Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO): What IP Parent & Student Should Know

Q: What does Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO): What IP Parent & Student Should Know cover?
A: A source-first guide for parents and students: APhO format, medal cut-offs, and how Singapore students typically qualify.

TL;DR Registration quick answer (Singapore): Students don’t apply directly to APhO. Countries send national teams selected via their physics olympiad; in Singapore this is through SPhO and the SPOT training pathway. For official updates and hosts, refer to the APhO site: https://www.apho.org/ The Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) is Asia's highest-level secondary-school physics contest.
Each cycle, teams sit one $5 \space \text{h}$ theory and one $5 \space \text{h}$ experimental paper; medal cut-offs are defined in the official statutes. Singapore’s team size is capped by the APhO rules (up to 8 students), and Olympiad skills transfer directly to IP topics like vectors, SHM and E-fields.

1 What exactly is APhO?

APhO is a regional physics olympiad for secondary-school students; its delegation rules, paper structure, and medal cut-offs are defined in the official statutes.
It mirrors the International Physics Olympiad but focuses on Asian & Pacific states.
Each delegation sends up to eight students plus two leaders.

1.1 Paper structure

• Theory paper: three multipart questions, $5\space \text{h}$