2026 AMC 8 Problem 22

The integers from 1 through 25 are arbitrarily separated into five groups of 5 numbers each. The median of each group is identified. Let M equal the median of the five medians. What is the least possible value of M?

\textbf{(A)} 9 \qquad \textbf{(B)} 10 \qquad \textbf{(C)} 12 \qquad \textbf{(D)} 13 \qquad \textbf{(E)} 14

Full credit goes to MAA for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the AOPS website.