The “Keep the Ship Afloat” play contest had 687 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.
Participation Stats
| Number of participants | 687
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| Number of locations | 101
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| Highest score | 59
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| Median score | 37
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| Lowest score | 18
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| Average score | 37.71 |
Top 100 Places
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 59 | USca | Grant Peacock | B | B | B | A | E | C
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| 2 | 58 | UKen | John Reardon | B | E | B | A | E | C
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| 3 | 58 | CAon | Gabriel Nita-Saguna | B | E | B | A | E | C
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| 4 | 58 | UK | Marcus Chiloarnus | B | E | B | A | E | C
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| 5 | 58 | USca | Rob Stevens | B | E | B | A | E | C
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| 6 | 58 | USil | Charles Blair | B | E | B | A | E | C
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| 7 | 58 | USma | Brian Lee | D | C | B | A | E | C
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| 8 | 58 | RU | Alex Perlin | B | E | B | A | E | C
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| 9 | 57 | DE | Rainer Herrmann | B | B | B | C | E | C
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| 10 | 56 | PL | Darek Kardas | B | B | B | A | E | B
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| 11 | 56 | PL | Marcin Zbroja | B | B | B | A | E | B
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| 12 | 56 | PL | Kazik Drozdz | B | B | B | A | E | B
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| 13 | 56 | UKen | Anthony Golding | D | C | F | A | E | C
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| 14 | 56 | HR | Tonci Tomic | D | C | B | C | E | C
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| 15 | 56 | PL | Wojtek Urban | B | B | B | A | E | B
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| 16 | 56 | PL | Jacek Masiarek | B | B | B | A | E | B
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| 17 | 56 | HK | Walter Lee | B | C | B | A | B | C
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| 18 | 55 | UKen | Gareth Birdsall | B | C | B | C | F | C
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| 19 | 55 | RO | Radu Mihai | B | B | B | A | B | C
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| 20 | 55 | FI | Erkki Malkamaki | B | B | B | A | B | C
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| 21 | 54 | PL | Slawek Cwiek | B | A | B | A | E | B
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| 22 | 54 | UK | Steven Whitaker | B | B | B | E | A | C
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| 23 | 54 | IN | Arvind Srinivasan | B | B | B | A | A | B
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| 24 | 53 | USoh | Craig Satersmoen | B | B | B | C | B | C
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| 25 | 53 | USwa | N. Scott Cardell | F | B | B | C | E | C
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| 26 | 53 | UKen | Frances Hinden | B | B | F | A | B | C
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| 27 | 53 | HU | Imre Csiszar | B | A | B | A | B | C
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| 28 | 52 | IT | Stefano Biciocchi | F | C | B | C | A | C
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| 29 | 52 | UKen | Neil Morgenstern | D | C | F | C | A | C
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| 30 | 52 | USma | Jonathan Weinstein | B | B | B | E | B | C
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| 31 | 52 | RU | Sergey Kustarov | F | C | B | A | B | C
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| 32 | 52 | UKsc | Nigel Guthrie | F | C | B | A | B | C
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| 33 | 52 | AU | Bill Powell | D | C | B | C | B | C
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| 34 | 51 | USil | Kent Feiler | B | A | B | E | F | C
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| 35 | 50 | USny | Franco Baseggio | F | E | B | A | B | C
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| 36 | 50 | CN | Weidong Yang | F | B | B | C | E | B
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| 37 | 50 | UKen | Douglas Dunn | A | C | B | A | B | C
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| 38 | 49 | USny | Barry Rigal | D | B | B | C | A | F
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| 39 | 49 | BE | Bernard Danloy | F | B | B | C | B | C
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| 40 | 49 | UKen | Stephen Turner | F | B | B | E | E | B
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| 41 | 49 | USca | Marvin French | F | B | B | C | E | F
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| 42 | 49 | USca | Bill Shutts | D | B | A | A | B | C
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| 43 | 49 | TR | Berk Basaran | B | C | A | C | A | B
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| 44 | 49 | CAbc | Connie Delisle | B | B | F | B | E | C
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| 45 | 49 | FR | Jean-Christophe Clement | F | B | B | C | B | C
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| 46 | 49 | NL | Micha Keijzers | D | C | F | E | B | C
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| 47 | 49 | FR | Pascal Plaga Lemanski | B | B | B | C | B | F
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| 48 | 49 | CAbc | Brad Bart | B | B | F | A | B | F
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| 49 | 48 | IN | Kaustubh Bendre | D | B | A | A | D | C
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| 50 | 48 | BE | Eric Baes | F | C | F | C | B | C
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| 51 | 48 | USnj | Leonard Helfgott | F | C | B | A | B | F
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| 52 | 48 | CAon | John Cunningham | D | C | C | A | D | C
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| 53 | 48 | NL | Graard Steenbakkers | B | C | B | F | B | F
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| 54 | 48 | UKen | Carlos Dabezies | D | C | B | C | B | F
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| 55 | 48 | BE | Sebastien Louveaux | F | B | B | E | B | C
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| 56 | 48 | USca | Phil Clayton | B | C | A | A | F | E
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| 57 | 48 | USfl | Nicki Caplan | D | B | B | E | A | F
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| 58 | 48 | USca | Mike Weber | D | B | A | C | F | C
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| 59 | 48 | CAon | Michael Selby | F | C | B | C | A | F
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| 60 | 48 | USoh | Carl Hudecek | F | C | B | A | B | F
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| 61 | 48 | USil | Walt Schafer | D | B | B | C | A | E
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| 62 | 48 | TW | Suyu Chiu | D | C | F | C | A | F
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| 63 | 48 | UStx | Billy Leeper | F | B | B | C | D | C
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| 64 | 47 | USmd | Richard Price | D | C | A | A | F | F
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| 65 | 47 | CAns | Bryson Crowell | D | B | B | C | B | F
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| 66 | 47 | ZA | Bernard Donde | F | C | A | A | E | E
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| 67 | 47 | AU | Bill Jacobs | B | E | C | C | E | F
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| 68 | 47 | NL | Kees van Schenk Brill | F | B | F | A | A | F
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| 69 | 47 | USil | Bruce Scott | D | B | A | C | B | C
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| 70 | 46 | AU | Leigh Gold | D | C | F | C | B | F
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| 71 | 46 | JP | Mark LaForge | D | C | F | F | A | F
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| 72 | 46 | US | Dave Scott | F | B | B | F | D | C
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| 73 | 46 | SE | Johnny Johansson | F | B | B | C | F | F
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| 74 | 46 | USca | Richard Stein | B | D | B | A | B | F
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| 75 | 46 | NL | Frans Buijsen | F | B | B | C | A | E
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| 76 | 46 | BG | Rossen Georgiev | D | A | B | E | A | F
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| 77 | 46 | NZ | Derek Malloch | E | C | F | A | B | C
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| 78 | 46 | CAbc | Merv Adey | D | C | F | E | A | E
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| 79 | 46 | TH | Tim Bolshaw | D | E | C | C | F | C
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| 80 | 46 | CAon | Kathryn Scwartzentruber | F | C | F | C | A | F
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| 81 | 46 | TW | Wen-Lung Huang | D | C | A | C | A | F
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| 82 | 46 | TW | I-Don Jien | D | E | F | C | A | F
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| 83 | 46 | HU | Gyula Argay | F | B | B | A | B | E
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| 84 | 46 | USnc | Charles Frith | D | D | B | C | E | F
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| 85 | 45 | NL | Rosalind Hengeveld | F | B | A | C | E | F
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| 86 | 45 | UKen | Chris Measures | D | C | B | F | D | F
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| 87 | 45 | IN | Kesavan Subramanian | F | C | A | A | F | F
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| 88 | 45 | AU | Ivan Keeler | D | E | F | C | C | C
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| 89 | 45 | USca | Anne Bell | F | A | A | A | B | C
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| 90 | 45 | SE | Krister Ahlesved | F | B | B | C | B | F
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| 91 | 45 | SE | Robert Larsson | B | B | D | C | D | C
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| 92 | 45 | IN | Pratap Nair | B | B | C | C | B | B
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| 93 | 45 | UKen | Andrew Morris | B | E | A | F | D | C
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| 94 | 45 | IN | Rajagopal Gopalakrishnan | D | C | B | D | B | B
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| 95 | 45 | IL | Yoram Bavli | B | B | A | C | B | F
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| 96 | 45 | USca | Roger Clough | F | C | B | C | D | F
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| 97 | 45 | UKen | Mark Lehto | F | B | F | C | A | F
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| 98 | 45 | SI | Matej Accetto | F | B | B | C | B | F
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| 99 | 44 | CAon | Robert Defreyne | D | C | F | E | B | E
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| 100 | 44 | DK | Soren Fritzboger | F | B | A | C | D | C |
Places 101-200
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 101 | 44 | USfl | Mel Klein | F | C | B | F | B | F
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| 102 | 44 | AU | Margaret Lindgren | D | B | D | A | F | B
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| 103 | 44 | UKen | David Morran | F | E | F | C | A | F
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| 104 | 44 | TR | Noyan Ekici | F | C | A | A | B | F
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| 105 | 44 | USca | Pat Franklin | F | C | F | C | B | F
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| 106 | 44 | CAab | Martin McDonald | F | C | B | C | B | D
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| 107 | 44 | USca | Rich Pavlicek | D | B | B | F | D | F
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| 108 | 44 | USny | Thomas Wassel | F | C | B | C | B | D
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| 109 | 44 | CAns | B. Downey Grover | F | E | B | C | B | F
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| 110 | 44 | NL | Yke Smit | F | B | B | E | B | F
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| 111 | 44 | CAon | Chuck Arthur | E | B | F | C | F | C
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| 112 | 44 | USca | Michael Kaplan | D | C | A | F | A | F
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| 113 | 44 | UKen | Mark Goddard | F | C | F | E | B | B
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| 114 | 44 | NO | Kay Strand | D | B | A | E | A | F
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| 115 | 44 | SE | Anders Aslund | D | E | F | C | B | F
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| 116 | 44 | SE | Arne Jordestedt | F | C | F | C | A | D
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| 117 | 44 | USca | Vera Mekay | D | B | F | F | F | F
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| 118 | 44 | UStx | Richard Higgins | B | B | A | E | B | F
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| 119 | 44 | TW | Ye-Fon Tsai | D | E | A | C | A | F
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| 120 | 44 | USmn | David Neiman | F | B | F | C | B | B
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| 121 | 43 | USmo | Jonathan Goldberg | F | C | F | F | B | B
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| 122 | 43 | CAab | David Johnson | F | B | F | C | B | F
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| 123 | 43 | UKen | David Davies | D | B | B | D | B | F
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| 124 | 43 | CAns | Gerald Murphy | D | C | A | E | B | F
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| 125 | 43 | IN | Prakash Easwaran | F | C | C | E | A | B
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| 126 | 43 | SE | Bjorn Frimodig | F | A | F | F | E | F
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| 127 | 43 | USny | Leonard Brum | F | B | A | C | A | F
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| 128 | 43 | USfl | Irene Powers | C | C | B | C | B | F
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| 129 | 43 | USnd | Noreen Braun | D | C | A | E | B | F
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| 130 | 43 | USca | Jan Nathan | F | C | A | C | B | B
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| 131 | 43 | USfl | Peter Cleaves | D | C | F | E | B | D
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| 132 | 43 | CA | John Houseman | D | E | D | C | E | F
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| 133 | 43 | CAbc | Shirley Junkin | F | C | B | F | D | F
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| 134 | 43 | CAbc | Geoff Croes | D | C | A | E | B | F
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| 135 | 43 | USfl | Rod Kerr | F | E | B | F | F | F
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| 136 | 43 | NL | Tommie Nooij | B | D | A | A | F | F
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| 137 | 43 | ES | James Calabut | D | C | A | C | D | F
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| 138 | 43 | NL | Leo Jongens | B | C | A | F | B | E
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| 139 | 43 | USny | Joan Anderton | F | E | F | C | B | B
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| 140 | 43 | IN | Vibhas Todi | D | B | B | F | C | B
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| 141 | 43 | RO | Radu Marcovici | F | C | F | F | B | B
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| 142 | 43 | UK | Gareth Millwood | C | C | B | C | D | B
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| 143 | 43 | UKen | Csaba Raduly | F | B | F | C | B | F
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| 144 | 43 | CH | Olivier La Spada | F | B | C | E | B | C
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| 145 | 43 | AU | Sandy McCulloch | F | E | B | D | D | C
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| 146 | 43 | USma | Arthur Shahian | D | B | E | C | A | F
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| 147 | 42 | SE | Anders Landmark | E | C | B | A | C | B
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| 148 | 42 | UKen | Gordon Rainsford | F | C | B | F | C | B
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| 149 | 42 | USfl | Arthur Hoffman | D | B | A | E | F | E
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| 150 | 42 | TW | Chen Jye Chwu | D | B | A | C | D | F
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| 151 | 42 | TR | Yavuz Ovacik | D | C | A | E | D | F
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| 152 | 42 | USmo | Thomas Kniest | F | C | F | E | B | E
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| 153 | 42 | USny | Tom Barry | F | C | F | E | B | E
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| 154 | 42 | AU | Keith Barrie | F | C | A | C | B | F
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| 155 | 42 | ZA | Brad Ross-Jones | F | C | F | F | B | F
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| 156 | 42 | ES | Raimon Tatxe | B | E | A | E | D | F
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| 157 | 42 | CApe | Judy Reilly | D | D | F | F | B | C
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| 158 | 42 | USca | Dennis Kibler | D | D | F | C | A | F
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| 159 | 42 | NO | Jon Ivar Boland | D | D | B | C | B | F
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| 160 | 42 | AT | Karl Eigenbauer | F | C | A | F | A | F
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| 161 | 42 | IS | Ulfar Kristinsson | F | B | A | C | A | E
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| 162 | 42 | IN | Shyam Sashital | D | B | F | E | D | E
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| 163 | 42 | USfl | Arnold Kimmel | E | B | F | E | B | C
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| 164 | 42 | IN | Shreerang Joshi | D | C | A | B | E | F
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| 165 | 42 | TR | Sema Cokgor | F | C | B | E | A | A
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| 166 | 42 | USca | Barbara Reichman | F | C | B | C | C | E
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| 167 | 42 | UKsc | Tim McKay | D | B | A | E | B | F
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| 168 | 42 | NO | Magnus Skaar | D | C | A | C | D | E
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| 169 | 42 | PL | Arek Kulawik | E | C | B | C | B | F
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| 170 | 42 | IN | Sivakumar Salem | F | D | B | A | B | F
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| 171 | 42 | CAon | Chris Chambers | F | C | A | C | B | F
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| 172 | 42 | HR | Zoran Bohacek | B | A | F | B | A | B
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| 173 | 42 | USnc | Dale Swift | F | C | A | E | F | F
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| 174 | 42 | IN | Govindarajan Srinivasan | F | B | B | B | A | B
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| 175 | 42 | IN | Neelotpal Sahai | F | C | A | C | B | F
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| 176 | 41 | USca | Len Vishnevsky | E | E | B | A | B | E
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| 177 | 41 | USil | James Hudson | F | C | F | C | C | F
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| 178 | 41 | USnc | Faye Sattin | E | C | F | C | B | B
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| 179 | 41 | CAnf | Rahul Chandra | F | C | A | E | B | F
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| 180 | 41 | ID | Didik Koesbianto | D | C | A | F | D | F
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| 181 | 41 | IN | Maha Sundar | E | B | B | C | B | F
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| 182 | 41 | HU | Greg Udvari | F | C | A | C | D | F
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| 183 | 41 | USca | Doug Burke | F | B | F | F | B | F
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| 184 | 41 | USca | Stu Goodgold | D | C | A | C | C | F
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| 185 | 41 | USdc | Simon Steel | E | C | B | C | B | E
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| 186 | 41 | CApq | Peter Schwartz | D | C | C | E | D | F
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| 187 | 41 | USak | Dave Jackson | D | C | C | F | D | B
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| 188 | 41 | USca | Arne Flones | C | C | B | C | C | B
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| 189 | 41 | AU | David Stern | F | E | A | A | D | F
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| 190 | 41 | USmd | Diane Walker | F | C | A | C | B | E
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| 191 | 41 | PL | Piotr Bednorz | E | E | F | A | F | F
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| 192 | 41 | CAon | Larry Gifford | F | A | A | E | E | E
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| 193 | 41 | USde | Barry Gibson | D | E | F | F | B | E
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| 194 | 41 | SE | Niklas Warne | F | C | A | C | D | F
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| 195 | 41 | USny | Adam Lally | F | C | B | D | D | F
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| 196 | 41 | CAon | Jean-Pierre Patry | F | D | B | C | F | F
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| 197 | 41 | USny | Jack Presser | B | B | F | E | C | D
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| 198 | 41 | USca | Harold Simon | F | E | F | E | B | F
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| 199 | 41 | USoh | Cory Neiderman | F | D | B | A | B | E
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| 200 | 41 | AU | Ron Hutchison | F | B | B | B | A | F |
Places 201-300
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 201 | 41 | USva | John Conover | F | D | F | C | D | C
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| 202 | 41 | SI | Hubert Froehlich | F | B | B | D | B | F
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| 203 | 41 | USny | Bruce Ross | D | B | C | C | D | F
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| 204 | 41 | USsc | Rajan Iyer | F | B | A | E | F | F
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| 205 | 41 | USmt | Bruce Cook | F | C | A | C | B | E
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| 206 | 41 | USmd | Jim Pestaner | D | C | A | F | B | E
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| 207 | 41 | DE | Ulrich Voigt | F | D | B | E | A | F
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| 208 | 41 | IT | Alessandra La Spina | B | C | F | B | D | F
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| 209 | 41 | UKen | Michael Scanlon | E | C | B | C | D | F
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| 210 | 41 | USwa | Bill Sinnett | F | B | A | C | B | F
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| 211 | 41 | UStx | Albert Sekac | C | C | A | C | A | F
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| 212 | 41 | TR | Dogan Gokbel | F | B | A | A | D | E
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| 213 | 41 | UStx | Jeff Kaldem | E | A | B | C | A | F
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| 214 | 41 | TR | Reha Akgun | F | B | A | A | D | E
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| 215 | 40 | AU | Geoffrey Toon | F | C | A | F | B | F
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| 216 | 40 | TR | Erdinc Erbil | E | E | A | C | E | F
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| 217 | 40 | RO | Alin Salinacki | F | E | A | C | B | F
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| 218 | 40 | USky | Russ Holtzclaw | E | B | F | A | D | F
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| 219 | 40 | USwa | Bob Richardson | F | E | A | C | B | F
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| 220 | 40 | CA | Bill Turnbull | F | C | D | A | D | F
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| 221 | 40 | USco | Jameson Cole | E | C | F | C | D | B
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| 222 | 40 | USca | Tom McGuire | F | E | A | C | B | F
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| 223 | 40 | USky | Wes Harris | D | C | D | C | D | F
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| 224 | 40 | UKen | Dafydd Jones | F | C | A | E | D | F
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| 225 | 40 | USnh | Richard Bator | F | E | A | F | A | F
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| 226 | 40 | USca | Rai Osborne | C | B | F | C | D | B
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| 227 | 40 | NL | Thijs Veugen | D | B | C | E | D | F
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| 228 | 40 | USca | Ron Jacksier | F | E | B | D | B | F
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| 229 | 40 | USfl | Carol Mullins | D | E | F | B | A | F
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| 230 | 40 | CAsk | Cal McLeod | E | C | A | C | A | F
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| 231 | 40 | BE | Luc Segers | B | D | A | C | B | F
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| 232 | 40 | CAbc | Michael Dimich | D | E | B | E | C | D
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| 233 | 40 | CAbc | Chuck Moorhead | E | C | B | F | B | F
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| 234 | 40 | HR | Zoran Mandic | D | B | B | B | B | E
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| 235 | 40 | US | Laura Noonan | E | C | B | D | F | B
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| 236 | 40 | SI | Milan Ranc | F | C | F | D | B | F
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| 237 | 40 | CAon | Kim Ireland | B | F | E | C | B | C
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| 238 | 40 | USil | Karen Walker | F | C | F | E | C | F
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| 239 | 40 | GR | Angelo Giokaris | A | C | A | D | B | C
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| 240 | 40 | TW | Roy Tsai | E | B | F | D | F | C
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| 241 | 40 | AU | Mike Doecke | D | C | D | C | D | F
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| 242 | 40 | RO | Gabriel Dumitrasciuc | D | B | A | B | D | C
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| 243 | 40 | HU | Peter Talyigas | F | C | A | E | D | F
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| 244 | 39 | USga | Bill Bickford | F | C | D | C | B | F
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| 245 | 39 | USca | Ronald Kow | F | C | A | F | D | F
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| 246 | 39 | SI | Simon Pirjevec | C | C | B | D | B | F
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| 247 | 39 | USca | Charles Thompson | F | B | A | F | B | F
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| 248 | 39 | CApq | Gerald Leclerc | E | E | B | F | F | F
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| 249 | 39 | IN | Ashok Dhareshwar | F | C | F | F | C | F
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| 250 | 39 | USca | Steve Mager | F | E | A | E | B | F
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| 251 | 39 | USma | K. Scott Kimball | F | A | A | F | A | F
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| 252 | 39 | USmd | Morris Tepper | F | C | C | E | D | F
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| 253 | 39 | CAnb | Mike Hartop | F | C | A | F | D | F
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| 254 | 39 | USca | Phillip Mackler | E | C | A | A | D | F
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| 255 | 39 | EE | Allar Padari | E | C | F | C | B | E
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| 256 | 39 | TR | Suleyman Ufuk Koc | F | E | A | C | D | F
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| 257 | 39 | UKwa | Steve Webb | C | B | A | C | F | F
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| 258 | 39 | UKen | Rose Das | D | D | F | C | B | E
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| 259 | 39 | USny | Dennis Kaye | E | A | B | C | B | F
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| 260 | 39 | DE | Hans Fleischhack | F | C | A | F | D | F
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| 261 | 39 | USny | Brian Meyer | D | C | A | B | F | F
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| 262 | 39 | USwa | Keller Wightman | B | B | A | B | B | F
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| 263 | 39 | USpa | Janet Stine | F | C | A | F | D | F
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| 264 | 39 | USny | William Schmitt | E | C | D | C | B | C
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| 265 | 39 | AU | Bob Geyer | C | C | A | C | B | F
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| 266 | 39 | UStx | Herbert Wilton | F | B | B | B | B | F
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| 267 | 39 | FR | Etienne Klis | D | B | B | B | B | D
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| 268 | 39 | USnj | Larry Pennefather | F | C | A | D | F | F
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| 269 | 39 | IT | Luigi Zaninoni | F | B | A | F | B | F
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| 270 | 39 | CL | Constantino Sifaqui | E | C | A | A | D | F
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| 271 | 39 | USca | Bill Cubley | D | E | A | B | D | C
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| 272 | 39 | CAon | Dale Freeman | F | E | A | C | D | F
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| 273 | 39 | USma | Melita Warner | A | C | F | F | E | A
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| 274 | 39 | IN | Vikas Phadke | F | B | B | E | C | D
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| 275 | 39 | PT | Manuel Paulo | F | B | B | B | B | F
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| 276 | 39 | USnj | Dirk Enthoven | E | B | F | E | A | E
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| 277 | 39 | USca | Steven Hough | D | B | A | E | C | F
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| 278 | 39 | USmi | Howard Abrams | E | C | A | E | A | F
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| 279 | 39 | USdc | Ron Zucker | F | A | A | E | F | F
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| 280 | 39 | USok | Velma Kubiak | E | B | B | E | D | F
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| 281 | 39 | ID | Firdaus Ma’ruf | E | B | B | E | B | E
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| 282 | 39 | RO | Horia Garbea | C | C | F | C | D | E
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| 283 | 39 | FI | Juha Tamminen | F | E | F | D | B | B
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| 284 | 39 | RO | Daniel Moisa | D | B | C | E | C | B
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| 285 | 38 | USny | Daniel Testa | E | C | A | E | A | E
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| 286 | 38 | CAon | David Grainger | F | C | A | E | C | F
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| 287 | 38 | USoh | David Stuckey | F | E | C | E | B | F
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| 288 | 38 | UKni | Robin Burns | F | A | A | E | B | F
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| 289 | 38 | USnc | Ron Marrs | F | E | A | C | D | E
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| 290 | 38 | USca | Paul Nelson | E | C | F | F | B | F
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| 291 | 38 | IL | Alex Dov | E | B | C | C | A | F
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| 292 | 38 | IN | Shaishav Parikh | E | C | A | C | B | F
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| 293 | 38 | USnj | Paul Quodomine | F | E | A | E | D | F
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| 294 | 38 | USca | Ron Landgraff | E | C | A | C | B | F
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| 295 | 38 | USca | Dan Scarola | E | C | B | F | D | E
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| 296 | 38 | USia | Dorothy Eggerss | D | E | F | B | B | F
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| 297 | 38 | AU | Tania Gariepy | E | C | A | A | B | D
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| 298 | 38 | CAon | Sheila McDonald | F | E | A | E | D | F
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| 299 | 38 | USal | Donna Dahl | D | E | A | D | B | F
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| 300 | 38 | USwa | Marsha Rayton | E | E | B | C | D | E |
All Others Above Average
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 301 | 38 | RO | Mircea Popescu | E | C | A | C | B | F
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| 302 | 38 | USga | Martin Nathan | E | C | A | C | B | F
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| 303 | 38 | IN | K.V. Ranganath | D | C | C | D | D | F
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| 304 | 38 | USfl | Len Rubin | B | E | C | B | F | F
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| 305 | 38 | BG | Elena Mitkova | E | C | A | C | B | F
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| 306 | 38 | CAab | Lucas Karpiuk | E | E | F | C | D | B
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| 307 | 38 | NL | Jelmer Hasper | D | E | A | E | C | F
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| 308 | 38 | RO | Mircea Petrescu | F | C | A | B | A | F
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| 309 | 38 | USfl | James Alger | E | C | A | C | B | F
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| 310 | 38 | USfl | Betty Parker | E | C | F | F | B | F
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| 311 | 38 | SI | Janko Mijoc | E | D | A | C | A | C
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| 312 | 38 | USnc | Lynn Dillard | F | A | A | E | B | F
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| 313 | 38 | USfl | Alan Kravetz | C | C | A | E | B | F
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| 314 | 38 | IT | Franco Galleni | C | C | C | C | A | D
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| 315 | 38 | CAon | Vince Oddy | E | E | F | C | B | F
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| 316 | 38 | USmd | Jerrold Miller | F | C | F | B | B | F
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| 317 | 38 | USil | Will Engel | F | E | A | C | C | B
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| 318 | 38 | UStx | Patricia Crough | D | C | E | D | D | B
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| 319 | 38 | USfl | Lee Elton | D | E | F | B | B | F
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| 320 | 38 | CAsk | Helen Anderson | E | C | A | C | B | F
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| 321 | 38 | IN | Arindam Ray | D | B | F | B | D | F
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| 322 | 38 | AU | Philippa Barnett | D | C | E | D | B | F
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| 323 | 38 | USok | Linda Waggener | D | B | F | B | B | E
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| 324 | 38 | UKen | Sonia Zakrzewski | F | D | A | C | 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 | LC | Location | Entries
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| 1 | 49.89 | 10 | PL | Poland | 9
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| 2 | 41.80 | 45 | FR | France | 5
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| 3 | 41.22 | 62 | TW | Taiwan | 9
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| 4 | 40.97 | 2 | UKen | England | 35
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| 5 | 40.43 | 4 | UK | United Kingdom | 7
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| 6 | 40.33 | 19 | RO | Romania | 9
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| 7 | 40.29 | 46 | NL | Netherlands | 17
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| 8 | 40.25 | 27 | HU | Hungary | 8
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| 9 | 40.00 | 114 | NO | Norway | 5
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| 10 | 39.83 | 84 | USnc | North Carolina | 6
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| 11 | 39.43 | 6 | USil | Illinois | 14
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| 12 | 39.42 | 35 | USny | New York | 19
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| 13 | 39.38 | 25 | USwa | Washington | 8
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| 14 | 39.29 | 39 | BE | Belgium | 7
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| 15 | 38.83 | 44 | CAbc | British Columbia | 12
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| 16 | 38.82 | 73 | SE | Sweden | 17
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| 17 | 38.79 | 23 | IN | India | 33
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| 18 | 38.79 | 43 | TR | Turkey | 14
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| 19 | 38.78 | 24 | USoh | Ohio | 9
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| 20 | 38.38 | 1 | USca | California | 63
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| 21 | 38.17 | 7 | USma | Massachusetts | 12
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| 22 | 38.14 | 28 | IT | Italy | 7
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| 23 | 37.80 | 32 | UKsc | Scotland | 5
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| 24 | 37.73 | 64 | USmd | Maryland | 11
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| 25 | 36.94 | 3 | CAon | Ontario | 31
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| 26 | 36.89 | 9 | DE | Germany | 9
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| 27 | 36.82 | 63 | UStx | Texas | 11
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| 28 | 36.78 | 65 | CAns | Nova Scotia | 9
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| 29 | 36.44 | 98 | SI | Slovenia | 9
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| 30 | 36.40 | 77 | NZ | New Zealand | 5
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| 31 | 36.29 | 106 | CAab | Alberta | 7
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| 32 | 35.83 | 230 | CAsk | Saskatchewan | 6
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| 33 | 35.75 | 33 | AU | Australia | 32
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| 34 | 35.50 | 180 | ID | Indonesia | 6
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| 35 | 35.46 | 57 | USfl | Florida | 37
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| 36 | 34.78 | 51 | USnj | New Jersey | 9
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| 37 | 34.60 | 204 | USsc | South Carolina | 5
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| 38 | 33.78 | 66 | ZA | South Africa | 9
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| 39 | 33.67 | 263 | USpa | Pennsylvania | 9
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| 40 | 33.14 | 244 | USga | Georgia | 7
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| 41 | 33.00 | 120 | USmn | Minnesota | 5
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| 42 | 32.90 | 72 | US | United States | 10
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| 43 | 31.29 | 433 | SG | Singapore | 7 |
| Rank | Average | Best | LC | Location | Entries
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| 44 | 55.00 | 8 | RU | Russia | 2
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| 45 | 46.00 | 79 | TH | Thailand | 1
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| 46 | 43.00 | 129 | USnd | North Dakota | 1
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| 47 | 42.00 | 157 | CApe | Prince Edward Island | 1
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| 48 | 41.75 | 14 | HR | Croatia | 4
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| 49 | 41.50 | 132 | CA | Canada | 2
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| 50 | 41.00 | 179 | CAnf | Newfoundland | 1
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| 51 | 40.33 | 121 | USmo | Missouri | 3
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| 52 | 40.25 | 20 | FI | Finland | 4
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| 53 | 40.00 | 100 | DK | Denmark | 2
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| 54 | 40.00 | 218 | USky | Kentucky | 2
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| 55 | 40.00 | 225 | USnh | New Hampshire | 1
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| 56 | 39.50 | 71 | JP | Japan | 2
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| 57 | 39.00 | 160 | AT | Austria | 2
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| 58 | 39.00 | 253 | CAnb | New Brunswick | 1
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| 59 | 39.00 | 257 | UKwa | Wales | 1
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| 60 | 38.75 | 95 | IL | Israel | 4
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| 61 | 38.50 | 161 | IS | Iceland | 2
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| 62 | 38.50 | 280 | USok | Oklahoma | 2
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| 63 | 38.33 | 76 | BG | Bulgaria | 3
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| 64 | 38.00 | 288 | UKni | Northern Ireland | 1
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| 65 | 38.00 | 296 | USia | Iowa | 1
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| 66 | 37.50 | 186 | CApq | Quebec | 4
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| 67 | 37.50 | 270 | CL | Chile | 2
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| 68 | 37.33 | 185 | USdc | Washington DC | 3
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| 69 | 37.00 | 17 | HK | Hong Kong | 4
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| 70 | 37.00 | 327 | CAmb | Manitoba | 1
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| 71 | 37.00 | 370 | BW | Botswana | 1
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| 72 | 36.75 | 36 | CN | China | 4
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| 73 | 36.50 | 255 | EE | Estonia | 2
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| 74 | 36.50 | 275 | PT | Portugal | 2
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| 75 | 36.50 | 365 | USaz | Arizona | 2
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| 76 | 36.00 | 379 | BR | Brazil | 1
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| 77 | 35.67 | 187 | USak | Alaska | 3
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| 78 | 35.50 | 405 | CZ | Czech Republic | 2
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| 79 | 35.25 | 137 | ES | Spain | 4
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| 80 | 35.25 | 201 | USva | Virginia | 4
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| 81 | 35.00 | 278 | USmi | Michigan | 3
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| 82 | 35.00 | 443 | USwi | Wisconsin | 1
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| 83 | 34.50 | 193 | USde | Delaware | 2
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| 84 | 34.50 | 205 | USmt | Montana | 2
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| 85 | 34.50 | 221 | USco | Colorado | 4
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| 86 | 34.50 | 444 | IE | Ireland | 2
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| 87 | 34.00 | 299 | USal | Alabama | 4
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| 88 | 34.00 | 464 | USnv | Nevada | 1
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| 89 | 34.00 | 465 | EG | Egypt | 1
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| 90 | 34.00 | 477 | USms | Mississippi | 1
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| 91 | 33.00 | 239 | GR | Greece | 2
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| 92 | 33.00 | 528 | RS | Serbia | 1
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| 93 | 32.75 | 144 | CH | Switzerland | 4
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| 94 | 32.00 | 391 | AR | Argentina | 2
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| 95 | 32.00 | 436 | USor | Oregon | 2
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| 96 | 32.00 | 541 | USct | Connecticut | 2
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| 97 | 32.00 | 554 | USne | Nebraska | 1
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| 98 | 30.00 | 572 | CI | Cote d’Ivoire | 2
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| 99 | 30.00 | 595 | LV | Latvia | 1
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| 100 | 27.50 | 605 | USar | Arkansas | 2
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| 101 | 26.00 | 671 | USin | Indiana | 1 |
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.
Overall, the bots were dismal this month. In most cases (indicated as Line G) the plays chosen were not among my choices, nor even close enough to be considered essentially the same. Every Line G was clearly worse than the options offered, and in some cases so bad that it was laughable. For example, on Problem 3 (4 
contract, where a diamond ruff was necessary in dummy) one of the bots (besides HAL, hehe) played ace and another trump immediately. While most of the Line G plays deserve zero, my policy is to award the same score as the lowest of Lines A-F because the bots are not programmed for my multiple-choice format.
Congratulations to GIB, which not only won easily but also stayed on the charts with all its choices. I was especially impressed with its play of Problem 4 (the 5 
contract), executing the 100-percent endplay flawlessly. In fairness, however, I should also say that the amount of time used by GIB was far more than the others, and sometimes it was unbearably slow — this can be adjusted, of course, to play more quickly with less skill.
April 2002 Rankings
| Rank | Score | LC | Program version | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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|---|
| 1 | 42 | US | GIB 4.1.12 | F | A | A | A | B | B
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| 2 | 33 | DE | Q-plus Bridge 6.1 | F | E | G | G | E | D
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| 3 | 18 | UK | Blue Chip Bridge 3.4.3 | C | G | G | G | F | G
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| 4 | 18 | US | Finesse Bridge 2.5 | E | G | G | G | G | F
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| 5 | 17 | CA | Bridge Buff 8.0 | C | G | G | G | B | G
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| 6 | 15 | US | Bridge Baron 11.0 | G | G | G | G | D | G
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| 7 | 15 | JP | Micro Bridge 9.01 | E | G | G | G | D | G
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| 8 | 13 | US | HAL 9000 | G | G | G | G | G | G |
Bots Tested (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 |
© 2002 Richard Pavlicek
by Richard Pavlicek
