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About MathCup Academy

Founded by math enthusiasts and parents who believe every student deserves the chance to find math genuinely exciting.

MathCup Academy was founded by a small group of math enthusiasts and parents. Professionally, we work across a range of industries — but we share a lasting love of problem solving, and many of us still spend our free time working through challenging high school and college-level competition mathematics, simply because we enjoy it.

As parents, we noticed the same gap again and again: many students find little challenge in their school's math curriculum, and over time, that lack of challenge turns into a lack of interest. It's a disconnect from a world that increasingly rewards exactly the kind of independent problem-solving that a rote curriculum rarely teaches.

We started MathCup Academy to close that gap — to make rigorous problem-solving feel genuinely fun, and to give students the chance to discover what they're capable of when a subject actually challenges them.

Founders
The people behind MathCup Academy's curriculum and mission
Dr. Hui Jin
Hui Jin
Dr. Jin was a two-time Chinese Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) qualifier and a one-time CMO winner. He was a member of the 1993 Chinese Mathematical Olympiad Program — the Chinese counterpart to the USA MOP. He ranked in the top 20 nationwide in the Putnam Competition and was a top-5 nationwide Caltech team member. He holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech.
Dr. Di Xu
Di Xu
Dr. Xu serves as Head of AI Labs and AI Governance at American Express, where he brings over two decades of experience applying data science to decision-making in the consumer financial sector. His interests extend well beyond finance, spanning data science and machine learning applications in education, mathematical problem solving, and music. Di holds a Doctorate in Industrial Engineering, a Master's degree in Statistics, and a Bachelor's degree in Control Theory.
Board of Directors
Providing governance and oversight for MathCup Academy
Hui Jin
Hui Jin
Director
Co-founder
BW
Bingwen Wang
Director
Di Xu
Di Xu
Director
Co-founder
Teachers
The instructors leading MathCup Academy's classes
JL
Dr. Jian Li
Middle School Competition Series
Dr. Hui Jin
Dr. Hui Jin
Introduction to Algebra
ZM
Dr. Zhengyu Mao
PreAlgebra
ZL
Dr. Zongjian Liu
Introduction to Geometry
DJ
Daniel Jin
Math Explorers
AL
Alethea Liu
Math Explorers

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