Pi Day at UL FMF: winner Vid Gor拧ek counts to 5,111 decimal places

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On 14 March 2025 the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (UL FMF) held its now traditional competition in reciting the decimal places of pi and the 鈥淧i Bake鈥 (tekmovanje v peki pit) competition. The top contender turned out to be 17-year-old Vid Gor拧ek, who succeeded in reciting a full 5,111 decimal places.
The competition to recite the decimal places of pi involved 25 participants and the Pi Bake competition had 17 contenders. The event is gaining increasing media attention, and this is reflected in the growing number of applicants. This year鈥檚 event was hosted by Ju拧 Mil膷inski.
Along with the pi recitation competition and the Pi Bake competition, a varied accompanying programme was offered, and this included a tour of the electrical racing car of the Formula Student team, a demonstration of physical experiments, a popular science talk and an entertainment programme. The entertainment was provided by the Faculty鈥檚 own comedy improvisation league (Improliga), while students of UL FMF defied gravity with a dance performance.
The organisers thank all the participants, especially the UL FMF Student Council and the media partner, PIL magazine.
Results
Zmagovalci recitiranja decimalk 拧tevila pi
- 1st place: Vid Gor拧ek, 17 years, 5,111 decimal places
- 2nd place: Liam Kova膷, 10 years, 3,000 decimal places
- 3rd place: Naja Globo膷nik 艩egel, 14 years, 2,113 decimal places
Winners of the Pi Bake
- 1st place: Ema 艩ramek and Iris Srebre, 20 years
- 2nd place: Sebastjan Zidar, 21 years
- 3rd place: Ajda Osterman, 24 years
Congratulations to all the competitors!