School stu­dents of grades 5–11 from Rus­sia and of equi­val­ent grades from all over the world are invited to participate.

Par­ti­cip­a­tion in the com­pet­i­tion is free. All school stu­dents can take part in the qual­i­fy­ing round and the win­ners of it are invited to the final round. Win­ners of the pre­vi­ous Olympi­ad (with dip­lo­mas of any degree) are also invited dir­ectly to the finals.

Olympiad’s organ­izers

RANEPA

«Alabuga» — Stra­tegic Part­ner of the For­mula Unity / Third Mil­len­ni­um Olympiad

Con­tact us

You can send your ques­tions by e‑mail: olimp.​eng@​formulo.​org.

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Chronology of events

All the news about the Olympiad are posted below from newest to oldest.

Start of the qual­i­fy­ing stage

October 20, 2026

Below are the tasks for the qual­i­fy­ing round of the Eng­lish lan­guage Olympiad.

We encour­age you to invite friends who enjoy the Eng­lish lan­guage to par­ti­cip­ate as well. Please note, how­ever, that any sub­mis­sions show­ing signs of cheat­ing or «col­lect­ive effort» will not be considered.

Win­ners of the 2025/26 «For­mula of Unity» / «Third Mil­len­ni­um» Eng­lish lan­guage Olympi­ad will be invited dir­ectly to the final round.

Task Mater­i­als

• Tasks

How to Sub­mit Your Solutions

The tasks are pub­lished here on the Olympi­ad web­site, and answers must be entered into the inform­a­tion sys­tem (your per­son­al account) at is​.for​mulo​.org.

Please register in the inform­a­tion sys­tem and sub­mit your answers via your per­son­al account no later than 23:59:59 UTC on Novem­ber 13, 2026 (02:59:59 Moscow time on Novem­ber 14).
Each answer should be entered into its own des­ig­nated field.

Import­ant: If you already have an account, please do not cre­ate a new one. We do not accept sub­mis­sions for the qual­i­fy­ing round via any oth­er methods.

Please be sure to read the par­ti­cip­a­tion instructions

• Per­son­al Account
  (regis­tra­tion and login) 
• Par­ti­cip­a­tion Instructions 

Ques­tions?

Regard­ing the prob­lem state­ments or the com­pet­i­tion pro­ced­ures: olimp.​eng@​formulo.​org (please do not use this address to sub­mit solutions).
Regard­ing the inform­a­tion sys­tem: isys@​formulo.​org.
For com­pet­i­tion updates, fol­low our Tele­gram chan­nel.
Good luck!

Announce­ment of the Qual­i­fy­ing Round

September 7, 2026

The Olympi­ad is held in two stages: the first (qual­i­fy­ing) stage takes place in the fall, and the second (final) stage takes place in February-March.

The qual­i­fy­ing stage is held remotely using dis­tance learn­ing tech­no­lo­gies. To par­ti­cip­ate, please register in your per­son­al account (re-regis­tra­tion is not neces­sary). All neces­sary inform­a­tion will be sent by email on the day of the Olympi­ad. The Olympi­ad itself, the rules, and the answer form will be avail­able in your per­son­al account start­ing from the day of the Olympiad.
Dates of the cor­res­pond­ence stage of the Olympiad:
Octo­ber 20, 2025 — Novem­ber 13, 2026

The final stage is usu­ally held in per­son at region­al locations.
Olympi­ad win­ners receive dis­coun­ted vouch­ers to the For­mula Unity edu­ca­tion­al camps.

Full inform­a­tion about the Olympi­ad can also be found on the offi­cial page at olimpi​ada​.ru (https://​olimpi​ada​.ru/).

For more suc­cess­ful par­ti­cip­a­tion in the Olympi­ad, we recom­mend solv­ing prob­lems from pre­vi­ous years and study­ing the recom­men­ded lit­er­at­ure.