Texas Science Bowl

Tournaments / 2026

2026 Invitational

Sunday, January 18, 2026 · Online · Second edition

Map of the United States with an orange pin for each school in the 2026 field

The second Texas Science Bowl ran online on January 18, 2026. The field grew to 62 teams from 54 schools across 17 states. After 14 rounds, including a repeat round for the final, one team was left.

Champion

Ward Melville High School

Full bracket ↗ Player statistics ↗ 2026 packets
Date
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Format
Online
Teams
62
Schools
54
Rounds
14 (repeat final)
Prize pool
$1,200

Credits

President

  • Warith Rahman

UT Austin team

  • Ravi Adluru
  • Taha Asghar-Ali
  • Param Bajaj
  • Nathaniel Barnett
  • Rupak Bhattacharya
  • Thai Bui
  • Calvin Chiu
  • Shreyas Ekanathan
  • Kason Gu
  • Swayam Gupta
  • James Herget
  • Aayush Ishware
  • Aravind Karthigeyan
  • Andrew Kim
  • Sasi Kondru
  • Aidan Lai
  • Sam Lin
  • Cameron Luo
  • Edward Mei
  • Jason Nguyen
  • Pratham Patel
  • Andy Teng
  • Michael Xiang
  • Anthony Yang
  • Ashley Yang
  • Jonathan Yang
  • Adam Zhu

External writers and playtesters

  • Aldric Benalan
  • Nihar Bhave
  • Aryan Bora
  • Edwin He
  • Varyan Jain
  • Emily Kaw
  • Carolina Kusumanegara
  • Gabe Levin
  • Benjamin Lin
  • Vishal Surya
  • Ziang Zhuang

Additional moderators

  • Ryan Eto
  • Hansen Jin
  • Owen Jiang
  • Richard Kao
  • Mahdi Khan
  • Daniel Lu
  • Jianyu Wang
  • Katherine Wang
  • Thomas Wu
  • Anthony Xu
  • Luyao Yang
  • Brian Zhang