Dorff's lecture, titled “Math, Movies, and Bubbles," gave insight into how math was used to create realistic looking snow in “Frozen” and to make an animated character move faster in “The Incredibles.”

In the second part of his talk, Dorff provided a hands-on demonstration of how that concept is connected to creating soap bubbles.

“I liked how he presented rough concepts and magical mathematical phenomenons. He explained and demonstrated mathematics in a very comprehensive way,” said Jake Tae, a student at St. John's School, in coverage of the event by the Pacific Daily News. 

In addition to St. John's School, the other teams who competed were George Washington High School, Harvest Christian Academy, Okkodo High School, and John F. Kennedy High School. 

• 1^st Place: Edward Ju and Jake Tae (St. John's School)
• 2^nd Place Tie:
  • Kelvin Lee and Luke Jang (St. John's School)
  • Kangsan Yoon and Charles Wei (Harvest Christian Academy)
  • Lulu Shao and Taiyo Tagami (St. John's School)

• 1^st Place Tie:
  • Caleb Kim and Shangrong Jian (Harvest Christian Academy)
  • Dylan Chong and Allan Zeng (St. John's School)
    
• 2^nd Place: Kathleen David and Joruss Bautista (George Washington High School)

• 1^st Place, Round 1: Sujin Oh and Kailee Wong (St. John's School)
• 1^st Place, Round 2: Noah Kim and Christian Shinohara (Harvest Christian Academy)
• 2^nd Place, Round 1: Jayon Lee and Justin Lee (Harvest Christian Academy)
• 2^nd Place Tie, Round 2: 

  • Shiyori Shibahata and Chloe You (Harvest Christian Academy)
  • Kristian Austria and Myka Janelle Imbat (Okkodo High School)