Countdown+Round

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In the competition, the top twelve scorers on the written portion of the contest will compete to see who's fastest at solving problems posted on the screen. They are only allowed pencil and paper, and fourty-five seconds, and when they get the answer, they push the buzzer to answer. They only get three seconds after they push the buzzer to answer, and only get one try. If they don't get it right, the problem goes to the other person.
 * Here is how the Countdown Round works:**

Top twelve get paired up so that 1, 8, and 9 are together, 2, 7, and 10 are together, 3, 6, and 11 are together, and 4, 5, and 12 are together. The person who gets the most out of three right wins, and then compete against the next opponent, and so on, until there's a winner and a runner-up.
 * Chapter**

1 \ 8 hi __ hihi __ 9 / hihi \ ihihiihi __ hihi __ 4 \ hihi / hihih \ 5 hi __ hihi __ hihihhi \ 12/ hihihihihihi \ hihihihihihihihihih __ hihihi __ 2 \ hihihihihihih / 7 hi __ hihi __ hihihih / 10/ hihi \ hihhi / hihihiih __ hihih __ 3 \ hihi / 6 hi __ hihi __ 11/

Top four get a by on the first round, so they don't have to compete. The remaining eight will verse each other, and the one who gets the most out of five will win that round. The loser leaves the stage, and after the first round, there are eight remaining.
 * Nationals**

The top four now join in the competition. They follow the same rules, and go through the second round so that only four are remaining. These will then compete so that there's only two left. The winner of the last two is the overall champion, and they other guy/girl is the runner-up.

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 * Watch some past National Raytheon MathCounts Countdown Rounds!**