But, he could also break the all-time highest octochamp score with a score of 136 or more, which would sound tough to most people, but in his 7 shows so far, he has scored 136 or higher in FIVE of them
Let's just say, nothing seems to be impossible for Luke, and yes, whoever he's facing, I expect they'd rather not be there....
Countdown recap for Tuesday 30 March 2021.
C1: Champion Luke Boynton (7 wins, 926 points.) A senior finance manager from Birmingham.
C2: Challenger Adam Peel. A project planner from St. Helens, Merseyside. He likes playing darts and plays in a local league which also sometimes have local professional hitters like Dave "Chizzy" Chisnall, Michael "Bully Boy" Smith and Stephen "The Bullet" Bunting.
DC: Susie Dent and Konnie Huq.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: T W C A I E O M D
R02: L S N R A U E G I
R03: 50, 25, 75, 100, 6, 5. Target: 550.
TTT: OVERTURE - "No overtures, poetry was more his thing."
R04: L T P D O A U B E
R05: T R D I A O I L N
R06: 50, 100, 75, 2, 1, 3. Target: 232.
R07: T S G E A O U D E
R08: H R Y N I A O C E
R09: 50, 25, 100, 75, 5, 8. Target: 395.
TTT: LOSSGAIN - "No losses with this, you're bringing in the bucks."
R10: L P D T R I U O E
R11: M G M I A E R N T
R12: S P V S O I U A L
R13: N C F E O I E U P
R14: 4, 8, 3, 4, 6, 7. Target: 184.
R15: I R O N I D A T A (conundrum)
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Round 1: T W C A I E O M D
Luke: MEADOW (6)
Adam: WAITED (6)
DC: DEMOTIC (7)
OT: MIAOWED (7)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)
Round 2: L S N R A U E G I
Luke: REALIGNS (8)
Adam: GRANULES (8)
DC: LINGERS (7)
OT: ALIGNERS (8) LASERING (8) RESIGNAL (8) SINGULAR (8) SLANGIER (8)
Score: 14–14 (max 15)
Round 3: 50, 25, 75, 100, 6, 5. Target: 550.
Luke: 550. (100 x 5) + 50 (10)
Adam: 550. ((100 / 25) + 6) x (50 + 5) (10)
Score: 24–24 (max 25)
Teatime teaser: OVERTURE -> TROUVERE
Round 4: L T P D O A U B E
Luke: poutable
Adam: BLOATED (7)
DC: POTABLE (7) DOUBLET (7) TADPOLE (7)
OT: DUBPLATE (8)
Score: 24–31 (max 33)
Round 5: T R D I A O I L N
Luke: DILATION (8)
Adam: DRAIN (5)
DC: DILATOR (7) ADROIT (6)
OT: ROTALIID (8)
Score: 32–31 (max 41)
Round 6: 50, 100, 75, 2, 1, 3. Target: 232.
Luke: 232. 100 + 75 + 50 + (3 x 2) + 1 (10)
Adam: -
Score: 42–31 (max 51)
Konnie talks about the wacky world of animals on Blue Peter.
Round 7: T S G E A O U D E
Luke: DOTAGES (7)
Adam: OUTAGES (7)
DC: DOGEATES (8)
Score: 49–38 (max 59)
Round 8: H R Y N I A O C E
Luke: ARCHEON (7)
Adam: chainer
DC: CHORINE (7)
OT: ONYCHIA (7) ORIENCY (7) RECHAIN (7)
Score: 56–38 (max 66)
Round 9: 50, 25, 100, 75, 5, 8. Target: 395.
Luke: 395. (50 x 8) - 5 (10)
Adam: 395. (50 x 8) - 5 (10)
Score: 66–48 (max 76)
Teatime teaser: LOSSGAIN -> LASSOING
Round 10: L P D T R I U O E
Luke: OUTLIER (7)
Adam: TRIPLED (7)
DC: POUTIER (7) PILOTED (7)
OT: DILUTER (7) DIOPTRE (7) DROPLET (7) ETOURDI (7) EUPLOID (7) LEPROID (7) OUTLIED (7) OUTRIDE (7) PELTOID (7) PERIDOT (7) PETROIL (7) PLOITED (7) PLOUTED (7) PLOUTER (7) POITREL (7) POLITER (7) POULTED (7) POULTER (7) PROTEID (7) PROTIDE (7) PTEROID (7)
Score: 73–55 (max 83)
Round 11: M G M I A E R N T
Luke: emmigrant
Adam: MIGRATE (7)
DC: EMIGRANT (8)
Score: 73–62 (max 91)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "loophole".
Round 12: S P V S O I U A L
Luke: VISUALS (7)
Adam: SPOILS (6)
DC: SPOUSAL (7)
OT: PAILOUS (7)
Score: 80–62 (max 98)
Round 13: N C F E O I E U P
Luke: POUNCE (6)
Adam: POUNCE (6)
OT: PEICEN (6) PIECEN (6) PONCIF (6)
Score: 86–68 (max 104)
Round 14: 4, 8, 3, 4, 6, 7. Target: 184.
Luke: 184. (8 x 6 x 4) - 7 - (4 - 3) (10)
Adam: 184. ((3 x 4) + 7 + 4) x 8 (10)
Score: 96–78 (max 114)
Round 15: I R O N I D A T A
Luke buzzes on 1.5 seconds to say RADIATION which is correct.
Final Score: 106–78 (max 124)
Well, that might've been slightly anti-climactic for most of us, and I'm sure Luke is just relieved to get over the line, after almost imploding on his big night
So, Luke becomes only the third person to pass the 1,000 point mark, with a grand total of 1,032 points, taking him into 2nd place in the all-time octototal leaderboard, 8 points clear of the reigning champion, Luke Johnson-Davies.
And of course, he's the new #1 seed, an incredible 213 points clear of James Burley in 2nd place
Luke is certainly going to be the man to beat in the finals in June, of that there's no doubt.
Many congratulation, Luke.
Statistics Corner
Luke:
Total score - 106
Raw score - 106
Total % of max - 85
Raw % of max - 85
Total average score per round - 7.1
Raw average score per round - 7.1
Number of maxes - 11
Adam:
Total score - 78
Raw score - 89
Total % of max - 62
Raw % of max - 72
Total average score per round - 5.2
Raw average score per round - 5.9
Number of maxes - 6
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=83