TITLE: How can I advance?
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: Right now I am 13. I have studied at the normal pace at my school, however, since this academic year I have felt that the pace the classes move at are too slow and I wish to advance faster. I would like to know how I can advance in maths and whether I should be advancing or staying at the set pace of my class?

REPLY [4 votes]: You definitely want to advance if you can. The syllabus used in class is supposed to accommodate your average student, so if you want to be good or exceptional at maths you will have to put in work yourself.
The first thing I recommend to do is to talk to your teacher and make sure you and him are on the same page. That means he might try to stretch you more and not give you just what the rest of the class receives. 
Secondly, do not cover material which you will cover later on in school. A prime example of this is calculus. Calculus will make up a big chunk of your maths education at school when you are 16/17/18 years old. Don't spoil the fun of learning about it then by covering now, otherwise classes will seem even more easy and as a result boring. 
Stemming from the last point, at your age Olympiads are the natural path to go for. Once you become relatively good at them, they are great fun, especially if you become seriously good at them and get to travel to exotic places for things like the IMO. I personally enjoyed working through the 'Art of Problem Solving' series and from there working through Olympiads from around the world. Once you acquire a basic arsenal of mathematical weapons you can enquire into other books which might specialise into Number Theory, Geometry etc. 
I hope this answers your question. If you have any follow up queries just comment down below.