“The Clubhouse Collection” play contest had 566 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 | 566
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| Number of locations | 97
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| Highest score | 60
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| Median score | 38
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| Lowest score | 13
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| Average score | 37.55 |
Top 100
| Rank | Score | CC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 60 | HR | Tonci Tomic | D | E | D | E | B | F
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| 2 | 60 | CAbc | Peter Nixon | D | E | D | E | B | F
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| 3 | 59 | UKen | Gareth Birdsall | D | F | D | E | B | F
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| 4 | 59 | UKen | John Reardon | D | F | D | E | B | F
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| 5 | 59 | USca | Rob Stevens | D | F | D | E | B | F
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| 6 | 58 | CAon | Vinay Sarin | A | E | D | E | B | F
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| 7 | 58 | USwa | N. Scott Cardell | A | E | D | E | B | F
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| 8 | 57 | USma | Jonathan Weinstein | D | E | D | E | E | F
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| 9 | 57 | IN | Neelotpal Sahai | D | E | D | E | E | F
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| 10 | 57 | USil | Charles Blair | D | F | D | E | B | A
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| 11 | 56 | IN | Sivakumar Salem | E | F | D | E | B | F
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| 12 | 55 | PL | Slawek Cwiek | D | E | D | E | D | F
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| 13 | 55 | UKen | Richard Garner | D | F | D | A | F | F
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| 14 | 55 | HK | Walter Lee | D | E | D | E | D | F
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| 15 | 55 | BG | Irena Filkova | A | A | D | E | C | F
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| 16 | 54 | PL | Darek Kardas | D | E | D | E | A | F
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| 17 | 54 | PL | Jacek Masiarek | D | F | D | E | D | F
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| 18 | 54 | CAon | Gabriel Nita-Saguna | D | A | A | E | B | F
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| 19 | 54 | CAon | Dale Freeman | D | E | D | E | A | F
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| 20 | 54 | UK | Marcus Chiloarnus | F | F | D | E | B | F
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| 21 | 54 | RS | Branko Vlajnic | D | F | D | E | D | F
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| 22 | 54 | USma | Brian Lee | D | F | D | E | D | F
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| 23 | 53 | PL | Kazik Drozdz | D | A | D | E | D | F
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| 24 | 53 | USca | Tysen Streib | D | A | B | E | F | F
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| 25 | 53 | PL | Wojtek Urban | D | F | D | E | A | F
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| 26 | 53 | UStx | Herbert Wilton | D | A | D | E | D | F
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| 27 | 53 | USca | Len Vishnevsky | E | A | D | E | F | F
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| 28 | 53 | PL | Zdzislaw Beling | D | A | D | E | D | F
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| 29 | 53 | UKen | Frances Hinden | D | F | D | E | A | F
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| 30 | 53 | RO | Radu Mihai | D | F | D | E | A | F
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| 31 | 53 | USca | Grant Peacock | D | F | D | E | A | F
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| 32 | 52 | PL | Marcin Zbroja | D | A | D | E | A | F
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| 33 | 52 | USny | Steven Bloom | A | A | A | E | B | F
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| 34 | 52 | USri | Michael Joyce | D | F | D | C | E | F
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| 35 | 52 | NO | Harald Plahter | D | F | B | E | F | A
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| 36 | 52 | SI | Matej Accetto | A | F | D | E | D | F
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| 37 | 52 | DE | Rainer Herrmann | D | A | D | E | A | F
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| 38 | 52 | UKen | Alan Wilson | A | A | D | A | F | F
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| 39 | 51 | UStx | Hanchang Wang | E | A | D | B | C | F
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| 40 | 51 | USca | Alvin Farber | D | F | B | A | C | A
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| 41 | 51 | USmd | Joe Botkin | D | F | B | E | D | F
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| 42 | 51 | USny | William Bascom | D | F | B | A | C | A
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| 43 | 51 | IN | Pratap Nair | D | F | D | E | A | A
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| 44 | 51 | CAns | Gerald Murphy | D | F | A | E | F | A
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| 45 | 51 | BE | Bernard Danloy | B | F | D | E | B | F
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| 46 | 51 | BG | Zahary Zahariev | A | A | D | E | D | F
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| 47 | 51 | UStx | Billy Leeper | A | A | D | E | D | F
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| 48 | 51 | US | Jim Fox | A | F | D | B | E | F
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| 49 | 50 | USny | Franco Baseggio | D | F | B | E | A | F
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| 50 | 50 | USca | Pat Franklin | D | E | B | B | F | A
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| 51 | 50 | CAbc | Ross Lam | A | A | D | E | A | F
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| 52 | 49 | USoh | Craig Biddle | D | F | B | B | F | A
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| 53 | 49 | ES | Raimon Tatxe | D | A | A | B | B | A
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| 54 | 49 | NZ | John Kruiniger | D | F | C | E | F | A
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| 55 | 49 | TR | Azer Inal | D | B | B | E | F | A
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| 56 | 49 | CApq | Marc-Andre Parent | A | E | E | E | F | A
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| 57 | 49 | SI | Tolja Orac | D | F | D | F | F | F
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| 58 | 49 | USmt | Bruce Cook | D | F | C | E | F | A
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| 59 | 49 | RO | Cristian Guidea | D | A | E | E | F | A
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| 60 | 49 | PT | Manuel Paulo | A | A | E | E | F | F
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| 61 | 48 | USil | James Hudson | D | F | D | A | F | D
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| 62 | 48 | CAon | Vince Oddy | E | A | D | B | F | A
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| 63 | 48 | USca | Ron Landgraff | A | A | D | B | D | F
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| 64 | 48 | SG | Gerald Tan | A | A | D | E | A | A
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| 65 | 48 | IT | Stefano Biciocchi | A | A | A | A | F | F
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| 66 | 47 | CAon | Bruce Cook | A | A | A | A | C | A
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| 67 | 47 | UKen | Neil Morgenstern | A | A | D | B | A | F
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| 68 | 47 | ID | Halik Triwahyudi | D | A | D | C | D | A
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| 69 | 47 | UKen | Toby Kenney | E | E | A | E | A | F
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| 70 | 47 | USco | Chuck Reed | A | F | D | B | D | A
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| 71 | 47 | HU | Imre Csiszar | A | F | A | E | A | F
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| 72 | 47 | IN | Anil Upadhyay | D | B | D | C | D | F
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| 73 | 47 | USma | Vincent Harackiewicz | D | A | B | C | F | A
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| 74 | 47 | USca | Tom McGuire | A | E | B | E | F | C
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| 75 | 47 | ZA | George Rahr | A | E | B | B | D | F
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| 76 | 46 | USca | Sandy Barnes | E | B | D | B | F | A
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| 77 | 46 | USca | Mike Weber | A | F | D | C | D | A
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| 78 | 46 | CApq | Peter Schwartz | E | F | B | A | D | F
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| 79 | 46 | DE | Harro Wimmel | D | F | B | A | A | A
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| 80 | 46 | USil | George Klemic | F | A | D | E | C | C
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| 81 | 46 | IT | Franco Galleni | D | F | E | C | F | A
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| 82 | 46 | ID | Noer Imanzal Kartamadjana | D | B | D | A | A | A
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| 83 | 46 | HK | Tommy Cho | D | F | D | A | F | E
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| 84 | 46 | TR | Erdinc Erbil | A | A | D | B | D | A
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| 85 | 46 | UKen | Julian Wightwick | D | F | A | B | A | F
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| 86 | 46 | USmn | Kathleen Wetterstrom | D | B | E | E | D | F
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| 87 | 46 | CApq | Huguette Lacaille | D | D | B | E | F | A
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| 88 | 46 | USnh | Cenk Tuncok | E | E | D | E | D | C
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| 89 | 46 | PL | Roman Kujaczynski | E | A | D | F | C | F
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| 90 | 46 | USoh | Craig Satersmoen | A | E | F | E | C | A
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| 91 | 46 | USnj | James Connell | A | F | E | E | A | F
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| 92 | 46 | USfl | Paul Kubiak | D | A | E | B | F | A
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| 93 | 45 | USva | Larry Kahn | D | A | A | C | E | A
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| 94 | 45 | NO | Svein Erik Dahl | D | F | B | C | D | A
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| 95 | 45 | USwa | Bob Richardson | E | F | A | E | D | A
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| 96 | 45 | IN | Gopichand Anne | D | F | A | B | C | C
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| 97 | 45 | LV | Ivars Rubenis | F | F | B | E | A | F
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| 98 | 45 | ZA | Brad Ross-Jones | F | F | D | E | F | D
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| 99 | 45 | USny | Kevin Bathurst | A | F | B | E | E | C
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| 100 | 45 | SE | Marcus Hjelte | D | C | D | C | C | A |
Places 101-200
| Rank | Score | CC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 101 | 45 | CAon | Terry Nosanchuk | A | A | D | B | A | A
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| 102 | 45 | FI | Jussi Tamminen | A | A | D | A | F | D
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| 103 | 45 | NL | Martijn Schoonderwoerd | E | A | E | E | E | A
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| 104 | 45 | UKen | Dean Rivers | D | F | A | E | F | B
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| 105 | 45 | UKsc | Paul Gipson | D | E | D | B | A | C
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| 106 | 45 | IN | Shaishav Parikh | D | A | E | C | F | A
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| 107 | 45 | UKsc | Nigel Guthrie | A | F | A | E | F | C
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| 108 | 45 | AU | Heather Scott | D | C | E | E | B | A
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| 109 | 45 | CAns | Brian Hansen | D | C | D | A | D | F
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| 110 | 45 | TR | Reha Akgun | A | F | C | A | F | A
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| 111 | 45 | UKen | Graham Osborne | D | F | D | F | A | F
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| 112 | 44 | USnj | Leonard Helfgott | D | A | A | C | A | F
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| 113 | 44 | USne | Ashish Agarwal | E | E | A | B | B | C
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| 114 | 44 | UKen | Geraint Harker | A | A | A | A | A | F
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| 115 | 44 | USca | Milton Spinner | F | F | D | A | F | C
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| 116 | 44 | NZ | Mark Hangartner | D | F | E | A | F | C
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| 117 | 44 | DE | Hans Fleischhack | D | F | B | C | A | A
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| 118 | 44 | SI | Bojan Jus | D | F | E | E | F | B
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| 119 | 44 | UKen | Mark Goddard | D | F | B | C | A | A
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| 120 | 44 | NL | Frans Buijsen | D | D | D | B | A | F
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| 121 | 44 | USil | Walt Schafer | D | F | B | F | F | A
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| 122 | 44 | HK | K.C. Chu | D | F | F | E | A | F
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| 123 | 44 | USpa | Pat Policella | E | C | D | E | E | A
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| 124 | 44 | UKen | Carlos Dabezies | A | B | D | A | F | C
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| 125 | 44 | CAsk | Helen Anderson | D | F | E | E | F | B
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| 126 | 44 | ES | James Calabut | D | A | E | E | F | D
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| 127 | 44 | BG | Yanko Yankov | A | E | D | F | A | F
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| 128 | 44 | TR | Ufuk Cotuk | A | B | D | A | A | A
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| 129 | 44 | USfl | Bonnie Lamkin | D | F | A | E | F | E
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| 130 | 44 | SE | Niklas Warne | A | F | A | B | A | F
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| 131 | 44 | AU | Bill Jacobs | A | F | A | B | A | F
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| 132 | 44 | AU | Lorna Sherwood | D | E | A | F | F | A
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| 133 | 44 | USma | Stephen McDevitt | D | F | E | E | F | B
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| 134 | 44 | USoh | Carl Hudecek | D | A | D | B | D | C
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| 135 | 43 | USca | Roger Clough | D | F | E | C | D | A
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| 136 | 43 | USnv | Richard Coates | D | A | F | A | F | A
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| 137 | 43 | CAab | Sheldon Spier | B | E | A | B | B | A
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| 138 | 43 | US | Claude Di Fruscia | D | A | A | A | F | D
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| 139 | 43 | USct | Jim Brennan | D | A | E | D | C | F
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| 140 | 43 | SI | Tomaz Butina | A | F | E | A | D | A
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| 141 | 43 | US | Marjorie Biele | F | A | D | A | C | D
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| 142 | 43 | USfl | Alan Kravetz | D | F | B | B | E | D
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| 143 | 43 | CO | Hank Meyer | C | F | E | E | F | F
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| 144 | 43 | UStx | Janice Masciarelli | D | C | E | B | C | F
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| 145 | 43 | USva | Tibor Koos | A | F | E | A | D | A
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| 146 | 43 | CAbc | Peter Miller | D | A | B | C | A | A
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| 147 | 43 | IN | Kesavan Subramanian | F | A | E | E | E | A
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| 148 | 43 | FI | Juha Tamminen | F | B | A | E | F | A
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| 149 | 43 | RO | Mircea Petrescu | F | F | A | B | F | A
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| 150 | 43 | NL | Thijs Veugen | F | A | D | B | D | A
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| 151 | 43 | TR | Kamil Karaali | D | F | E | E | D | C
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| 152 | 43 | IT | Felice Cupane | C | B | D | A | B | A
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| 153 | 43 | AU | Ken Dalley | D | B | D | A | D | C
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| 154 | 43 | USpa | Steve White | A | F | D | A | A | C
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| 155 | 43 | AU | Neryl Babbage | D | D | E | E | D | F
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| 156 | 43 | FR | Jean-Christophe Clement | A | A | A | B | A | F
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| 157 | 43 | UKen | Roger Morton | E | A | D | B | B | E
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| 158 | 43 | UKen | Douglas Dunn | D | F | A | C | A | A
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| 159 | 42 | HU | Gyorgy Ormay | D | E | A | C | C | E
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| 160 | 42 | USca | Srikant Sridevan | A | E | E | C | D | A
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| 161 | 42 | NL | Henk Pippel | D | F | E | E | D | D
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| 162 | 42 | AR | Luis Argerich | F | A | D | B | F | C
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| 163 | 42 | USca | Barb Hemerson | D | E | E | D | F | A
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| 164 | 42 | AU | Bernard Nightingale | D | F | A | D | F | A
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| 165 | 42 | USca | Neill Currie | D | A | E | B | A | A
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| 166 | 42 | USma | Cathy Vinton | E | A | B | C | B | C
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| 167 | 42 | LB | Fay Chidiac | D | D | E | B | C | A
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| 168 | 42 | SE | Anders Aslund | F | A | E | A | F | A
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| 169 | 42 | NL | Tommie Nooij | E | F | E | A | D | A
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| 170 | 42 | SE | Bengt-Eric Fredriksson | A | F | D | C | D | C
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| 171 | 42 | USmd | Tibor Roberts | A | F | B | B | F | D
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| 172 | 42 | US | Kenneth Strohl | E | A | B | B | B | D
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| 173 | 42 | USdc | Jonathan Siegel | D | D | D | C | B | D
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| 174 | 42 | BE | Patrick Bocken | B | B | D | B | E | F
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| 175 | 42 | USca | Jack Scott | A | A | A | A | A | A
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| 176 | 42 | AU | Bill Powell | A | F | D | A | A | D
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| 177 | 42 | SE | Tor-Bjorn Bohman | C | E | D | E | F | D
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| 178 | 41 | AU | Phil Kline | D | B | E | E | C | E
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| 179 | 41 | FI | Juuso Leikola | E | A | B | E | F | E
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| 180 | 41 | CAab | David Johnson | A | D | E | B | B | A
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| 181 | 41 | USfl | Arthur Hoffman | A | F | C | A | A | A
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| 182 | 41 | CAon | David Grainger | F | F | B | B | D | A
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| 183 | 41 | USnc | Faye Sattin | D | A | B | C | F | B
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| 184 | 41 | CAsk | Gerry Nelson | D | A | E | C | B | B
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| 185 | 41 | NL | Jos Vieveen | A | A | B | C | A | A
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| 186 | 41 | USpa | Andrea Missias | D | A | E | B | F | D
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| 187 | 41 | USfl | Burt Berger | F | A | A | E | C | D
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| 188 | 41 | NL | Peter van der Stap | D | B | C | B | A | F
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| 189 | 41 | AU | John Niven | F | F | E | E | F | C
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| 190 | 41 | GE | David Chechelashvili | B | E | D | E | D | C
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| 191 | 41 | USnc | Tim Hemphill | D | E | E | B | D | C
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| 192 | 41 | EE | Allar Padari | A | B | D | F | D | F
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| 193 | 41 | TR | Senih Inal | D | B | F | C | F | F
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| 194 | 41 | NZ | Mohinder Sachdev | B | A | E | A | F | F
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| 195 | 41 | CAns | Del Knox | D | B | E | B | D | A
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| 196 | 41 | CAnb | Mike Hartop | F | F | A | E | F | D
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| 197 | 41 | UKsc | Tim McKay | D | A | E | C | A | A
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| 198 | 41 | TW | Gin-Yu Yang | C | F | E | A | F | F
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| 199 | 41 | IN | Subramaniam Balachandran | A | F | E | B | A | A
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| 200 | 41 | HR | Ivan Mosettig | A | C | E | E | F | A |
All Others Above Average
| Rank | Score | CC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 201 | 41 | RS | Zoran Radojcic | E | B | F | A | C | F
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| 202 | 41 | CAns | Glenda Hansen | D | F | F | A | D | A
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| 203 | 41 | CN | Weidong Yang | B | B | D | E | B | D
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| 204 | 41 | AU | Helen Scott | D | D | A | E | F | C
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| 205 | 40 | SG | Marco Poh | A | D | B | E | F | C
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| 206 | 40 | EE | Meelis Tiitson | D | F | F | B | D | A
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| 207 | 40 | CAon | John Cunningham | B | A | B | B | F | A
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| 208 | 40 | UKen | James Sheppard | B | C | D | A | B | A
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| 209 | 40 | UStx | Patricia Crough | D | F | E | D | E | A
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| 210 | 40 | USca | Rich Pavlicek | E | F | A | C | A | A
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| 211 | 40 | USnj | Arthur Tom | D | A | E | E | A | D
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| 212 | 40 | NZ | Giles Hancock | E | D | B | E | D | A
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| 213 | 40 | NZ | Michael Johnstone | A | F | E | E | A | C
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| 214 | 40 | UK | Kurt Rosenfeld | D | B | B | E | D | B
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| 215 | 40 | IN | Godwin Jeyaseelan | E | F | F | A | D | F
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| 216 | 40 | USfl | Robert Solomon | F | C | B | E | F | A
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| 217 | 40 | IN | Lakshmi Chari | D | F | E | E | A | B
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| 218 | 40 | IN | Mohanakrishnan Kumar | D | A | A | B | F | E
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| 219 | 40 | NL | Rob Zijlstra | C | F | A | C | F | F
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| 220 | 40 | IT | Pierluigi Sessolo | F | D | B | E | E | A
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| 221 | 40 | UStx | Richard Higgins | A | F | E | A | C | E
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| 222 | 40 | CApq | Martial Chagnon | D | A | B | B | D | D
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| 223 | 40 | USmo | Jonathan Goldberg | F | B | B | E | F | C
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| 224 | 40 | UKen | Paul Huggins | A | D | B | E | A | A
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| 225 | 40 | SI | Egon Novak | F | B | F | E | F | F
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| 226 | 40 | USal | Ben Wheeler | D | A | E | D | F | A
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| 227 | 40 | UKen | Gordon Rainsford | A | A | E | A | F | D
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| 228 | 40 | FI | Erkki Malkamaki | C | A | D | B | A | F
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| 229 | 40 | USfl | Roger Powell | F | E | A | A | F | D
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| 230 | 40 | DE | Ulrich Voigt | D | A | D | B | A | E
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| 231 | 40 | USca | Harold Simon | A | F | F | B | E | A
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| 232 | 40 | IN | Maha Sundar | A | F | C | B | A | A
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| 233 | 40 | AU | Judy Jessop | D | A | E | D | F | A
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| 234 | 39 | USny | Barry Rigal | B | A | E | B | C | A
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| 235 | 39 | IL | Alex Dov | D | A | F | B | D | A
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| 236 | 39 | USfl | Stuart Schwartz | F | D | B | E | B | C
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| 237 | 39 | USaz | Max Johnson | B | F | E | A | D | F
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| 238 | 39 | AT | Karl Eigenbauer | F | A | A | C | A | F
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| 239 | 39 | CApq | Ansar Burney | D | F | E | C | F | E
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| 240 | 39 | IS | Bjorn Thorlaksson | D | F | E | B | D | D
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| 241 | 39 | CAbc | Michael Dimich | A | A | B | B | D | C
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| 242 | 39 | USoh | Forrest Smith | D | C | E | C | F | A
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| 243 | 39 | BG | Stancho Ivanov | D | F | E | C | F | E
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| 244 | 39 | IN | Ramkumar Iyer | F | E | A | B | B | E
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| 245 | 39 | TR | Altay Alp | D | F | E | C | F | E
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| 246 | 39 | AU | Keith Barrie | A | C | E | C | B | A
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| 247 | 39 | TW | Hang Chang | A | E | B | A | A | B
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| 248 | 39 | USia | Bob McCurdy | D | F | E | B | D | D
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| 249 | 39 | BE | Eric Baes | D | F | F | C | D | A
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| 250 | 39 | USca | Jay Helekar | D | E | F | C | F | C
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| 251 | 39 | USms | Pat Lacerva | D | E | A | D | F | C
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| 252 | 39 | UKen | Stephen Turner | A | A | E | E | A | C
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| 253 | 39 | USva | Mariana Koos | D | D | E | A | D | A
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| 254 | 39 | AR | Raul Martino | E | F | A | C | F | D
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| 255 | 39 | USca | Michael Day | E | B | C | B | D | F
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| 256 | 39 | TW | Chen Jye Chwu | A | A | F | E | A | A
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| 257 | 39 | USva | John Conover | D | F | B | F | F | D
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| 258 | 39 | SI | Milan Ranc | A | F | E | E | D | B
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| 259 | 39 | HR | Zoran Bohacek | D | F | E | B | D | D
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| 260 | 39 | IN | Sumit Mukherjee | D | A | A | B | A | C
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| 261 | 39 | IN | Brendon Tauro | A | B | B | B | F | D
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| 262 | 39 | UStx | Jeff Kaldem | A | B | E | A | F | C
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| 263 | 39 | USma | Bob Boudreau | A | F | B | B | A | C
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| 264 | 39 | AU | Pam Cross | D | C | E | E | A | A
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| 265 | 39 | AU | Christina Bringau | D | B | B | A | D | D
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| 266 | 38 | USfl | Karen Raphaelson | F | A | D | D | A | F
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| 267 | 38 | USsc | Rajan Iyer | E | F | D | F | E | D
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| 268 | 38 | RS | Veljko Vujcic | F | F | B | B | F | B
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| 269 | 38 | USca | Alan Holmes | E | F | A | B | F | E
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| 270 | 38 | USsc | Mike Ray | D | D | E | E | F | B
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| 271 | 38 | AU | Andy Chan | D | F | E | C | D | D
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| 272 | 38 | DE | Christian Glubrecht | A | F | F | A | A | A
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| 273 | 38 | CAon | Shirley Ashworth | E | A | D | D | A | A
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| 274 | 38 | USil | Mark Friedlander | B | A | D | B | F | D
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| 275 | 38 | CAon | Pearl Goodman | D | F | B | F | F | B
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| 276 | 38 | IN | Priya Ranjan Sinha | A | F | F | C | A | F
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| 277 | 38 | USny | Jerold French | D | B | B | E | A | E
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| 278 | 38 | IT | Michele Scopelliti | F | C | E | E | F | A
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| 279 | 38 | BM | Sven Pride | C | A | D | B | A | A
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| 280 | 38 | CAon | Robert Defreyne | C | A | D | C | B | D
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| 281 | 38 | USca | Steven Hough | B | F | D | C | F | D
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| 282 | 38 | ES | Aurelio Gracia | C | A | D | B | A | A
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| 283 | 38 | SG | Tze Cheow Sng | A | F | A | B | A | C
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| 284 | 38 | CAns | Bryson Crowell | A | A | B | C | D | C
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| 285 | 38 | TW | Lin-Wen Ho | C | B | E | A | F | F
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| 286 | 38 | UKen | Michael Mates | F | A | E | B | D | A
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| 287 | 38 | ZA | Carin Verburg | B | A | E | B | F | A
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| 288 | 38 | AU | Ed McBain | A | A | C | E | A | C
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| 289 | 38 | TR | Ragip Atademir | D | E | E | B | D | E
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| 290 | 38 | PL | Arek Kulawik | C | B | B | A | F | A
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| 291 | 38 | CAmb | David Brough | E | F | D | B | A | E
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| 292 | 38 | TR | Dogan Gokbel | B | A | E | A | E | A
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| 293 | 38 | AU | Diana Hearn | D | B | E | E | D | B
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| 294 | 38 | RO | Costin Georgescu | B | A | E | B | F | A |
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 | 50.89 | 12 | PL | Poland | 9
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| 2 | 42.33 | 15 | BG | Bulgaria | 6
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| 3 | 41.67 | 65 | IT | Italy | 6
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| 4 | 41.44 | 26 | UStx | Texas | 9
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| 5 | 41.40 | 6 | CAon | Ontario | 15
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| 6 | 41.22 | 2 | CAbc | British Columbia | 9
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| 7 | 40.70 | 3 | UKen | England | 30
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| 8 | 40.50 | 52 | USoh | Ohio | 6
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| 9 | 40.14 | 56 | CApq | Quebec | 7
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| 10 | 40.00 | 102 | FI | Finland | 5
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| 11 | 39.80 | 9 | IN | India | 25
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| 12 | 39.40 | 45 | BE | Belgium | 5
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| 13 | 39.33 | 93 | USva | Virginia | 6
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| 14 | 39.23 | 55 | TR | Turkey | 13
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| 15 | 39.00 | 10 | USil | Illinois | 10
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| 16 | 39.00 | 68 | ID | Indonesia | 5
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| 17 | 38.60 | 91 | USnj | New Jersey | 5
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| 18 | 38.60 | 105 | UKsc | Scotland | 5
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| 19 | 38.55 | 8 | USma | Massachusetts | 11
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| 20 | 38.40 | 36 | SI | Slovenia | 10
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| 21 | 37.86 | 7 | USwa | Washington | 7
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| 22 | 37.76 | 5 | USca | California | 46
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| 23 | 37.50 | 30 | RO | Romania | 8
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| 24 | 37.19 | 103 | NL | Netherlands | 16
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| 25 | 36.89 | 44 | CAns | Nova Scotia | 9
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| 26 | 35.91 | 54 | NZ | New Zealand | 11
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| 27 | 35.63 | 37 | DE | Germany | 8
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| 28 | 35.05 | 33 | USny | New York | 19
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| 29 | 34.86 | 123 | USpa | Pennsylvania | 7
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| 30 | 34.69 | 100 | SE | Sweden | 13
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| 31 | 34.34 | 108 | AU | Australia | 47
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| 32 | 34.08 | 198 | TW | Taiwan | 12
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| 33 | 33.71 | 235 | IL | Israel | 7
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| 34 | 33.29 | 75 | ZA | South Africa | 7
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| 35 | 32.43 | 137 | CAab | Alberta | 7
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| 36 | 32.00 | 92 | USfl | Florida | 26 |
| Rank | Average | Best | CC | Location | Entries
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| 37 | 52.00 | 34 | USri | Rhode Island | 1
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| 38 | 49.00 | 58 | USmt | Montana | 1
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| 39 | 48.33 | 14 | HK | Hong Kong | 3
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| 40 | 46.67 | 1 | HR | Croatia | 3
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| 41 | 45.00 | 97 | LV | Latvia | 1
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| 42 | 44.75 | 48 | US | United States | 4
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| 43 | 44.33 | 21 | RS | Serbia | 3
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| 44 | 44.00 | 113 | USne | Nebraska | 1
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| 45 | 43.00 | 136 | USnv | Nevada | 1
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| 46 | 43.00 | 143 | CO | Colombia | 1
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| 47 | 42.33 | 20 | UK | United Kingdom | 3
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| 48 | 42.00 | 64 | SG | Singapore | 3
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| 49 | 42.00 | 167 | LB | Lebanon | 1
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| 50 | 41.67 | 71 | HU | Hungary | 3
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| 51 | 41.50 | 53 | ES | Spain | 4
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| 52 | 41.33 | 35 | NO | Norway | 3
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| 53 | 41.00 | 190 | GE | Georgia | 1
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| 54 | 41.00 | 196 | CAnb | New Brunswick | 1
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| 55 | 41.00 | 203 | CN | China | 1
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| 56 | 40.50 | 162 | AR | Argentina | 2
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| 57 | 40.50 | 192 | EE | Estonia | 2
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| 58 | 40.00 | 223 | USmo | Missouri | 1
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| 59 | 39.67 | 60 | PT | Portugal | 3
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| 60 | 39.00 | 237 | USaz | Arizona | 1
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| 61 | 39.00 | 238 | AT | Austria | 1
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| 62 | 39.00 | 240 | IS | Iceland | 1
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| 63 | 39.00 | 251 | USms | Mississippi | 1
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| 64 | 37.00 | 279 | BM | Bermuda | 2
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| 65 | 37.00 | 303 | CApe | Prince Edward Island | 1
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| 66 | 36.75 | 125 | CAsk | Saskatchewan | 4
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| 67 | 36.50 | 139 | USct | Connecticut | 2
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| 68 | 36.33 | 267 | USsc | South Carolina | 3
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| 69 | 36.25 | 183 | USnc | North Carolina | 4
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| 70 | 36.00 | 323 | USde | Delaware | 1
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| 71 | 36.00 | 338 | USin | Indiana | 1
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| 72 | 35.75 | 156 | FR | France | 4
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| 73 | 35.50 | 41 | USmd | Maryland | 4
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| 74 | 35.00 | 88 | USnh | New Hampshire | 3
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| 75 | 35.00 | 291 | CAmb | Manitoba | 2
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| 76 | 34.50 | 226 | USal | Alabama | 2
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| 77 | 34.50 | 327 | CH | Switzerland | 2
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| 78 | 34.00 | 70 | USco | Colorado | 3
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| 79 | 34.00 | 86 | USmn | Minnesota | 3
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| 80 | 34.00 | 362 | USok | Oklahoma | 1
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| 81 | 33.00 | 301 | USga | Georgia | 3
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| 82 | 33.00 | 393 | CAyt | Yukon | 1
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| 83 | 33.00 | 397 | CA | Canada | 1
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| 84 | 32.50 | 173 | USdc | Washington DC | 2
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| 85 | 32.00 | 426 | GR | Greece | 1
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| 86 | 31.00 | 308 | USmi | Michigan | 2
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| 87 | 31.00 | 389 | CL | Chile | 2
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| 88 | 31.00 | 438 | UKwa | Wales | 1
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| 89 | 30.00 | 452 | BR | Brazil | 1
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| 90 | 29.00 | 345 | UStn | Tennessee | 2
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| 91 | 29.00 | 411 | USak | Alaska | 2
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| 92 | 29.00 | 469 | JP | Japan | 1
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| 93 | 28.00 | 478 | CAnf | Newfoundland | 1
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| 94 | 27.00 | 507 | CZ | Czech Republic | 1
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| 95 | 26.00 | 248 | USia | Iowa | 2
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| 96 | 25.00 | 487 | IE | Ireland | 2
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| 97 | 21.00 | 554 | USar | Arkansas | 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.
Congratulations to GIB, which topped all the bots (as usual in my play contests) and was the only one to beat the average human score. Curiously, four of its answers scored 10, and the other two were off the chart. On Problem 2 (3 
preempt with K-Q-9-8-7-5-4) after winning the K and ruffing a spade, I couldn’t believe it led the 9 next. On Problem 5 (the toughest one) it started out right with the J and a spade ruff, but then drew a second round of trumps. Nonetheless, it was superb on the others, not only choosing the best answer but executing the follow-ups correctly.
In fairness, I must say that GIB takes more time than the other bots, and the pace I allow it for these problems would be unbearably slow for normal play (and I have a fast computer). Unfortunately, the various programs tested have quite different options regarding skill/time settings, so it is impractical to enforce a specific time limit. I more or less let each program do its thing at the highest skill setting it permits.
There were fewer Line G* choices this month (compared to April), although each bot had at least one — except for HAL, which always stays on the charts. HAL is amazing with its uncanny ability to pick my sixth choice on each problem.
*Line G indicates that the bot’s line of play was unlisted and inferior or equal to the worst choice listed. In other words, if it selects an unlisted line that is effectively the same as a listed line (e.g., a transposition of plays), it is credited with the listed line. For scoring purposes, Line G gets the same award as the worst of the listed options. Obviously, it wouldn’t be fair to score it zero because it would never be chosen if the bots were programmed for the multiple-choice format.
June 2002 Rankings
| Rank | Score | CC | Program version | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 46 | US | GIB 4.1.12 | D | G | D | E | G | F
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| 2 | 37 | US | Bridge Baron 11.0 | F | D | D | E | F | G
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| 3 | 33 | UK | Blue Chip Bridge 3.4.3 | C | E | E | A | F | G
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| 4 | 32 | CA | Bridge Buff 8.0 | E | G | C | E | F | G
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| 5 | 32 | US | Finesse Bridge 2.5 | D | G | F | E | F | G
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| 6 | 23 | JP | Micro Bridge 9.01 | G | F | E | F | G | B
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| 7 | 18 | DE | Q-plus Bridge 6.1 | F | B | F | G | G | G
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| 8 | 10 | US | HAL 9000 | C | C | F | D | A | E |
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 |
© 2002 Richard Pavlicek
by Richard Pavlicek
