The Individual Player National Championship Tournament, or IPNCT, is a championship tournament run by NAQT to determine the best individual quizbowl player in the country. It debuted in 2018 with only a high school division. A middle school division was added in 2019 and removed starting in 2023, although middle school players can and do continue to participate.
The tournament takes place on a single day, namely the day after the ICT. The high school division primarily uses tossups from the ICT Division II question set. The middle school division has typically used a specially written set. The tournament format is modeled after the Hillemann Singles format.
| Year
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HS Champion
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HS Second
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HS Field
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MS Champion
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MS Second
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MS Field
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Location
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Full Results
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| 2018
|
Jack Lewis (Battle Ground)
|
Max Shatan (Bard Early College)
|
96
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No MS division
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N/A
|
N/A
|
Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois
|
[1]
|
|
| 2019
|
Ethan Strombeck (Rockford Auburn)
|
Hari Parameswaran (Beavercreek)
|
134
|
Arin Parsa
|
Rohan Ganeshan
|
85
|
Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois
|
[2]
|
| 2021
|
Arthur Delot-Vilain (Georgetown Day School)
|
Amogh Kulkarni (Wayzata)
|
112
|
Arin Parsa
|
Aatreyo Bhattacharyya
|
51
|
Online via Zoom
|
[3] (HS) [4] (MS)
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| 2022
|
Karsten Rynearson (Phillips Academy)
|
Will McCurley (Baker)
|
53
|
Pranavkrishna Bharanidharan
|
Evans Senvalds
|
27
|
Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois
|
[5]
|
| 2023
|
Rohan Ganeshan (Buffalo Grove)
|
Andrew Minagar (Caddo Magnet)
|
198
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois
|
[6]
|
| 2024
|
Ali Hamzeh (Kinkaid)
|
Johnny Zheng (Caddo Magnet)
|
261
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois
|
[7]
|
| 2025
|
Andrew Peuster (Mexico (MO))
|
Tate Osborne (Alabama Cyber Tech)
|
251
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois
|
[8]
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