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HSC Physics · Trial Exam IV · Real class data

How do you compare against the top students in the state?

Our Year 12 Physics class just sat a full 100-mark, 3-hour trial. Download the exact paper, sit it yourself, then grab the marking kit and see where you land on the curve.

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The curve you’re up against

Score distribution · 100 marks · Sigma Year 12 Physics cohort, September 2026

median 71top mark 93you · 72
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Where would your mark land?
Drag to your (honest!) estimate — or sit the paper first, then come back.
With 72/100 you’d sit around the 65th percentile of this classLow Band 635% of the Sigma cohort would have scored above you.
67.7
Cohort mean
out of 100 marks
71
Median
half the class scored 71+
93
Highest mark
could you beat it?
54%
In Band 6 range
scored 70 or above

Band estimates

Where the class landed, mapped against HSC band cut-offs.

High Band 685 marks and above
8%
Low Band 670 – 84 marks
46%
Mid–High Band 555 – 69 marks
31%
Below Mid-Band 5under 55 marks
15%
More than half the class is already sitting in Band 6 territory — mid-way through the year, with UCAT prep competing for their study time.

Module mastery

Average share of available marks earned, across all 34 questions.

77%
The Nature of Light
10 questions · 27 marks
68%
Electromagnetism
9 questions · 24 marks
57%
Universe to the Atom
6 questions · 31 marks
54%
Advanced Mechanics
9 questions · 24 marks

The questions that separated the top students

Facility = average share of marks earned. These six stumped most of a strong cohort — see how you go.

Q34 · Universe to the Atom14%
Fission vs fusion energy; quarks & leptons — 6-mark short answer. Nobody scored full marks.
Q7 · Electromagnetism15%
Torque on a square vs circular current loop
Q12 · Advanced Mechanics15%
Circular motion inside a smooth cone
Q18 · Electromagnetism15%
Proton vs alpha particle accelerated through a p.d.
Q33 · Universe to the Atom18%
Hydrostatic equilibrium without fusion (final part)
Q20 · Advanced Mechanics23%
Binary star system dynamics

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Interpret with care: this trial was sat mid-UCAT season, so these numbers likely understate where the class will land in the HSC. Student names withheld. Facility = average % of available marks earned. · Want the team behind these results? Year 12 Physics classes →