Hey there 👋

I'm Thomas (Zhiyuan) Li, a far below-average high school student attending Los Altos High School in the graduating class of 2025. My passions in life are building terrible robot concepts and competing in programming challenges such as hackathons, USACO, and Google Kickstart. I also run for Los Altos High's cross country team and run the 1600m primarily for track and field. A random fact about me is that I cut my own hair with a shaving razor every few months and it's probably why my hair never looks good.

Achievements

USACO Silver
2x Los Altos Hacks (competitor?)
- 2nd best mobile app LAHS Hacks VI
- 4th place overall LAHS Hacks VII
- (Very disappointing that both times my team was just outside the cut off for a prize)

Hobbies

Cross Country 2022-23 season
Track and Field distance runner 2022-23 season

Mile time has currently improved from 6:40 in the beginning of my sophomore year to 5:45

Goals

Reaching USACO Gold division
Winning any category in a Los Altos Hacks Hackathon
Sub 5 minute mile
Making the varsity cross country team