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Any non-finalist who averaged over 90 in their games? (excluding those who couldn't make the finals)
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Straight in there with the Mulvey. Nice.
Also Zarte Mark I presumably.
Also Zarte Mark I presumably.
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Was thinking mainly about David O'Donnell from this series who won 5 games. Looks very unlikely that he'll be a finalist which is pretty unfortunate given that his average over his games is over 100.
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I think the finals for this series ought to have been extended to 16 given how long the series ended up being. Corinna Attwood-gate in my view suggests the series should have been shortened anyway (in a normal time).
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There's been lots of "haven't made its" whose per game average has been higher than those with more wins - it's the luck of the draw.
Suck it up, and reapply in 10 years.
Suck it up, and reapply in 10 years.
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Abdirizak Hirsi and Mark Hartnett smashed it in series 69 too.
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Could we have an update of this please, Graeme?Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:24 pm New 15 rounder:
0 wins: Alan Flanagan, Ross Lander (82)
1 win: Jean Wright (151)
2 wins: Peter Fenton (262)
3 wins: Jill Hayward (374)
4 wins: Margaret Lawless (359)
5 wins: Zarte Siempre (656)
6 wins: Gemma Church (602)
7 wins: Callum Todd (747)
8 wins: Dylan Taylor (974)
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I got 6 wins and 740 odd
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Martyn's nearly 800 trumps you then!
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Ouch! Poor Martyn
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Have given it a try, and for the lowest, too.Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:20 pmCould we have an update of this please, Graeme?Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:24 pm New 15 rounder:
0 wins: Alan Flanagan, Ross Lander (82)
1 win: Jean Wright (151)
2 wins: Peter Fenton (262)
3 wins: Jill Hayward (374)
4 wins: Margaret Lawless (359)
5 wins: Zarte Siempre (656)
6 wins: Gemma Church (602)
7 wins: Callum Todd (747)
8 wins: Dylan Taylor (974)
0:Ciaran McCarthy (104)
1:Jamie Ilett-Jones (203)
2:Jason Turner (307)
3:Aidan Linge (394)
4:Jamie Smith (469)
5:Zarte Siempre (in S69) (656)
6:Martyn Simpson (in S82) (794)
7:Dougie Mackay (760)
8:Elliott Mellor (1061)
0:Bernie Kingston (5)
1:Zach Hart (96)
2:Rob Jennings (165)
3:Jack Creswell (284)
4:Shabir Alidina (364)
5:Gavin Woolnough (454)
6:Stephen Fuller (507)
7:Judy Bursford (In Series 73) (603)
8:Steven Turnbull (619)
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What’s the highest number of points conceded for an octachamp?
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Great question!Patrick Thompson wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 4:17 pm What’s the highest number of points conceded for an octachamp?
Another good question inspired by this is which players have the highest and lowest aggregate score difference over all of their games.
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If the series 82 final ends up being Luke v Sam, will it be the first CD episode ever with both contestants having double-barrelled surnames?
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Tom Chafer-Cook is the only double-barrelled champion, and he played Bradley Horrocks, so yes.Martin Hurst wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:30 pm If the series 82 final ends up being Luke v Sam, will it be the first CD episode ever with both contestants having double-barrelled surnames?
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Up until the end of series 81...Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:03 pm How many times has the max been 100 or more, and how many times has at least one contestant hit 100 or more?
(Basically, "century success rate", please.)
I know no one ever got a century in 9-rounders but I'd like to see how often it was possible...!
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Old 15 rounder 2609 719 27.6%
15 rounder 1570 600 38.2%
The three 9-rounders with a max of 100 or more:
http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_538
http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_2547
http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_3068
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The following list is sort of that - I haven't got a way to exclude people who qualified for the finals but didn't turn up for whatever reason. Furthermore, I've taken the relevant series finals to be the finals in the same series as their last heat game, because that's the only way I could get it to include people who averaged 90+ in one run but only qualified for the finals in a subsequent run (e.g. Zarte). From this I've manually removed Annie Humphries who was a rare case of someone not being available for "their" finals but being put into the next series finals instead.
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Jean Goodman 46 2 94.0
Alan Swift 47 3 92.0
David Franks 47 8 93.0
David Stainer 47 5 92.0
Elfie Winterton 47 1 92.0
John Mitchell 47 4 92.25
Peter Lee 47 1 93.0
Terry Rattle 47 1 107.0
Dez Hussey 48 2 91.5
Michael Clarke 48 4 94.5
Tony Slade 48 1 92.0
Andrew Naylor 49 1 95.0
Austin Shin 49 1 91.0
Frank Blake 49 1 90.0
Jerry Humphreys 49 1 93.0
Ruth Hartley 49 3 91.33333
Saji Kamalananthan 49 1 90.0
Nick Smith 50 3 92.0
Paul Skingsley 50 1 90.0
Andy Page 51 3 91.0
Ben Walden 51 3 95.66666
Chris White 51 1 93.0
Eric Wright 51 4 91.5
Steve Hyde 51 3 94.0
Ben Tamplin 52 3 91.33333
Roy Thearle 52 5 97.8
Tim Charlton 52 2 96.5
Frank Mulvey 53 5 93.6
Jane Hoskyn 53 1 91.0
Kieran Coppinger 53 4 91.75
Andrew Gedney 54 2 91.5
Ian Graham 54 6 91.16666
Marie Hayden 54 6 98.83333
Robin Sutherland 54 1 91.0
Rosemary Ilsley 54 2 91.5
Tuck Broadbent 54 4 93.25
Bernie Corrigan 55 2 95.0
Dan Ward 55 1 93.0
Danny Shears 55 1 92.0
Graham Dugdale 55 3 102.0
Ian Hilton 55 5 96.2
Phil Watkins 55 1 90.0
Robin Brown 55 5 91.6
Sheri Evans 55 6 91.83333
George Rhodes 56 1 93.0
Martin May 56 2 90.5
Paul Richards 56 1 93.0
Rob Waters 56 2 92.0
Alan Gray 57 3 93.66666
Martin May 57 5 93.0
Roy Gerrish 57 1 96.0
Sam Butcher 57 3 95.66666
Andrew Swale 58 2 93.0
Gayle Smith 58 3 97.0
Ian Lamb 58 3 90.0
Matthew Coates 58 4 97.25
Tony Durrant 58 4 97.25
Colin Westacott 59 1 91.0
Anita Fairhurst 60 1 94.0
Chris Kirby 60 3 90.33333
James Robinson 60 3 94.0
Ed Rossiter 61 4 93.25
Lesley Hines 61 1 104.0
Micheal Harris 61 2 95.0
Robert Brownlie 61 3 95.0
Clarke Carlisle 62 3 92.0
James Rawson 62 5 97.2
Steve Tamplin 62 1 90.0
Toni Balestra 62 1 90.0
Greg Hayhurst 63 6 90.0
Barbara Grice 64 1 95.0
Dave Dyer 64 3 93.33333
Anne Haley 65 2 92.5
Barry Evans 65 1 92.0
Syed Bukhari 65 1 91.0
Chris Butler 66 4 90.5
Stephen Senior 66 1 93.0
Anthea Rata 67 2 90.0
Abdirizak Hirsi 69 6 103.3333
Mark Hartnett 69 4 101.25
Sarah Hadaway 69 4 96.0
Zarte Siempre 69 6 109.3333
Bobby Johnson 70 4 90.0
Ciaran McCarthy 70 1 104.0
Ciarán Crawley 70 4 92.5
Cliff Lee 70 6 91.5
Peter Steggle 70 1 95.0
Damen Bramwell 71 2 90.5
Duncan McGregor 71 1 98.0
Farhan Ahmed 71 4 93.5
Ian Linton 71 3 96.0
Jamie Ilett-Jones 71 2 101.5
Jason Turner 71 3 102.3333
Jonny Rye 71 3 94.0
Kieran O'Driscoll 71 1 90.0
Vicki Landriau 71 2 96.5
David Pooley 72 4 92.5
Lee Worth 72 1 95.0
Liam Thorne 72 2 90.0
Mark Perrett 72 1 91.0
Neil Stephenson 72 4 92.75
Adam Curran 73 1 100.0
James Rowan 73 1 97.0
Alasdair Haines 74 2 92.5
Jon Hinchliffe 74 1 93.0
Aidan Linge 75 4 98.5
Chris Leaney 75 2 90.5
Jamie Smith 75 5 93.8
Mark Gourley 75 1 92.0
Norm Ahmad 75 2 98.5
Stephen Bloom 75 3 90.66666
Dave Ryan 76 3 92.0
Suzy Turner 76 4 90.75
Ben Leyburn 77 6 93.0
Chris Weldon 77 5 91.0
Sarah Holey 77 4 95.0
Jason Palmer 78 4 93.25
Robin Johnson 79 8 93.125
Harry Clark 80 3 96.66666
Ewen Alexander 81 1 93.0
Mike Woodberry 81 1 94.0
Paul Anderson 81 7 105.2857
Stephen Mellor 81 6 90.83333
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Highest totals for players in (new) 15-rounders by number of games won in that run, up to the end of series 81:Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:20 pmCould we have an update of this please, Graeme?Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:24 pm New 15 rounder:
0 wins: Alan Flanagan, Ross Lander (82)
1 win: Jean Wright (151)
2 wins: Peter Fenton (262)
3 wins: Jill Hayward (374)
4 wins: Margaret Lawless (359)
5 wins: Zarte Siempre (656)
6 wins: Gemma Church (602)
7 wins: Callum Todd (747)
8 wins: Dylan Taylor (974)
0 wins: Ciaran McCarthy (104)
1 win: Jamie Ilett-Jones (203)
2 wins: Jason Turner (307)
3 wins: Mark Hartnett (405)
4 wins: Jamie Smith (469)
5 wins: Zarte Siempre (656)
6 wins: Philip Aston (760)
7 wins: Dougie Mackay (759)
8 wins: Elliott Mellor (1061)
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Assuming we're counting only points scored by opponents in the relevant heat run, the highest is 585 by the opponents of David Edwards.Patrick Thompson wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 4:17 pm What’s the highest number of points conceded for an octachamp?
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Elliott Mellor had an aggregate margin of 854 over his octorun opponents.JackHurst wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 6:54 pmGreat question!Patrick Thompson wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 4:17 pm What’s the highest number of points conceded for an octachamp?
Another good question inspired by this is which players have the highest and lowest aggregate score difference over all of their games.
Glenn Leaney had an aggregate margin of 76 over his octorun opponents, although that was in 9 rounders. The lowest aggregate margin for an octochamp in 15-rounders is 95 by Chris McHenry.
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Can confirm.Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:10 pmTom Chafer-Cook is the only double-barrelled champion, and he played Bradley Horrocks, so yes.Martin Hurst wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:30 pm If the series 82 final ends up being Luke v Sam, will it be the first CD episode ever with both contestants having double-barrelled surnames?
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I think T-Cap misread the question but got the right answer anyway.Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:31 pmCan confirm.Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:10 pmTom Chafer-Cook is the only double-barrelled champion, and he played Bradley Horrocks, so yes.Martin Hurst wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:30 pm If the series 82 final ends up being Luke v Sam, will it be the first CD episode ever with both contestants having double-barrelled surnames?
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Erm, yes, so did I. I thought it was only asking about finals.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:42 pmI think T-Cap misread the question but got the right answer anyway.Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:31 pmCan confirm.Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:10 pm
Tom Chafer-Cook is the only double-barrelled champion, and he played Bradley Horrocks, so yes.
There's exactly one episode in Countdown's history where both players' surnames are double-barrelled: Derek Stuart-Clark against John Gough-Cooper. http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_882
I took "double barrelled" to mean "containing a hyphen". If you expand this definition to include "contains at least two spaces" you also get episode 6218 between Matt Le Tissier and Shaun Connolly-Flynn, but it's a bit of a stretch to count "Le" as an entire barrel.
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Oops yes, brain got primed by the initial mention of final, then apparently couldn't be bothered to read the rest properly.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:42 pmI think T-Cap misread the question but got the right answer anyway.Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:31 pmCan confirm.Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:10 pm
Tom Chafer-Cook is the only double-barrelled champion, and he played Bradley Horrocks, so yes.
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Longest reigning:
- Series champion
- Series number 1 seed
- Champion
- Dictionary corner guest (1 consecutive stint)
I would guess James H takes longest reigning series champ and Luke takes longest reigning number 1 seed?
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- Series number 1 seed
- Champion
- Dictionary corner guest (1 consecutive stint)
I would guess James H takes longest reigning series champ and Luke takes longest reigning number 1 seed?
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DC guest reign answered here.Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:17 pmThis is it. Kenneth Williams was the DC guest in 39 episodes in a row spanning most of series 1 and some of series 2.Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:09 pmKenneth Williams’ gig in Series 1 and 2 comes to mind but that might not be it.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:48 pm What is the longest DC guest run? Phil Hammond just did eight.
The next longest run is 17, on two occasions, both by Gyles Brandreth. They were in series 4 and series 8.
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What is the record for the same number of matching declarations in a game?
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11, between Jack Hurst and David O'Donnell in this 30BC game.Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:46 pm What is the record for the same number of matching declarations in a game?
I've taken "matching declarations" to mean that in a letters round the players declared the same word and scored the same number of points, and in a numbers round the players declared the same total, scored the same, and their methods were the same. The numbers method is only stored as a text string, so I matched methods by removing whitespace and comparing them for equality, but it's possible that identical methods might have been formatted slightly differently on each side of the wikicap and so slipped through the net.
I've ignored conundrums, so if neither player buzzes I don't count that as a "matching declaration".
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Nice - thanks.Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:57 pm11, between Jack Hurst and David O'Donnell in this 30BC game.Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:46 pm What is the record for the same number of matching declarations in a game?
I've taken "matching declarations" to mean that in a letters round the players declared the same word and scored the same number of points, and in a numbers round the players declared the same total, scored the same, and their methods were the same. The numbers method is only stored as a text string, so I matched methods by removing whitespace and comparing them for equality, but it's possible that identical methods might have been formatted slightly differently on each side of the wikicap and so slipped through the net.
I've ignored conundrums, so if neither player buzzes I don't count that as a "matching declaration".
How many 10/14s? What does the distribution look like?
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There are five 15-round episodes which contain exactly 10 rounds in which the contestants' declarations matched. They are:Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:05 pmNice - thanks.Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:57 pm11, between Jack Hurst and David O'Donnell in this 30BC game.Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:46 pm What is the record for the same number of matching declarations in a game?
I've taken "matching declarations" to mean that in a letters round the players declared the same word and scored the same number of points, and in a numbers round the players declared the same total, scored the same, and their methods were the same. The numbers method is only stored as a text string, so I matched methods by removing whitespace and comparing them for equality, but it's possible that identical methods might have been formatted slightly differently on each side of the wikicap and so slipped through the net.
I've ignored conundrums, so if neither player buzzes I don't count that as a "matching declaration".
How many 10/14s? What does the distribution look like?
http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_4126
http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5355
http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_6382
http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_7401 (although this counts a numbers round in which neither player declared anything)
http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_S49 (spoiler alert - this is today's episode)
Counting all 15-rounders (old and new) up to and including today, the episode counts for each number of matching rounds is as follows:
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2 977
3 996
4 758
5 414
6 196
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2 963
3 981
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5 388
6 193
7 75
8 23
9 11
10 4
11 1
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What's the most Darrens a player has spotted in a single game?
Which players who've played 50 or more letters rounds have the best darren spotting per centage?
Which players who've played 50 or more letters rounds have the best darren spotting per centage?
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What's the highest number you can get to such that all whole numbers from 1 up to that number have had their spelling appear in letters selections in a single episode.
So for example, if an episode had:
SWTEEOCRN
TREEHOUSE (kudos to readers who spot the falsie)
FORTUNESE
as selections, but no selection contained all of the letters "FIVE" then it would score 4.
So for example, if an episode had:
SWTEEOCRN
TREEHOUSE (kudos to readers who spot the falsie)
FORTUNESE
as selections, but no selection contained all of the letters "FIVE" then it would score 4.
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This apterous game holds the record for biggest letters deficit overcome: Vincent Barcet gave up 46 points on the letters and still won the game. What's the record on Countdown?
(Sorry if this got asked before; maybe by page 25 it's time we made an index for this topic!)
(Sorry if this got asked before; maybe by page 25 it's time we made an index for this topic!)
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Happy birthday Graeme!
Q that came up in aptochat -
What percentage of players who have won n games go on to be octochamps?
So if you win 0 games then you've got 0% chance, to 8 games 100% chance, but what are your chances when you've won 4 or 6 or any other?
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Q that came up in aptochat -
What percentage of players who have won n games go on to be octochamps?
So if you win 0 games then you've got 0% chance, to 8 games 100% chance, but what are your chances when you've won 4 or 6 or any other?
TIA
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I'd assume this is non-linear (four wins not equal to 50%); if someone's won seven, it's pretty unlikely for them not to win eight. So you'd end up with a probability curve increasing quickly, possibly even to 70% by four wins, maybe even to 90% by six wins.Fiona T wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 5:27 pm Happy birthday Graeme!
Q that came up in aptochat -
What percentage of players who have won n games go on to be octochamps?
So if you win 0 games then you've got 0% chance, to 8 games 100% chance, but what are your chances when you've won 4 or 6 or any other?
TIA
The curve I envisage isn't too far from this: y=48ln(x) - 9; would be interesting to see how close that is to the actual.
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With Ruth Cappleman and Chloe Lavan playing today (08/03/2021), it got me wondering when the last time there was an all female Apto-registered game on Countdown (if there even has been one?). I guess it's maybe not that easy to quantify given the use of pseudonyms and registrations being possibly taken out after being on the show.
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When will new 15s overtake old 15s?
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Apologies if already done but what’s the highest possible available octorun score in the 15 round era? And what’s the average possible octorun score?
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Since people are asking in aptochat -
what's the longest run of heat games without any player reaching n wins, for all n from 2 to 8?
what's the longest run of heat games without any player reaching n wins, for all n from 2 to 8?
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I don't have a question but just wanted to say thanks Graeme for maintaining this thread for such a long time, it's full of interesting findings!
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Seconded.Charlie Reams wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:12 pm I don't have a question but just wanted to say thanks Graeme for maintaining this thread for such a long time, it's full of interesting findings!
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Yes, great thread
To add to the current surge of questions....
What is a) the biggest margin of defeat, and b) the lowest score, by someone who got 2 or more valid nines in a 15r game?
Same question also for getting one nine.
To add to the current surge of questions....
What is a) the biggest margin of defeat, and b) the lowest score, by someone who got 2 or more valid nines in a 15r game?
Same question also for getting one nine.
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For Graeme or someone else with too much time on their hands. How many numbers games have Carol and Rachel each presided over? Seeing as there are twice as many now as there were for most of Carol's time it could be close.
And probably for Graeme alone. Which of them is better (at numbers)??
And probably for Graeme alone. Which of them is better (at numbers)??
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I suspect that, as with my Susie vs Carol post, there'll be many ways to calculate this and what to include and not include...David Williams wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:06 pm For Graeme or someone else with too much time on their hands. How many numbers games have Carol and Rachel each presided over? Seeing as there are twice as many now as there were for most of Carol's time it could be close.
And probably for Graeme alone. Which of them is better (at numbers)??
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The question of who is better has definitely been addressed before. I'll have a look later if someone doesn't beat me to it.
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I remember one a long time ago that showed that Rachel was better overall, but Carol declined as she got older, and when she was the same age as Rachel they were about the same. Time for an update?Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:43 pm The question of who is better has definitely been addressed before. I'll have a look later if someone doesn't beat me to it.
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This is the analysis I was thinking of.David Williams wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:18 amI remember one a long time ago that showed that Rachel was better overall, but Carol declined as she got older, and when she was the same age as Rachel they were about the same. Time for an update?Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:43 pm The question of who is better has definitely been addressed before. I'll have a look later if someone doesn't beat me to it.
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Has there been a time where both contestants declare the same word or same target number without either of them writing it down?
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Yes, but they just get both contestants to write it down quickly and then refilm with both having written it down. What gets aired will then just be the final version, so the TV audience won't know that it's happened.Max Benkel wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:23 pm Has there been a time where both contestants declare the same word or same target number without either of them writing it down?
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I don't know why they insist on refilming it, given that it's not a huge problem when it happens on ZD.
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An episode of CD has an upper time limit. Why use up some of that precious time making viewer awkwardly watch contestants write down their answers in silence when the round has already finished?Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:52 pm I don't know why they insist on refilming it, given that it's not a huge problem when it happens on ZD.
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Going into a series finals, what is the biggest ever points gap between #1 and #2 seed?
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Had a manual look and was surprised by the results. I'd expected the 9 round era to have very few 100+ margins, but it actually had the vast majority because a lot of the time the #1 seed was the only octochamp. The winner (unless I've missed someone) is currently David Trace (series 9) with 212, followed by Harvey Freeman (10) with 199 and Satbir Gupta (32) with 186.
In the 15 round era, where the gap is within the same number of games, the winner is Oli Garner (62) with 167, with only 1 other octochamp. Elliott (80) and Kirk (60) are tied second on 143. Stewart Holden, Mark Murray and David O'Donnell are the only others with a lead of over 100.
Most impressively, Luke Boynton is currently on course to beat them all, with a current lead of 213 to pip David Trace by a point.
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I don't think there's ever been two #1 seeds tied on points, so I might have the reverse record here with my point ahead of #2Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:44 pmHad a manual look and was surprised by the results. I'd expected the 9 round era to have very few 100+ margins, but it actually had the vast majority because a lot of the time the #1 seed was the only octochamp. The winner (unless I've missed someone) is currently David Trace (series 9) with 212, followed by Harvey Freeman (10) with 199 and Satbir Gupta (32) with 186.
In the 15 round era, where the gap is within the same number of games, the winner is Oli Garner (62) with 167, with only 1 other octochamp. Elliott (80) and Kirk (60) are tied second on 143. Stewart Holden, Mark Murray and David O'Donnell are the only others with a lead of over 100.
Most impressively, Luke Boynton is currently on course to beat them all, with a current lead of 213 to pip David Trace by a point.
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Guess again.Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:55 pmI don't think there's ever been two #1 seeds tied on points, so I might have the reverse record here with my point ahead of #2Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:44 pmHad a manual look and was surprised by the results. I'd expected the 9 round era to have very few 100+ margins, but it actually had the vast majority because a lot of the time the #1 seed was the only octochamp. The winner (unless I've missed someone) is currently David Trace (series 9) with 212, followed by Harvey Freeman (10) with 199 and Satbir Gupta (32) with 186.
In the 15 round era, where the gap is within the same number of games, the winner is Oli Garner (62) with 167, with only 1 other octochamp. Elliott (80) and Kirk (60) are tied second on 143. Stewart Holden, Mark Murray and David O'Donnell are the only others with a lead of over 100.
Most impressively, Luke Boynton is currently on course to beat them all, with a current lead of 213 to pip David Trace by a point.
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Has seed number 2 ever had more points than number 1? It could have happened in series 37, but they had weird rules then.
Edit - A quick flick through the wiki suggests no.
Edit 2 - Though it would appear that in series 2, the number 4 seed had the highest points total.
Edit 3 - Actually, number 2 seed Jenny Haldane outscored number 1 seed Steve Williams in series 16, but she only won 7 games and they didn't count losing scores for the seedings back then.
Edit - A quick flick through the wiki suggests no.
Edit 2 - Though it would appear that in series 2, the number 4 seed had the highest points total.
Edit 3 - Actually, number 2 seed Jenny Haldane outscored number 1 seed Steve Williams in series 16, but she only won 7 games and they didn't count losing scores for the seedings back then.
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Has anyone scored 0 on the show and if so, does this usually not get broadcasted?
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Graeme:
How do you answer all these questions so readily?
Do you have a whole bunch of Countdown stats entered into a database that can be manipulated in different ways?
And if so, what sort of database? Access? MySQL?
How do you answer all these questions so readily?
Do you have a whole bunch of Countdown stats entered into a database that can be manipulated in different ways?
And if so, what sort of database? Access? MySQL?
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