well me and sam (who came first in the state) both had exactly the same marks for Internal External and Overall mark... 99 for the three of them.
i'm told that if it wasn't a minute rounding difference that separated us, it was marker's prejudice in perhaps liking the wording of an answer, or the quantity written that determined who got given first place. Sam wrote about 30* booklets for the entire paper. Absolutely Insane.
*Might be a little bit of an exaggeration.
thanks lilkiwicutie89, the IPT exam was pretty straightforward, I think during it I was only stumped once or twice for an answer (or rather, only twice i had to actually stop and think/plan an answer out)...