was substantial: family, neighbours, friends and firefighters lined the road to his home in Šentjanž pri Dravogradu on his return from Australia.Jul 30, 2025
- Father Darko Hranjec is quoted discussing his son's results, indicating family support from the Šentjanž/Dravograd area of Koroška.Jul 30, 2025
Competition record
Slovenia · IMO