Kenya’s John Tingoi Shines Globally, Finishes 3rd in WorldQuant’s 2025 International Quant Championship

Nairobi, Kenya – October 6, 2025 — Kenya’s John Tingoi from Chuka University has brought pride to the country after emerging third in the prestigious WorldQuant International Quant Championship (IQC) 2025, a global competition that attracts the world’s top quantitative finance minds.

Tingoi tied for third place alongside Chia-Chun Chung from Taiwan’s National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, earning recognition among the top 0.02% of participants worldwide.

The global challenge, organized by WorldQuant, a leading quantitative asset management firm, drew nearly 80,000 participants from 11,000 universities across 142 countries, who submitted over 263,000 predictive models, known as “alphas.”

The grand finals were held in Singapore from September 28 to 30, featuring twelve elite teams competing for a share of the $100,000 prize pool.

The 2025 championship was won by MinKyeom Kim from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea), with Sumit Kumar from the Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad (India) coming in second.

WorldQuant founder and CEO Igor Tulchinsky praised the growing diversity of the competition, noting that this year’s finalists represented four continents.

“Talent is universal,” he said, adding that the IQC has become a platform that connects education, opportunity, and global collaboration in quantitative finance.

The International Quant Championship, now in its fifth edition, is powered by WorldQuant’s BRAIN platform, a web-based simulation environment that allows participants to test financial models in real-world conditions.

The competition aims to democratize access to quantitative finance careers, with top performers often considered for consulting roles, internships, and full-time positions at WorldQuant.

WorldQuant said that nearly 80 top contestants have so far transitioned into jobs or internships through the IQC and BRAIN programs.

The 2025 event also introduced Learn2Quant, an educational video series designed to help aspiring quants build essential skills.

For Kenya, Tingoi’s achievement is a remarkable milestone, placing Chuka University and the country on the global map in the highly competitive field of quantitative research and data-driven finance.