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Lomba Cepat Tepat Biologi is a competition about science and biology that was intended for senior high school students in Indonesia, this event was held by Himpunan Mahasiswa Biologi (HIMABIO) Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) with “Youth for Better Indonesia’s Biodiversity” as the main topic. LCTB was a part of Pesta Sains Nasional 2017 that was held by Badan Eksekutif Mahasiwa (BEM FMIPA) IPB. This event was held on November 18th, 2017 at 07.00 a.m till 16.00 p.m WIB at Graha Widya Wisuda and was attended by 588 participants of LCTB. The event was continued on Sunday, November 19th, 2017 at 07.00 a.m till 17.00 p.m WIB at Graha Widya Wisuda and Teaching Lab. Not only the competition itself, LCTB also held a maker stand that exhibited achievements of Department of  Biology, and participants could freely ask anything about biology. LCTB maker stand got The Best Maker in Pesta Sains Nasional 2017.

LCTB was separated into three sessions, preliminary round, semifinal round, and final round. Teams who became top 40 after the preliminary round proceed to the semifinal round and attend a special seminar in Teaching Lab class 1.01. Teams who became top 20 proceed to semifinal while the other 20 team attend the seminar and tour lab in Teaching Lab, class 1.01. The seminar opened by Mr. Rahayu Laelandi by reading the holy Al-Quran. Then continued by the greetings of the project officer of LCTB 2017 Mr. Fadhil Ivan Makky and the leader of Himabio Galih Aario Seno. First thing after that was department promotion that was delivered by Mr. Windra Priawandiputra, Ph.D. as the representative of IPB lecturer in major biology. The second was presentation and seminar about the life of orangutan by Ms. Puji Rianti, M.Si. which is also a representative of IPB lecturer in major biology.

After the seminar finished, it was continued by special tour lab inside the teaching lab laboratory which attended by seminar participants. There were 5 teams that entered the final round in Teaching lab class 1.01. The judges of final round were Anugerah Erlaut, B.Sc, M.T ,Hirmas Fuady Putra, S.Si, M.Si, Dr. Sri Listyowati, M.Si and Dr. Nisa Rachmania Mubarik, M.Si. The final round consists of four sessions which 5 finalists team competed to be the champion. The final round was spectated by the entire participants excitedly. The final round ended with :

1^st place winner: Aditya Parawangsa, Jonathan Christian Pangki, and Sheencia Victoria Fernandez from Xaverius 1 Jambi Senior High School.

2^nd place winner: Jogi Putra Maulana, Rini Wulandari and Abdulloh Yahya from Kharisma Bangsa Senior High School.

3^rd place winner: Hilwa Amalia Kirana, Shafa Salsabilaa Zahirah and Bistamy M. Nursabur from Ummul Quro Bogor Senior High School.

(Himabio)