You get placed in the top 40. First thought: "Surely a bronze medal at least".

Result day: Misses bronze by only 0.17 points

Why? Because they decided to take account of only top 2 of the cut off countries, other teams from the same country is invisible to them sadly.

I don't think the current ICO is fair at all. On an usual Olympiads, every team has a fair chance, something I find missing in the ICO. I mean they're already booking 10 seats in the master list for their own country, then only taking top 2 from other countries? How on earth can that be called "fair".

Pro tip: If you really want an ICO medal, just participate under such a country where you're the only team and obviously do quite well in the exam and get the guaranteed medal, something my team missed by just 0.17 points.