User:Bucknut061
About Me
Hi! I'm bucknut061, a former competitor for Solon High School (2022-2025) and Solon Middle School (2020-2022).
| Bucknut061 | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Years in SO | 5 |
| State | Ohio |
| Medals | |
| State medals | 14 |
| National medals | 5 |
| Competitor Info | |
| Nationals attended | 5 (2021-2025) |
| Volunteering | |
| Years volunteered | 4 |
| Number of competitions volunteered at | 10 |
| Number of tests written | LeBron James, apparently |
Currently, I'm majoring in Mathematical Sciences with a minor in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and while my competing days are beyond me, I now serve as a test writer/event supervisor for various invitationals, such as the Mason Satellite Invitational these last two years.
I first started SO in 2020, when I finally made it past the tryout in my 8th grade year. I started off with Machines, Density Lab, Disease Detectives, XPD (Experimental Design), and Mousetrap Vehicle. I fell in love with the first two, and once I found my footing, it was the start of an amazing five-year experience I would do over again in an instant.
Four state titles, five national medals (and another five oh-so close calls for medals, three of which wound up seventh and the other two tenth), and countless memories later, my competing journey came to a close when we finished our 16-hour long haul back from Lincoln, Nebraska.
While that journey ended, my journey in writing and giving back has only grown stronger. In addition to writing at various satellite invitationals throughout the year, I'm also serving as both an official writer for Ohio Regionals and will serve as an in-person supervisor for the first time this year in January!
Competing Results
*Any results at Solon Invitational, Division C are not reflected in physical medals
Medals are bolded; draft events (as draft/with draft) are double starred
2020-21 (partial), Division B
| Event | Northview | Camas | Westlake | Kenston | Solon | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Density Lab | 14th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | ||||
| Disease Detectives | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||
| XPD | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 15th | ||||
| Machines | 5th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | |||
| Mousetrap Vehicle | 11th | 4th | ||||||
| Codebusters (Trial) | 18th* |
*Competed as a duo as opposed to a team of 3
2021-22, Division B
| Event | Boyceville | SONI | Solon | StemBOOST | Cornell | Springhouse | Kennedy | BirdSO | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codebusters | 14th | 21st | 8th | 22nd | 2nd | 2nd | 15th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th |
| Crave the Wave | 14th | 24th | 1st | 1st | 4th | 15th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Disease Detectives | 22nd | 16th | 17th | 1st | 2nd | 10th | |||||
| Experimental Design | 14th** | 3rd** | 3rd** | ||||||||
| Mousetrap Vehicle | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 8th | 1st | 3rd | 8th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |
| Sounds of Music | 11th | 13th | 4th | 16th |
2022-23, Division C
| Event | Belleville | Northview | Centerville | Westlake | OSU | Beachwood | Solon | Mentor | BirdSO | UMich | Northwestern | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codebusters | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 12th | 4th | 8th | 4th | 1st | 7th | |||
| Detector Building | 9th | 2nd | ||||||||||||
| Disease Detectives | 5th** | 10th | 2nd | 9th*** | 5th** | 10th | 19th | 6th | 8th** | |||||
| Experimental Design | 2nd** | 3rd | ||||||||||||
| Fermi Questions | 5th** | 31st | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 12th | 56th | 8th | 12th | 1st | 17th | 15th | |
| It's About Time | 3rd | 16th | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 12th | 7th | 10th | 4th | |||||
| WiFi Lab | 7th** | 2nd | 14th | 1st | 12th |
***ran solo because schedule mix-up
2023-24, Division C
| Event | Mason | Northview | Northmont | OSU | Solon | Mentor | UMich | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codebusters | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 20th | |
| Detector Building | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 17th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | |
| Disease Detectives | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | |||||||
| Fermi Questions | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 22nd | 2nd | 16th | |||
| Optics | 3rd | 12th | 1st | 40th | 4th | 14th | 1st | 2nd | 40th |
2024-25, Division C
| Event | Northview | Kenston | OSU | Solon | Mentor | UMich | OU | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codebusters | 6th** | 5th** | 4th | 10th | 1st | 15th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 7th |
| Disease Detectives | 9th | 4th | 1st | 14th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 10th |
| Experimental Design | 2nd** | 7th | 3rd | |||||||
| Materials Science | 15th | 2nd | ||||||||
| Optics | 5th | 1st | 13th | 3rd | 7th | 6th** | ||||
| Write It, Do It (!) | 12th |
Volunteering/Testwriting
| Year | Tournament | Division (B, C, B+C) | Event | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | Solon Invitational | B | Crave the Wave | Testwriter |
| 2023-2024 | Jordan Satellite Invitational | B + C | Codebusters | Co-Event Supervisor |
| Jordan Satellite Invitational | B + C | Disease Detectives | Co-Event Supervisor | |
| Northeastern Ohio Regional Tournament (and possibly others) | B | Optics | Undercover Testwriter | |
| 2024-2025 | Mason Satellite Invitational | B | Optics | Event Supervisor |
| West-Liberty Salem Invitational | B | Disease Detectives | Testwriter | |
| SMSSO Winter Scrimmage | B | Disease Detectives | Event Supervisor | |
| 2025-2026 | Mason Satellite Invitational | C | Codebusters | Co-Event Supervisor |
| Mason Satellite Invitational | B + C | Machines | Co-Event Supervisor | |
| Rickards Satellite Invitational | C | Codebusters | Undercover Co-writer | |
| SHSSO Fall Scrimmage | C | Disease Detectives | Testwriter | |
| SHSSO Fall Scrimmage | C | Machines | Testwriter | |
| Orange County Scrimmage | B | Codebusters | Co-writer | |
| Yellow Jacket Invitational (YJI) | C | Codebusters | Undercover Co-writer | |
| UChicago Invitational | B | Machines | Testwriter | |
| Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Invitational | C | Codebusters | Testwriter | |
| MIT Invitational | C | Machines | Co-Event Supervisor (first in-person) | |
| Solon Invitational | C | Disease Detectives | Event Supervisor (second in-person) | |
| Northwestern University Science Olympiad (NUSO) Invitational | C | Codebusters | Co-Writer (for now) | |
| Ohio University Invitational | C | Codebusters | Testwriter | |
| Ohio Regional Tournaments | C | Disease Detectives | Testwriter | |
| Jordan Science Olympiad (JSO) Invitational | C | Codebusters | Co-Event Supervisor | |
| Jordan Science Olympiad (JSO) Invitational | C | Machines | Co-Event Supervisor | |
| Ohio State Tournament | C | Machines | Co-Writer |