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Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:01 pm
by Graeme Cole
James S Roper wrote:Sorry if it's unanswerable from your database or if it's already been answered - who's the oldest contestant to ever go on the show?
Contestant ages aren't in the database because they don't (usually) appear on the wiki, and it's rare that a contestant's age gets mentioned anyway.
However, the occasions when a contestant's age does get mentioned tend to be if it's particularly noteworthy, like when they're among the oldest contestants to have appeared. And sometimes this does get put on the wiki. So I searched the wiki for "oldest contestant" and found
Bertha Bourne (87) and
Geoffrey Green (89). Does anyone know of any contestants older than that?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:31 pm
by Andy Platt
Graeme, as a more light hearted question, who makes your top 5 for sexiest contestants?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:46 pm
by Graeme Cole
Andy Platt wrote:Graeme, as a more light hearted question, who makes your top 5 for sexiest contestants?
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sqlite> select name, sexiness from players order by sexiness desc limit 5;
name sexiness
Andy Platt 10
Andy Platt 10
Andy Platt 10
Andy Platt 10
Andy Platt 10
sqlite>
Andy, I've told you to stop messing about with the database.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:45 pm
by Dave Preece
I'm sure there was a 90 year-old on the show?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:26 pm
by Matt Morrison
Dave Preece wrote:I'm sure there was a 90 year-old on the show?
Each to their own.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:55 pm
by Johnny Canuck
Graeme, among people who have won their first game, what percentage win their second game too? What percentage of 2-time winners go on to win a third game? And so forth.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:35 pm
by Chris Marshall
What's the longest number of games between crucial conundrums?
What's the longest consecutive run of crucial conundrums?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 11:13 pm
by Graeme Cole
Chris Marshall wrote:What's the longest number of games between crucial conundrums?
What's the longest consecutive run of crucial conundrums?
I'll get to Johnny Canuck's question later this week, but for now I'll skip ahead to this one because it's one I can answer quickly...
here.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:10 pm
by Dave Preece
What is most 'back and forth' game ever? IE: where the lead changed the most times?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:48 pm
by Dave Preece
Tough one this – hope it's doable – starting right at episode 1 and running through all episodes in order, is it possible to produce an all-time contestant ranking list using the 'Glicko-2 system' used on Apterous?
Would be VERY interesting to see, don't you think?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:02 pm
by James S Roper
Dave Preece wrote:Tough one this – hope it's doable – starting right at episode 1 and running through all episodes in order, is it possible to produce an all-time contestant ranking list using the 'Glicko-2 system' used on Apterous?
Would be VERY interesting to see, don't you think?
Don't think it would be possible to add those who lost their first game, on top of the fact that I think merely attempting to program the Glicko system to include all those would destroy people's minds.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:11 pm
by Graeme Cole
Johnny Canuck wrote:Graeme, among people who have won their first game, what percentage win their second game too? What percentage of 2-time winners go on to win a third game? And so forth.
Number of preliminaries won in a row, with the count of the number of times it was done:
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1 617
2 349
3 222
4 135
5 87
6 65
7 39
8 168
9 1
Draws don't count on this table, but they don't break someone's run either. Everyone up to the end of series 68 is counted, except Glen Webb who hadn't finished his run by then, and some very early games for which the scores are not known aren't counted. Some players had two runs, in which case they're both counted.
Clive Freedman actually won nine prelims in a row, but due to a silly rule at the time his first game didn't count because it was in a different series.
So we've got 1683 instances of someone winning their first game.
Of those, 1066 (63.3%) won their second game.
Of those, 717 (67.3%) won their third game.
Of those, 495 (69.0%) won their fourth game.
Of those, 360 (72.7%) won their fifth game.
Of those, 273 (75.8%) won their sixth game.
Of those, 208 (76.2%) won their seventh game.
Of those, 169 (81.3%) won their eighth game.
And of those, one person had to play a ninth game and won that as well.
3500 of 5183 contestants (67.5%) lost their first game. Again, for the purposes of this statistic, if someone had more than one run, each run is counted separately as if it's a different contestant.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 2:04 am
by Dave Preece
James S Roper wrote:Dave Preece wrote:Tough one this – hope it's doable – starting right at episode 1 and running through all episodes in order, is it possible to produce an all-time contestant ranking list using the 'Glicko-2 system' used on Apterous?
Would be VERY interesting to see, don't you think?
Don't think it would be possible to add those who lost their first game, on top of the fact that I think merely attempting to program the Glicko system to include all those would destroy people's minds.
I disagree!
It's been done all over the place.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:41 pm
by Ian Volante
Dave Preece wrote:James S Roper wrote:Dave Preece wrote:Tough one this – hope it's doable – starting right at episode 1 and running through all episodes in order, is it possible to produce an all-time contestant ranking list using the 'Glicko-2 system' used on Apterous?
Would be VERY interesting to see, don't you think?
Don't think it would be possible to add those who lost their first game, on top of the fact that I think merely attempting to program the Glicko system to include all those would destroy people's minds.
I disagree!
It's been done all over the place.
Most people appear on the show only once, so the only sensible way to deal with these is to apply either a generic rating or a rating proportional to their score. But it's a pain in the arse to do. Also, doesn't Glicko need stuff like ratings periods to be defined? I wonder how Charlie's coded it on Apterous.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 2:07 pm
by Gavin Chipper
You can't do a sensible rating system. On Apterous people play each other hundreds of times and the players are ranked accordingly. Nothing like that exists for normal Countdown. Obviously you can come up with your own all-time ranking list but the Glicko 2 system wouldn't be close to appropriate.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:20 pm
by Dave Preece
If all players start at 1500, then play for 10% each of their current points, winning and losing points, surely a pretty accurate rank will be displayed AND an interesting historic one too... This is of course is a VERY basic way ot the system... Very!
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:14 am
by Ian Volante
Dave Preece wrote:If all players start at 1500, then play for 10% each of their current points, winning and losing points, surely a pretty accurate rank will be displayed AND an interesting historic one too... This is of course is a VERY basic way ot the system... Very!
As Gev implies, there just isn't enough information to make it useful. Even for people who've appeared a dozen times or more, that's only scraping to the minimum amount of information to make such ratings useful, and given that at least 50% of their opponents will have completely uninformative ratings, you're statistically pissing in the wind sadly.
There are systems to extract and amplify information based on scant data, but again, a lot of work for little value.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 2:24 am
by Dave Preece
Who was the first contestant to appear for the second time (on a separate 'run')?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:47 am
by sean d
And who is the 'best' former contestant to get a second bite at the cherry, ie most wins/furthest progress on first appearance? (ignoring CofC, specials etc!) Maybe Glen Webb who I believe won 2/3 games and played in a series qf??
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:53 pm
by Johnny Canuck
May I first say "Thanks a million" to your answer to the previous question. It was enlightening. So there is indeed a strongly correlated upward trend in your chances of winning. I expected this result but didn't think the trend would be as clear as it is.
Now, back to business (if you don't mind):
Of CECIL's 900 possible targets (including 100), which was the last to appear for the first time, and how long did it take for this target to come up (i.e. on what date did it appear)?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:06 pm
by Graeme Cole
Dave Preece wrote:Who was the first contestant to appear for the second time (on a separate 'run')?
Darryl Francis.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:52 pm
by Graeme Cole
sean d wrote:And who is the 'best' former contestant to get a second bite at the cherry, ie most wins/furthest progress on first appearance? (ignoring CofC, specials etc!) Maybe Glen Webb who I believe won 2/3 games and played in a series qf??
Yes, I'd say it's Glen Webb. No other contestant that I can see has qualified for the finals in one series and been invited back for another. However, in series 1,
Helen Grayson beat eventual champion Joyce Cansfield in a prelim. Helen Grayson then appeared again in series 6.
Some people won their series on their second run: Darryl Francis, Junaid Mubeen, Kirk Bevins and Paul James.
Less well known is that Jack Worsley appeared on the show in
1983 under the pseudonym Mark Nyman.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 11:16 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Graeme Cole wrote:sean d wrote:And who is the 'best' former contestant to get a second bite at the cherry, ie most wins/furthest progress on first appearance? (ignoring CofC, specials etc!) Maybe Glen Webb who I believe won 2/3 games and played in a series qf??
Yes, I'd say it's Glen Webb. No other contestant that I can see has qualified for the finals in one series and been invited back for another. However, in series 1,
Helen Grayson beat eventual champion Joyce Cansfield in a prelim. Helen Grayson then appeared again in series 6.
Helen Grayson also "retired" from her run in series 1 rather than got beaten. I'm not sure if it was anything like Frank Mulvey's retirement though...
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 1:59 am
by Jack Worsley
Graeme Cole wrote:
Less well known is that Jack Worsley appeared on the show in
1983 under the pseudonym Mark Nyman.
Wow, I have aged well since then!
At -9 years of age, does that make me the youngest contestant ever?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:47 am
by Charlie Reams
Graeme Cole wrote:Zarte won five games, smashing the record aggregate score for a five-time winner
I feel like this must have been covered before, but I hereby Ask Graeme: what are the highest aggregates for a one-time, two-time, ..., eight-time winner? (Ideally split for 9/old 15/new 15 formats.)
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:27 pm
by Dave Preece
Good question!
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:05 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Charlie Reams wrote:Graeme Cole wrote:Zarte won five games, smashing the record aggregate score for a five-time winner
I feel like this must have been covered before, but I hereby Ask Graeme: what are the highest aggregates for a one-time, two-time, ..., eight-time winner? (Ideally split for 9/old 15/new 15 formats.)
There was a sort of attempt at this about
ten years ago but it's clearly well out of date now.
Edit - Oh did you mean people who lost after 1, 2, 3 games? I'll leave it there anyway.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:11 pm
by Charlie Reams
Gavin Chipper wrote:Edit - Oh did you mean people who lost after 1, 2, 3 games? I'll leave it there anyway.
I did, but thanks for the dose of nostalgia nonetheless.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:24 pm
by Graeme Cole
Charlie Reams wrote:Graeme Cole wrote:Zarte won five games, smashing the record aggregate score for a five-time winner
I feel like this must have been covered before, but I hereby Ask Graeme: what are the highest aggregates for a one-time, two-time, ..., eight-time winner? (Ideally split for 9/old 15/new 15 formats.)
If someone had more than one run on the show, each is counted separately. I've counted everyone's totals in the same way: winning and losing scores count, but not drawing ones. Tiebreaks don't add points to a total. Note this might not match how a contestant's total was calculated at the time they appeared. The wiki indicates that in some early series draws counted towards your total but losses didn't, but this is obviously silly so I've ignored it.
9 rounder:
0 wins: Stuart Schofield (70)
1 win: Ray Johnstone, George Gruner (123)
2 wins: Jonathan Storey (188)
3 wins: Susan Shilton (253)
4 wins: Andrew Bull (310)
5 wins: Darren Shacklady (389)
6 wins: Chris Rogers (427)
7 wins: Rodney Marrison (455)
8 wins: David Williams (535)
Old 15 rounder:
0 wins: Terry Rattle (107)
1 win: Tim Charlton (193)
2 wins: Graham Dugdale (306)
3 wins: Matthew Coates (389)
4 wins: Roy Thearle (489)
5 wins: Marie Hayden (593)
6 wins: Chris Hunt (715)
7 wins: Steve Baines (758)
8 wins: Jack Hurst (946)
Although I haven't added series 69 to my main database yet, by means of a quick hack I've included all games up to today. So in case anyone hasn't seen recent games, I've spoiler-coloured it.
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)
Zarte's 656 is not only the highest five-win total, but it's higher than the highest six-win total for the new 15 rounder, and higher than all but four of the 23 six-win totals in the old 15 rounder.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:19 pm
by Charlie Reams
Awesome, thanks! Quite a few memorable names in that list.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 2:07 pm
by Jordan F
Couple of things regarding the stat of a contestant's raw score compared to their maximum (We'll call this the R-M% stat):
*By R-M% stat, would any of say the last 6 finals leaderboards have changed if that was the criteria? What would they look like if that were the factor (with the same group of people, just by different standards)
*Again, by R-M% stat, who was the best contestant to never make the finals? To make life easier, I'll also add the criteria of at least 5 games won.
Also, of anyone who made their Countdown debut and lost, who got the most maxes?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:50 am
by Jack Worsley
How many people have offered their own name (can be first name or surname) on the show?
I think it happened in the James Martin 952 episode but have there been any more cases? Thanks.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:27 pm
by Dave Preece
Who are the best players, say top five, not to make a series finals. Going by the current finals qualification rules IE players are sorted by number of wins then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:40 am
by sean d
What's the highest ever 15 round score without a 9?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:57 am
by Andy Platt
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:10 pm
by Ian Volante
sean d wrote:EDITED
Spoilers ffs. Shall I not bother reading the recap today then?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:03 pm
by sean d
Apols Ian. Original post edited fwiw. You might want to edit yours to save others a similar fate
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:01 pm
by Ian Volante
sean d wrote:Apols Ian. Original post edited fwiw. You might want to edit yours to save others a similar fate
Cheers
I shouldn't get grumpy about such stuff, I don't care that much really!
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:33 pm
by Gavin Chipper
sean d wrote:What's the highest ever 15 round score without a 9?
Of course, there are two records for this, since there's no way that the two 15-round formats are remotely comparable for things like this.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:39 am
by sean d
Has anyone ever declared a numbers solution of over 1,000? There are at least a couple of combinations that yield a 'max' solution of just over 1,000 for a high target just under 1,000 (eg 1 3 4 4 7 7 -- 999. Best solution is 1,001)
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:32 pm
by Jack Worsley
Gavin Chipper wrote:sean d wrote:What's the highest ever 15 round score without a 9?
Of course, there are two records for this, since there's no way that the two 15-round formats are remotely comparable for things like this.
I know all about the record for the old 15.
http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5649
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:35 pm
by Gavin Chipper
What's the latest in the game that the first E has appeared? Today (massive spoiler), I think the first E appeared as the last letter of the third letters round, so the 27th letter. Are there any that beat that?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 9:03 pm
by Dave Preece
Is Graeme still playing with us???
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:21 pm
by James S Roper
Dave Preece wrote:Is Graeme still playing with us???
He's a busy man, give him all the time he needs.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:32 pm
by Dave Preece
Soz mate!
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:53 pm
by James S Roper
Dave Preece wrote:Soz mate!
Haha, 'tis cool.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 12:04 am
by Graeme Cole
Yes, I know I've been neglecting this thread recently. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about it.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:56 am
by Jordan F
One other interesting question that I thought of just a minute ago.
Has anyone ever done what I'll refer to as a reverse Peter Lee/Philip Jarvis? In other words, has anyone ever been on the show in an initial appearance where they won at least one game, and then came back in another series and lost in their first(and only) appearance? For fairly obvious reasons I'm ruling out anyone who lost their first game in the Supreme Championship or 30th Birthday Championship.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:22 am
by Dave Preece
I'm sure there was one in this series?
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:33 am
by Dave Preece
No maybe not... I was thinking of Ray Tate.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:59 am
by Jennifer Steadman
James S Roper wrote:Dave Preece wrote:Is Graeme still playing with us???
He's a busy man, give him all the time he needs.
At the time Dave posted his message, Graeme was in the pub discussing this thread and saying how he needed to answer people's questions
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:11 pm
by Dave Preece
See, I'm now glad I got him thinking about it a little more
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:13 pm
by Jennifer Steadman
Heh, my implication was that he hadn't seen your post - he was thinking about the thread anyway.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:18 pm
by Dave Preece
Heh, my implication was that I have the powers to make people think things; it's a gift I've had now for a number of years Jennifer!
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:38 am
by Graeme Cole
Jordan F wrote:Couple of things regarding the stat of a contestant's raw score compared to their maximum (We'll call this the R-M% stat):
*By R-M% stat, would any of say the last 6 finals leaderboards have changed if that was the criteria? What would they look like if that were the factor (with the same group of people, just by different standards)
Definitely. Some people who lost their first game but got a high raw score compared to their maximum would have qualified for the finals.
In these stats, "raw score" is defined pretty much how it is on apterous. If you offer a valid word that's beaten by your opponent you still get points for it. Disallowed words or numbers declarations are still zero. I've assumed that all numbers declarations where the player was not asked for their method because their opponent was closer were correct as declared. Conundrum scoring is the same as normal, since in general we can't know if someone would have got a conundrum had they not been beaten on it.
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Series 63 R/M%
Jack Hurst 93.02
Eoin Monaghan 89.14
Daniel Pati 85.81
Stuart Smith 84.30
Stephen Parnell 84.21
Marcus Hares 83.87
Tom Rowell 82.90
Greg Hayhurst 81.81
Series 64
Edward McCullagh 93.36
Adam Gillard 88.31
Andrew Mossford 84.48
Barbara Grice 84.17
Tom Barnes 82.70
Matthew Barrett 82.35
John Cornforth 81.97
Mark Gavin 81.63
Series 65
Suzanne Osen 88.98
Graeme Cole 86.22
Mark Deeks 85.27
Ophelie Humphrey 84.17
Jayshree Patel 83.62
Gary Hendricks 82.76
John Maguire 81.67
Matt Croy 81.56
Series 66
Jonathan Rawlinson 90.43
Ryan Carlsen 84.55
Chris Butler 83.71
Peter Lee 83.57
Jack Worsley 83.20
Rob Gibney 80.62
Megan Jephson 80.43
Jocelyn Menyhart 79.45
Series 67
Cerianne Lovell 90.00
Brian McGee 81.82
Ian Williams 81.03
Paul James 80.55
David Barnard 79.33
Natalie Taylor 79.17
Andrew Koffman 77.69
Liam Shaw 77.25
Series 68
Giles Hutchings 92.74
Glen Webb 87.69
Andy Platt 87.55
Alex Newton 82.68
Jill Hayward 81.20
Rachael Moran 79.37
Peter Fenton 78.31
Joe McGonigle 77.54
If we say that you have to win at least one prelim to be considered for the top 8, the quarter final line-ups would have looked like this:
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Series 63
Jack Hurst 93.02
Eoin Monaghan 89.14
Daniel Pati 85.81
Marcus Hares 83.87
Tom Rowell 82.90
Greg Hayhurst 81.81
Scott Gillies 81.26
David O'Flanagan 80.65
Series 64
Edward McCullagh 93.36
Adam Gillard 88.31
Tom Barnes 82.70
Mark Gavin 81.63
Tony Atkins 79.80
Dave Dyer 78.59
Scott Robson 77.39
Jody Sparrow 75.82
Series 65
Graeme Cole 86.22
Mark Deeks 85.27
Matt Croy 81.56
Phyllis Styles 81.05
Kirsten Thompson 80.17
Paul Keane 79.62
Russell Tompkins 78.61
Jon Elmer 77.94
Series 66
Jonathan Rawlinson 90.43
Chris Butler 83.71
Peter Lee 83.57
Jack Worsley 83.20
Rob Gibney 80.62
Megan Jephson 80.43
Jocelyn Menyhart 79.45
Victoria James 76.83
Series 67
Paul James 80.55
David Barnard 79.33
Liam Shaw 77.25
Grant Waters 77.12
Chris Marshall 76.73
Rose Boyle 76.38
Sohail Virdi 76.20
Andy Rossall 75.91
Series 68
Giles Hutchings 92.74
Glen Webb 87.69
Andy Platt 87.55
Jill Hayward 81.20
Rachael Moran 79.37
Peter Fenton 78.31
Joe McGonigle 77.54
Eileen Taylor 77.34
If we use only the actual quarter-finalists (that is, players who played in a quarter-final in that series, regardless of whether they were in the top 8 or were promoted into the top 8 because someone dropped out) and rank them in order by R/M%, we get this:
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Series 63
Jack Hurst 93.02
Eoin Monaghan 89.14
Daniel Pati 85.81
Marcus Hares 83.87
Tom Rowell 82.90
Scott Gillies 81.26
Niall Young 78.76
Peter Godwin 77.44
Series 64
Edward McCullagh 93.36
Adam Gillard 88.31
Tom Barnes 82.70
Mary Adie 75.49
Andy McGurn 75.32
Andrew McNamara 73.63
Ned Pendleton 72.43
Michelle Nevitt 70.03
Series 65
Graeme Cole 86.22
Mark Deeks 85.27
Paul Keane 79.62
Jayne Wisniewski 77.59
Carl Williams 74.40
Dave Taylor 71.80
Nikki Roberts 71.24
David Butcher 70.32
Series 66
Jonathan Rawlinson 90.43
Peter Lee 83.57
Jack Worsley 83.20
Rob Gibney 80.62
Victoria James 76.83
Suzi Purcell 73.27
Nick Hall 71.27
Mark Murphy 70.84
Series 67
Paul James 80.55
David Barnard 79.33
Liam Shaw 77.25
Grant Waters 77.12
Chris Marshall 76.73
Rose Boyle 76.38
Heather Styles 75.85
Tia Corkish 73.71
Series 68
Giles Hutchings 92.74
Andy Platt 87.55
Jill Hayward 81.20
Peter Fenton 78.31
Joe McGonigle 77.54
Eileen Taylor 77.34
Chris Ball 76.18
Sam McElhinney 71.45
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:15 pm
by Graeme Cole
Johnny Canuck wrote:Of CECIL's 900 possible targets (including 100), which was the last to appear for the first time, and how long did it take for this target to come up (i.e. on what date did it appear)?
Completely missed this one.
745 was the last target to turn up. Its first appearance was on
30th May 2000.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:51 pm
by Zarte Siempre
It took 17 years for 745 to be a target?!?! Fuck a duck.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:53 pm
by Charlie Reams
Zarte Siempre wrote:It took 17 years for 745 to be a target?!?! Fuck a duck.
The chance of there being some target which took that long is about 1 in 6 (according to my back-of-envelope maths), so you shouldn't be too surprised. Although the duck might be.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:12 pm
by Clive Brooker
Graeme Cole wrote:I've assumed that all numbers declarations where the player was not asked for their method because their opponent was closer were correct as declared.
Five.....................six.............................................eight, I hope but I'm probably wrong. Not written down.
Countdown tools says 568 is impossible. Assume he/she got it.
Re: Ask Graeme?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:51 pm
by Dave Preece
Dave Preece wrote:Who are the best players, say top five, not to make a series finals. Going by the current finals qualification rules IE players are sorted by number of wins then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count.
I'm gonna get my foil hat out and bang on about conspiracies if you don't answers this Graerme, LOL... Please?