[EliRivers]

Running a little off-topic, there is evidence that a Cambridge maths exam series 150 years ago had a pass mark of about one and a half percent, and the top scorer achieved about 45 percent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_Tripos

[cafard]

According to Ulam's memoirs, Hardy thought very poorly of the Tripos as a test of anything in particular.