“The Tell-Tale Hearts” play contest had 526 participants, and everyone scoring above average is listed here. Ties in the rankings are broken by the date and time of submission (earliest wins). At the end of this page is a “Bot’s Eye View,” which shows how various computer programs fared.
| Number of participants | 526
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| Number of locations | 95
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| Highest score | 59
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| Median score | 42
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| Lowest score | 19
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| Average score | 41.77 |
Top 100
| Rank | Score | CC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 59 | HK | Walter Lee | B | A | B | E | B | A
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| 2 | 59 | CH | Olivier La Spada | D | A | B | E | F | A
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| 3 | 58 | CAon | Gabriel Nita-Saguna | D | A | A | E | B | A
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| 4 | 58 | USca | Grant Peacock | D | A | A | E | B | A
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| 5 | 58 | USoh | Craig Satersmoen | D | E | B | E | B | A
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| 6 | 58 | USca | Rob Stevens | D | A | B | A | B | A
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| 7 | 58 | RO | Radu Mihai | D | A | B | A | B | A
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| 8 | 57 | USwa | N. Scott Cardell | D | A | B | A | F | A
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| 9 | 56 | CAon | Daniel Korbel | D | E | B | A | B | A
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| 10 | 56 | TW | D.C. Lin | D | E | B | A | B | A
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| 11 | 55 | UKen | John Reardon | B | A | A | A | B | A
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| 12 | 55 | US | Jean Miller | B | E | B | A | B | A
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| 13 | 55 | DE | Rainer Herrmann | D | A | A | E | A | A
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| 14 | 55 | AU | Bill Powell | D | A | A | E | B | F
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| 15 | 54 | UK | Marcus Chiloarnus | B | A | A | A | F | A
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| 16 | 54 | USny | Franco Baseggio | D | A | A | E | F | F
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| 17 | 54 | RO | George Eckstein | D | E | A | A | B | A
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| 18 | 54 | UKen | Quentin Stephens | B | E | B | A | F | A
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| 19 | 54 | PT | Manuel Paulo | D | A | A | E | F | F
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| 20 | 54 | RU | Alex Perlin | B | A | B | A | A | A
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| 21 | 54 | USil | Charles Blair | B | A | A | E | B | F
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| 22 | 53 | UKen | Gareth Birdsall | D | D | B | E | B | F
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| 23 | 53 | HR | Tonci Tomic | D | A | A | A | B | F
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| 24 | 52 | TW | Hang Chang | B | E | B | A | A | A
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| 25 | 52 | CAab | Daniel Bertrand | B | E | B | B | B | A
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| 26 | 52 | USfl | Frank Nankin | B | A | B | A | B | E
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| 27 | 52 | USnj | Dirk Enthoven | E | A | B | A | F | F
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| 28 | 52 | IN | Ritam Dutt | D | A | A | A | F | F
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| 29 | 51 | UStx | Eric Taylor | D | E | A | A | A | A
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| 30 | 51 | EG | Andrew de Sosa | D | E | A | A | B | F
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| 31 | 51 | IN | Neelotpal Sahai | B | A | B | A | A | F
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| 32 | 51 | IT | Paolo Paolicchi | B | A | A | C | B | F
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| 33 | 51 | PL | Wojtek Siwiec | D | E | A | A | B | F
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| 34 | 51 | USnj | Patricia Christie | B | C | B | A | B | A
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| 35 | 51 | UKen | Jon Todd | B | F | C | E | B | A
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| 36 | 51 | USfl | Robert Markley | D | A | B | A | B | D
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| 37 | 51 | AU | Bill Jacobs | D | A | B | B | F | F
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| 38 | 51 | USfl | Stan Cohen | B | A | B | A | B | C
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| 39 | 51 | US | Ron Falor | D | A | B | A | B | D
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| 40 | 51 | DE | Hans Fleischhack | B | A | B | A | B | C
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| 41 | 50 | UKen | Rich Johnson | D | A | B | A | D | F
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| 42 | 50 | BE | Sebastien Louveaux | D | F | B | B | B | A
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| 43 | 50 | ES | Raimon Tatxe | D | E | B | A | A | F
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| 44 | 50 | USca | Tony Melucci | B | E | B | E | E | A
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| 45 | 50 | USny | Chris Willenken | E | E | A | E | F | F
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| 46 | 50 | UKen | Douglas Dunn | D | E | A | E | A | F
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| 47 | 50 | IL | Yossi Neiman | D | E | B | A | A | F
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| 48 | 50 | CAab | Jane Jefferis | E | E | C | A | F | A
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| 49 | 50 | AT | Michael Palitsch | D | A | A | E | D | F
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| 50 | 50 | USwa | Craig Zastera | E | E | B | B | F | A
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| 51 | 50 | AU | Jeff Fust | D | E | A | B | F | A
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| 52 | 50 | UKsc | Nigel Guthrie | D | F | B | A | B | F
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| 53 | 50 | ES | Aurelio Gracia | D | A | B | B | F | B
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| 54 | 50 | ES | Francisco Plana | D | E | B | B | A | A
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| 55 | 49 | BE | Luc Segers | D | E | C | B | F | A
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| 56 | 49 | SE | Anders Aslund | D | F | B | A | F | F
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| 57 | 49 | UStx | Herbert Wilton | B | A | A | B | A | A
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| 58 | 49 | USca | Ruthanne Williams | B | B | B | A | B | A
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| 59 | 49 | IL | Ram Meiri | E | F | B | F | B | A
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| 60 | 49 | CAon | Doreen MacMillan | B | C | A | A | B | A
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| 61 | 49 | USaz | Jack Hawthorne | B | B | B | A | B | A
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| 62 | 49 | UStx | Albert Sekac | D | E | B | A | A | B
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| 63 | 49 | IN | Shaishav Parikh | E | C | B | C | B | A
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| 64 | 49 | CZ | Stanislav Kolaci | D | D | B | A | B | E
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| 65 | 49 | USco | David Caprera | B | E | B | A | A | F
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| 66 | 49 | HU | Gyorgy Ormay | D | E | B | B | F | F
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| 67 | 49 | USor | Fred Marsden | B | F | B | B | B | A
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| 68 | 49 | IN | Anil Upadhyay | B | E | B | B | A | A
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| 69 | 49 | TR | Ahu Zobu | D | A | A | A | A | B
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| 70 | 49 | IN | Sourendra Coomer Dutt | D | A | A | B | F | F
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| 71 | 49 | USpa | Steve White | D | A | B | B | A | F
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| 72 | 49 | UKen | Andrew Morris | D | C | B | A | B | F
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| 73 | 49 | USoh | Mark Rishavy | D | D | B | C | F | F
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| 74 | 48 | ZA | Sid Ismail | D | F | B | F | A | A
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| 75 | 48 | DE | Zuzana Herrmann | B | C | B | B | B | A
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| 76 | 48 | USnc | Ron Steele | D | A | A | A | D | F
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| 77 | 48 | USmd | Martin S. Himeles Sr. | B | A | A | A | E | A
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| 78 | 48 | USnj | Pru Borland | B | C | B | A | A | A
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| 79 | 48 | USwi | Rich Dorfman | E | E | B | B | A | A
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| 80 | 48 | USal | Bob Simkins | D | A | B | A | E | F
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| 81 | 48 | NL | Jelmer Hasper | D | E | B | A | D | F
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| 82 | 48 | IN | Seeni Vasagan | D | E | B | F | F | E
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| 83 | 48 | FI | Erkki Malkamaki | D | E | A | B | A | A
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| 84 | 48 | USfl | Stuart Schwartz | B | A | C | A | A | F
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| 85 | 48 | CAab | Derek Martin | B | E | C | A | B | B
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| 86 | 48 | USfl | William Slepin | E | E | B | A | F | E
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| 87 | 47 | ID | Didik Koesbianto | E | C | B | A | A | A
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| 88 | 47 | ID | Fakhri Fakhruddin | A | C | B | A | B | A
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| 89 | 47 | NL | William Claassen | D | F | B | B | B | F
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| 90 | 47 | TW | Ming-Ta Tsai | A | F | B | A | F | A
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| 91 | 47 | AU | Bob Geyer | E | C | B | F | F | A
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| 92 | 47 | USal | Curtis Loftis | B | C | B | C | A | A
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| 93 | 47 | USma | Arthur Shahian | D | D | B | A | F | C
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| 94 | 47 | USnj | Brett Kunin | B | A | B | A | E | F
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| 95 | 47 | UStx | Bill Erwin | D | F | B | B | B | F
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| 96 | 47 | BG | Tchavdar Nikolov | D | E | B | B | A | F
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| 97 | 47 | USdc | Stephen Rose | D | E | B | B | A | F
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| 98 | 47 | USga | David Hemmer | D | E | C | B | B | F
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| 99 | 47 | USok | Linda Waggener | B | A | A | F | B | C
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| 100 | 47 | RO | Cristian Guidea | D | C | E | A | B | A |
Places 101-200
| Rank | Score | CC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 101 | 47 | HU | Gyula Argay | D | E | A | B | F | F
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| 102 | 47 | IN | Arvind Nimbalker | D | E | B | B | F | E
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| 103 | 46 | USwa | Josh Sinnett | D | F | B | B | F | F
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| 104 | 46 | USga | Bill Bickford | B | D | B | B | B | B
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| 105 | 46 | AR | Raul Martino | E | E | B | B | D | A
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| 106 | 46 | CAon | David Grainger | D | F | B | B | B | B
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| 107 | 46 | UStx | Carl Hultman | E | E | B | B | B | E
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| 108 | 46 | UStx | Brian Baresch | C | E | B | F | F | A
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| 109 | 46 | UStx | Mike Crowder | A | E | B | A | F | B
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| 110 | 46 | USnj | Antoine Georges | E | E | A | A | A | F
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| 111 | 46 | USco | Evelyn Ber | D | F | B | A | F | C
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| 112 | 46 | CAns | Bryson Crowell | D | E | C | B | B | B
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| 113 | 46 | EE | Aivar Tihane | D | A | A | B | F | C
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| 114 | 46 | FR | Patrick Flodrops | B | E | B | B | A | F
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| 115 | 46 | IN | Govindarajan Srinivasan | D | A | A | A | E | F
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| 116 | 46 | CAmb | Mike Gillis | D | E | B | A | A | D
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| 117 | 46 | USca | Stephen Seagren | B | C | B | F | B | F
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| 118 | 46 | DE | Ulrich Voigt | D | E | A | F | A | F
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| 119 | 46 | FI | Pekka Niemisto | B | E | E | A | B | B
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| 120 | 46 | USfl | Robert Solomon | B | C | B | A | B | E
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| 121 | 46 | USmi | Gordon Parnes | B | E | B | B | A | F
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| 122 | 46 | CAbc | Suzanne Kilfoyle | B | C | B | F | B | F
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| 123 | 46 | USny | Claire Maholchic | B | C | B | A | D | A
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| 124 | 46 | USin | John Clark | D | D | C | F | B | F
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| 125 | 46 | NL | Leo Jongens | B | E | A | A | E | A
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| 126 | 46 | IE | James Heneghan | D | F | B | B | F | F
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| 127 | 46 | ZA | Howard Preece | E | F | B | A | B | E
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| 128 | 46 | USny | William Bascom | D | C | B | B | A | A
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| 129 | 46 | PL | Roman Kujaczynski | D | C | B | B | A | A
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| 130 | 46 | IN | Gowniyan Vaideeshwar | D | D | B | B | D | A
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| 131 | 46 | BG | Yanko Yankov | D | E | B | A | E | F
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| 132 | 46 | USpa | Frank Abel | B | F | B | B | A | A
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| 133 | 46 | HR | Zoran Bohacek | D | E | B | A | E | F
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| 134 | 46 | IN | Sivakumar Salem | D | D | B | B | D | A
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| 135 | 46 | USmd | Jerrold Miller | E | F | A | B | B | A
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| 136 | 46 | IN | S.R.C. Sekar | D | A | A | B | E | A
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| 137 | 46 | IN | Satyabrata Lahiri | D | A | A | A | E | F
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| 138 | 46 | UKen | Mark Lehto | B | B | B | A | A | A
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| 139 | 46 | CN | Weidong Yang | D | E | A | C | A | B
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| 140 | 46 | IN | Prakasam Narasimhan | D | E | A | F | A | F
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| 141 | 46 | IT | Stefano Biciocchi | E | E | A | A | F | E
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| 142 | 46 | RO | Felicia Chelu | B | E | C | A | A | F
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| 143 | 45 | USva | Larry Kahn | D | E | B | A | E | B
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| 144 | 45 | USma | Arun Sannuti | B | F | B | B | B | B
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| 145 | 45 | EE | Meelis Tiitson | A | E | B | B | B | F
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| 146 | 45 | NL | Wim van Roon | E | C | B | F | B | F
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| 147 | 45 | IN | Banushankar Kalyanan | D | E | B | A | E | B
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| 148 | 45 | USor | Adam Saroyan | D | E | B | B | D | F
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| 149 | 45 | CAab | Nicolae Vartosu | B | C | B | B | B | F
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| 150 | 45 | USak | Rick Kelly | D | A | A | A | E | B
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| 151 | 45 | USil | George Klemic | D | D | B | B | F | E
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| 152 | 45 | UKen | Neil Morgenstern | E | F | B | B | B | F
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| 153 | 45 | FR | Jacques Normand | A | E | B | B | B | F
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| 154 | 45 | HR | Vedran Zoric | D | E | B | B | A | E
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| 155 | 45 | IL | Or Shoham | B | C | B | A | F | E
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| 156 | 45 | UStx | Cliff Morse | E | A | B | A | C | F
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| 157 | 45 | USga | George Lathbury | B | C | B | A | F | E
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| 158 | 45 | ZA | Brad Ross-Jones | E | C | A | A | A | A
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| 159 | 45 | USky | Paul Hightower | E | A | E | A | A | F
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| 160 | 45 | NO | Christian Vennerod | D | E | A | B | A | F
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| 161 | 45 | USca | Phillip Mackler | B | F | B | A | F | C
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| 162 | 45 | USpa | Andrea Missias | A | A | B | E | E | F
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| 163 | 45 | IN | Arvind Ranasaria | D | E | A | D | B | F
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| 164 | 45 | CAon | Ali Vahdat | F | E | A | B | B | A
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| 165 | 45 | GR | Antonis Kokkalidis | D | C | A | F | B | F
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| 166 | 45 | SE | Lennart Fredriksson | D | E | A | B | A | F
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| 167 | 45 | AU | Bill Hearn | D | E | E | C | D | A
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| 168 | 45 | US | Jim Fox | D | F | B | A | F | D
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| 169 | 44 | UKen | Andy Holland | E | C | B | B | B | F
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| 170 | 44 | USfl | Florence Rosenthal | B | F | B | C | F | C
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| 171 | 44 | USmo | Kit Nowicki | B | F | B | A | C | A
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| 172 | 44 | RO | Radu Blejeru | B | C | B | A | E | A
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| 173 | 44 | UKen | Michael Clark | A | E | B | E | D | B
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| 174 | 44 | ES | James Calabut | A | E | B | C | B | C
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| 175 | 44 | CAns | Elianor Kennie | B | C | B | A | F | C
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| 176 | 44 | CAns | Gerald Murphy | D | A | A | B | D | B
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| 177 | 44 | CAon | Pieter Geerkens | D | E | C | B | B | C
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| 178 | 44 | UKen | Carlos Dabezies | D | E | B | B | A | C
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| 179 | 44 | CA | Jack Adam | E | F | B | A | A | B
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| 180 | 44 | USwa | Candace Allen | B | F | B | A | A | E
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| 181 | 44 | USnj | Arline Fulton | A | C | B | A | B | F
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| 182 | 44 | USca | Rich Pavlicek | D | E | C | B | A | F
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| 183 | 44 | UKni | Robin Burns | D | E | B | A | E | E
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| 184 | 44 | USfl | John Vega | E | C | B | B | A | A
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| 185 | 44 | USny | Adam Lally | E | E | B | B | B | D
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| 186 | 44 | IL | Yoram Bavli | D | E | A | A | E | F
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| 187 | 44 | USmd | Joe Botkin | A | F | B | A | F | F
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| 188 | 44 | USnj | Arthur Tom | B | A | C | D | B | B
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| 189 | 44 | USfl | Lance Marrou | E | A | B | B | A | C
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| 190 | 44 | IL | Haim Temes | B | E | B | A | C | F
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| 191 | 44 | USnc | Dale Swift | B | E | B | C | A | D
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| 192 | 44 | USma | Matthew Dyer | B | C | B | A | F | C
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| 193 | 44 | CAon | Paul Hardy | E | D | B | B | B | E
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| 194 | 44 | USil | Mark Friedlander | A | E | B | B | F | F
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| 195 | 44 | NL | Thijs Veugen | D | B | A | A | F | F
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| 196 | 44 | MT | Mario Dix | D | C | B | B | B | E
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| 197 | 44 | USmn | Jack Rhatigan | B | A | B | B | E | F
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| 198 | 44 | USil | Kent Feiler | D | D | A | A | D | F
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| 199 | 44 | IN | Pratapan Rajan | B | E | A | F | A | B
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| 200 | 44 | TW | Ah-Chen Huang | E | F | B | B | F | F |
All Others Above Average
| Rank | Score | CC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 201 | 44 | HU | Bernadette Magyar | D | F | A | B | F | F
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| 202 | 44 | CAon | Mihai Valcu | D | A | A | A | D | D
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| 203 | 44 | UStx | Jeff Kaldem | A | D | A | B | B | A
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| 204 | 43 | USca | Sandy Barnes | D | C | A | B | F | F
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| 205 | 43 | SI | Simon Pirjevec | B | F | C | B | B | F
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| 206 | 43 | USva | Tibor Koos | B | A | B | A | C | C
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| 207 | 43 | CApq | Norman Wolfe | A | E | B | F | F | E
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| 208 | 43 | USnj | Larry Pennefather | A | C | B | A | F | F
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| 209 | 43 | ID | Noer Imanzal Kartamadjana | D | C | B | B | A | F
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| 210 | 43 | IT | Felice Cupane | E | D | E | C | B | F
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| 211 | 43 | IT | Pierluigi Sessolo | E | F | B | C | E | A
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| 212 | 43 | NZ | Karen Harris | B | F | B | F | F | C
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| 213 | 43 | USla | Ada Loetzerich | C | A | B | A | C | A
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| 214 | 43 | USca | Bill Cubley | E | D | B | F | B | D
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| 215 | 43 | UY | Sara Rathauser | E | C | B | A | F | C
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| 216 | 43 | AU | Jack Bana | B | F | B | C | C | A
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| 217 | 43 | PT | Rodrigo Cunha | C | E | B | A | A | F
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| 218 | 43 | NO | Magnus Skaar | B | F | B | B | A | F
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| 219 | 43 | EE | Allar Padari | A | C | B | A | F | F
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| 220 | 43 | UKen | David Morran | D | B | B | B | F | F
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| 221 | 43 | RO | Radu Marcovici | B | A | A | C | D | C
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| 222 | 43 | USva | John Conover | B | C | E | E | B | E
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| 223 | 43 | IT | Vanni Rui | A | A | B | B | B | D
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| 224 | 43 | ZA | Koos van Zyl | D | F | E | A | B | E
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| 225 | 43 | USfl | William Stevens | A | D | B | B | A | A
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| 226 | 43 | USca | Marvin French | D | E | B | B | A | D
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| 227 | 43 | NL | Graard Steenbakkers | B | A | C | A | C | F
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| 228 | 43 | USca | Stu Goodgold | B | C | A | A | F | E
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| 229 | 43 | IN | Vijay Raghavan | B | F | E | C | B | F
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| 230 | 43 | UKen | Anthony Golding | D | F | B | A | E | F
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| 231 | 43 | USil | Rick Kirby | B | C | B | C | B | D
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| 232 | 43 | IN | Vibhas Todi | D | A | A | B | E | F
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| 233 | 43 | USfl | Marcia Greenstein | D | C | B | B | F | E
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| 234 | 43 | USfl | Nancy Nichols | E | C | B | A | B | D
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| 235 | 43 | USmn | David Neiman | B | C | A | C | B | E
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| 236 | 43 | AU | Alex Kemeny | E | A | B | B | E | F
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| 237 | 43 | USma | Cathy Vinton | B | A | A | A | C | B
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| 238 | 43 | UKen | Dafydd Jones | D | F | E | E | E | A
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| 239 | 43 | USca | Mike Carney | D | D | A | B | F | E
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| 240 | 43 | TR | Turgay Urla | A | E | B | F | F | E
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| 241 | 43 | USca | Joseph Dimuro | A | A | B | A | D | E
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| 242 | 42 | USca | Len Vishnevsky | D | F | B | B | D | F
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| 243 | 42 | USca | Tysen Streib | B | E | A | F | A | C
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| 244 | 42 | CAsk | Jim Graham | B | B | B | F | B | E
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| 245 | 42 | USfl | Sandra Berger | B | D | A | E | D | C
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| 246 | 42 | PL | Darek Kardas | D | D | A | A | E | F
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| 247 | 42 | UKen | David Davies | D | E | B | B | E | B
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| 248 | 42 | USwa | Marsha Rayton | B | F | B | A | D | E
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| 249 | 42 | UKwa | Steve Webb | D | C | B | A | A | D
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| 250 | 42 | USnj | Leonard Helfgott | B | C | B | B | A | F
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| 251 | 42 | UKsc | Martin Kane | D | C | B | A | E | F
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| 252 | 42 | JP | Katsuko Kawakubo | B | E | E | A | A | E
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| 253 | 42 | HR | Ivan Mosettig | B | A | B | B | E | E
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| 254 | 42 | DK | Jacob Ron | D | C | A | A | D | F
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| 255 | 42 | AU | David Stern | B | B | C | C | A | A
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| 256 | 42 | USny | Rene Frayman | B | A | E | F | C | A
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| 257 | 42 | AT | Carl-Pius Aretin | A | C | E | A | B | A
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| 258 | 42 | USaz | Robb Gordon | D | E | A | B | D | B
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| 259 | 42 | USny | Leonard Brum | D | F | B | B | F | D
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| 260 | 42 | USaz | Beverly Terry | D | E | B | B | E | B
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| 261 | 42 | CA | Robert Williams | A | D | B | B | F | F
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| 262 | 42 | UStx | Coleen Palmer | C | C | B | B | B | A
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| 263 | 42 | UStx | Phillip Jaeger | E | C | A | B | A | A
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| 264 | 42 | USny | Dennis Kaye | D | C | B | F | A | E
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| 265 | 42 | CAbc | Joyce Munich | B | F | A | A | C | A
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| 266 | 42 | TW | Suyu Chiu | E | B | B | B | B | F
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| 267 | 42 | USfl | Alan Kravetz | E | C | B | F | F | E
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| 268 | 42 | IE | Richard Mullins | B | E | B | F | D | C
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| 269 | 42 | RO | Florin Constantin | D | E | B | B | E | B
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| 270 | 42 | USnc | Lynn Dillard | D | F | B | F | A | C
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| 271 | 42 | TW | Lemon Chiou | E | F | B | B | A | F
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| 272 | 42 | TW | Ro-Mei Lai | E | F | B | B | A | F |
Names with accented or non-English letters have been converted to an English representation with a 26-letter alphabet. Many people use erratic capitalization, so I determine proper case by algorithm; if this does not correctly display your name, please advise and I will add it to the exception list. If you wish to contact someone whose name you see listed (such as a lost friend) give me permission to send your address to that person, then he or she can contact you. I will not give out e-mail addresses (these are private and go nowhere from me).
Location Ranking
This table lists all the participating locations, ranked by the average score of their entries. The “Best” column shows the best finish (by rank) of any player in that location. Locations with less than five entries are ineligible for the top ranking and grouped separately.
| Rank | Average | Best | CC | Location | Entries
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| 1 | 46.40 | 47 | IL | Israel | 5
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| 2 | 45.40 | 27 | USnj | New Jersey | 10
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| 3 | 45.00 | 29 | UStx | Texas | 13
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| 4 | 44.88 | 8 | USwa | Washington | 8
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| 5 | 44.80 | 7 | RO | Romania | 10
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| 6 | 44.40 | 23 | HR | Croatia | 5
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| 7 | 43.38 | 13 | DE | Germany | 8
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| 8 | 43.23 | 11 | UKen | England | 26
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| 9 | 43.20 | 42 | BE | Belgium | 5
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| 10 | 43.08 | 10 | TW | Taiwan | 12
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| 11 | 43.00 | 98 | USga | Georgia | 5
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| 12 | 42.93 | 28 | IN | India | 28
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| 13 | 42.82 | 3 | CAon | Ontario | 17
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| 14 | 42.71 | 32 | IT | Italy | 7
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| 15 | 42.40 | 74 | ZA | South Africa | 5
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| 16 | 41.92 | 81 | NL | Netherlands | 13
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| 17 | 41.80 | 76 | USnc | North Carolina | 5
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| 18 | 41.78 | 21 | USil | Illinois | 9
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| 19 | 41.56 | 12 | US | United States | 9
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| 20 | 41.50 | 52 | UKsc | Scotland | 6
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| 21 | 41.40 | 56 | SE | Sweden | 5
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| 22 | 41.29 | 77 | USmd | Maryland | 7
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| 23 | 40.89 | 93 | USma | Massachusetts | 9
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| 24 | 40.75 | 14 | AU | Australia | 24
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| 25 | 40.73 | 26 | USfl | Florida | 30
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| 26 | 40.67 | 143 | USva | Virginia | 6
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| 27 | 40.59 | 16 | USny | New York | 22
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| 28 | 40.43 | 25 | CAab | Alberta | 7
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| 29 | 40.33 | 112 | CAns | Nova Scotia | 6
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| 30 | 39.17 | 160 | NO | Norway | 6
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| 31 | 39.00 | 207 | CApq | Quebec | 5
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| 32 | 38.89 | 4 | USca | California | 46
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| 33 | 38.36 | 122 | CAbc | British Columbia | 11
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| 34 | 38.00 | 69 | TR | Turkey | 11 |
| Rank | Average | Best | CC | Location | Entries
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| 35 | 59.00 | 1 | HK | Hong Kong | 1
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| 36 | 59.00 | 2 | CH | Switzerland | 1
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| 37 | 54.00 | 20 | RU | Russia | 1
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| 38 | 51.00 | 30 | EG | Egypt | 1
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| 39 | 49.00 | 64 | CZ | Czech Republic | 1
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| 40 | 48.67 | 5 | USoh | Ohio | 3
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| 41 | 48.50 | 19 | PT | Portugal | 2
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| 42 | 48.50 | 43 | ES | Spain | 4
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| 43 | 48.00 | 79 | USwi | Wisconsin | 1
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| 44 | 47.50 | 80 | USal | Alabama | 2
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| 45 | 47.00 | 67 | USor | Oregon | 2
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| 46 | 46.50 | 96 | BG | Bulgaria | 2
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| 47 | 46.33 | 33 | PL | Poland | 3
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| 48 | 46.00 | 49 | AT | Austria | 2
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| 49 | 46.00 | 116 | CAmb | Manitoba | 1
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| 50 | 45.67 | 87 | ID | Indonesia | 3
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| 51 | 45.00 | 71 | USpa | Pennsylvania | 4
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| 52 | 45.00 | 83 | FI | Finland | 3
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| 53 | 45.00 | 150 | USak | Alaska | 1
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| 54 | 45.00 | 159 | USky | Kentucky | 1
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| 55 | 44.67 | 113 | EE | Estonia | 3
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| 56 | 44.50 | 15 | UK | United Kingdom | 2
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| 57 | 44.00 | 66 | HU | Hungary | 4
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| 58 | 44.00 | 171 | USmo | Missouri | 1
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| 59 | 44.00 | 196 | MT | Malta | 1
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| 60 | 43.67 | 65 | USco | Colorado | 3
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| 61 | 43.50 | 121 | USmi | Michigan | 2
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| 62 | 43.00 | 213 | USla | Louisiana | 1
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| 63 | 43.00 | 215 | UY | Uruguay | 1
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| 64 | 42.50 | 139 | CN | China | 2
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| 65 | 42.25 | 61 | USaz | Arizona | 4
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| 66 | 42.00 | 165 | GR | Greece | 2
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| 67 | 42.00 | 244 | CAsk | Saskatchewan | 1
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| 68 | 42.00 | 249 | UKwa | Wales | 1
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| 69 | 41.50 | 114 | FR | France | 4
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| 70 | 41.50 | 252 | JP | Japan | 2
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| 71 | 41.25 | 179 | CA | Canada | 4
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| 72 | 41.00 | 302 | USmt | Montana | 1
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| 73 | 40.67 | 97 | USdc | Washington DC | 3
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| 74 | 40.67 | 124 | USin | Indiana | 3
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| 75 | 40.33 | 197 | USmn | Minnesota | 3
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| 76 | 40.00 | 126 | IE | Ireland | 3
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| 77 | 40.00 | 328 | CAyt | Yukon | 1
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| 78 | 39.50 | 281 | USar | Arkansas | 2
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| 79 | 39.00 | 105 | AR | Argentina | 4
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| 80 | 39.00 | 212 | NZ | New Zealand | 3
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| 81 | 39.00 | 339 | RS | Serbia | 1
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| 82 | 39.00 | 347 | USct | Connecticut | 1
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| 83 | 39.00 | 378 | BR | Brazil | 1
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| 84 | 37.67 | 254 | DK | Denmark | 3
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| 85 | 37.50 | 319 | CL | Chile | 2
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| 86 | 36.00 | 434 | USne | Nebraska | 1
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| 87 | 34.75 | 205 | SI | Slovenia | 4
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| 88 | 34.33 | 99 | USok | Oklahoma | 3
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| 89 | 34.00 | 476 | UStn | Tennessee | 1
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| 90 | 33.00 | 487 | LB | Lebanon | 1
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| 91 | 32.00 | 494 | SG | Singapore | 1
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| 92 | 32.00 | 502 | USsc | South Carolina | 1
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| 93 | 31.50 | 183 | UKni | Northern Ireland | 2
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| 94 | 31.00 | 504 | USnv | Nevada | 1
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| 95 | 30.50 | 469 | USnh | New Hampshire | 2 |
Bot’s Eye View
I posed these play problems to some of the well-known bridge computer programs, and the results are tabulated below. (These results are not included in the “number of participants” shown above, nor in the calculation of the median or average score.) Most of the programs had different skill settings (thinking time), and this was set to the highest level within reason. The scores and rankings, based on six specific problems, are not necessarily indicative of each program’s overall capability.
In many cases a bot’s actual line of play did not match any of the choices. If the play was effectively the same as Line A-F (e.g., a transposition of plays), that choice was credited, however, if the line was considerably off base (i.e., worse than any of the options) I indicated this by the letter G. For scoring purposes, “Line G” counts the same as the lowest of Line A-F (it wouldn’t be fair to score it zero because the bot would have guessed if it understood the multiple-choice format).
Congratulations to GIB, which returned to form after a brief slip to second in my last play contest. A fine score of 50, too! Second place went to Q-plus Bridge with a solid 46, and third went to Bridge Buff with 42, good enough to make the human listings. The performance of the other bots was poor this month, which I noticed seemed to be due to a propensity to draw trumps too soon — in fact, Finesse Bridge led trumps on every problem (a primitive playing algorithm I suspect) yet still managed to take fourth place. Fortunately, HAL has a more sophisticated algorithm: (1) Consider the bidding, (2) analyze the lead, (3) then, and only then, choose a nullo play.
October 2001 Rankings
| Rank | Score | CC | Program version | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 50 | US | GIB 4.1.12 | D | A | B | A | C | A
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| 2 | 46 | DE | Q-plus Bridge 6.1 | A | A | B | A | F | C
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| 3 | 42 | CA | Bridge Buff 8.0 | B | A | B | A | G | G
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| 4 | 30 | US | Finesse Bridge 2.5 | B | C | B | G | G | G
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| 5 | 29 | US | Bridge Baron 11.0 | G | G | B | A | G | C
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| 6 | 29 | JP | Micro Bridge 9.01 | C | C | B | F | G | C
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| 7 | 20 | UK | Blue Chip Bridge 3.4.3 | G | G | F | A | G | G
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| 8 | 13 | US | HAL 9000 | G | G | G | G | G | G |
Participants (alphabetical)
| Program | Author/Creator
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| Blue Chip Bridge | Ian Trackman and Mike Whittaker
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| Bridge Baron | Tom Throop and Stephen Smith
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| Bridge Buff | Doug Bennion
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| Finesse Bridge | Mark and Aaron Marin
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| GIB | Matthew Ginsberg
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| HAL | Someone with a warped mind
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| Micro Bridge | Tomio and Yumiko Uchida
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| Q-plus Bridge | Hans Leber |
© 2001 Richard Pavlicek
by Richard Pavlicek
