Phyl Styles wrote:Great comeback - how many behind was that from?
I think 32.
There were certainly two 27s in series 65 ....
The biggest deficit overturned in the last three rounds is 21, I recall, but the greatest comeback remains 40 (hope I'm right)
The biggest comeback is
40, yes. The biggest deficit overturned in the last three rounds was 21 until recently, when Rory Coleman won from
26 behind in the last three rounds.
I also initially thought the widest margin between them today was 32, but Fred's right - after round 5, Trevor led 45-6.
Here's everyone who has been behind by 25 or more and won, up to the end of series 69...
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EP SERIES WINNER LOSER DEFICIT AFTER ROUND
3645 51 Richard Pay 79-77 Claire Whitaker 40 9
444 9 David Trace 80-74 Mick Keeble 35 6
5738 69 Rory Coleman 81-79 Graham Harrison 33 11
4865 61 Paul Varlaam 72-71 Yvonne Battelle 30 7
3863 53 Nicky Lyons 85-79 Sonia Cordas 28 9
4103 54 Tony Warren 71-64 Michael Gordon 28 7
4141 55 Phil Watson 63-52 Paul Collings 28 7
3808 52 Steven Moir 79-78 Rita Willmott 27 11
5385 65 Phyllis Styles 76-75 Kirsten Thompson 27 8
4021 54 Michael Bowden 73-64 Christine Grant 27 7
5326 65 Carl Williams 72-63 Jeff Probst 27 6
4962 62 Oliver Garner 81-75 Mark Goodliffe 26 9
3713 51 Richard Hunter 75-52 Jeff Clayton 26 6
4968 62 Howard Lovelady 81-76 James Rawson 26 4
3325 48 Dez Hussey 101-91 Robert Lee 25 11
4319 56 Sarah Milsom 77*-67 Brian Kent 25 11
5337 65 Andy Royce 62-56 Jacqui Rowley 25 9
5514 66 Nick Hall 86-80 Suzi Purcell 25 9
M10 Matthew Francis 86-78 Nigel Gardner 25 7
1440 26 Gary Thomson 41-35 Andrew Perry 25 5
1441 26 Jane Atkins 37-31 Gary Thomson 25 5
2504 40 Dorian Jeffrey 57-55 Tessa Phelan 25 2
3076 45 Geraldine Hylands 55-46 Mac McDonald 25 2
So Ann winning today after being 39 behind is easily the biggest comeback in Nick Hewer's time, and you have to go back to Richard Whiteley's era to find the only one that was bigger.
Gavin Chipper wrote:James Robinson wrote:That's also the first 0-second conundrum in a regular edition of Countdown, as in exactly 0 seconds, not 0.25, 0.5, etc.
How are you defining that though? How are these things objectively measured? I've seen others that were probably just as quick.
It was about a second, maybe less. But looking at it again, the odd thing was that the music started and the hand didn't move.