The “Yesterday, Once More” bidding poll had 207 participants, and everyone scoring above average is listed here. Ties in the rankings are broken by the date and time of submission (earliest wins).
| Number of participants | 207
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| Number of locations | 72
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| Highest score | 60
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| Median score | 47
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| Lowest score | 19
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| Average score | 46.16 |
Note: This first bidding poll actually spanned two months. Originally dated “October 2000” because that’s when it ended, it is now dated “September 2000” (when it started) to avoid confusion with my October 2000 play contest. All subsequent events ran for complete months.
Top 100
| Rank | Score | CC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 60 | USca | David Sterling | 2 NT | P | 6  | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 2 | 60 | UKen | James Mates | 2 NT | P | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 3 | 60 | USca | Harold Simon | 2 NT | P | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 4 | 59 | USga | George Lathbury | 2 NT | P | 4 NT | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 5 | 58 | USaz | Max Johnson | 2 NT | 4  | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 6 | 58 | NL | Bas Lodder | 2 NT | P | 6 | 3 NT | 2 | 3 NT
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| 7 | 58 | USin | Brian Ross | 3  | P | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 8 | 58 | NL | Rosalind Hengeveld | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 9 | 57 | USmo | Glenn Smith | 2 NT | P | 6 | 4 | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 10 | 57 | RU | Alex Perlin | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 
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| 11 | 57 | NL | Liddy Dinnissen | 2 NT | P | 6 | 4 | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 12 | 57 | USnj | Arline Fulton | 2 NT | P | 6 | 4 | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 13 | 56 | USpa | Steve White | 2 NT | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 14 | 56 | USpa | Karl Barth | 2 NT | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 15 | 56 | NL | Micha Keijzers | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 NT | 2 | 3 NT
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| 16 | 56 | USwa | N. Scott Cardell | 2 NT | P | 4 NT | 4 | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 17 | 56 | NL | Rik ter Veen | 2 NT | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 18 | 56 | USfl | Baxter Clifford | 2 NT | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 19 | 55 | CH | Helene Lariviere | 2 NT | P | 6 | 3 NT | 3 NT | 3 NT
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| 20 | 55 | UKen | Carlos Dabezies | 2 NT | P | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 NT
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| 21 | 55 | USil | James Hudson | 2 NT | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3
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| 22 | 55 | JP | Mark LaForge | 3 | P | 4 NT | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 23 | 55 | IN | Venkatesh Ramaratnam | 2 NT | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3
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| 24 | 54 | CAbc | Shirley Junkin | 2 NT | P | 6 | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 25 | 54 | USil | Will Engel | 2 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 26 | 54 | USca | Dan Hugh-Jones | 2 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 27 | 54 | USfl | Bijoy Anand | 2 NT | P | 6 | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 28 | 54 | DK | Jens Sorensen | 2 NT | P | 6 | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 29 | 54 | USil | Mark Friedlander | 2 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 30 | 54 | CAon | Ben Zeidenberg | 2 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 31 | 54 | USca | John Hoffman | 2 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 32 | 54 | USil | Charles Blair | 2 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 33 | 54 | USva | Edward Cooper | 2 NT | 4 | 4 NT | 4 | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 34 | 53 | DE | Uwe Gebhardt | 2 NT | P | 4 NT | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 35 | 53 | USin | Andy Janiszewski | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 NT | 3 NT | 3 NT
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| 36 | 53 | USca | Gary Schneider | 2 NT | P | 5 | 4 | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 37 | 53 | USmi | Burt Bothell | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 NT
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| 38 | 53 | HR | Gjivo Tikvica | 3 | P | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 NT
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| 39 | 53 | NL | Peter Hardy | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 NT
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| 40 | 53 | USks | Peter Petillo | 2 NT | P | 6 | 3 NT | 2 | 3
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| 41 | 52 | USny | Nicholas France | 2 NT | P | 6 | P | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 42 | 52 | USfl | Mabel Pavlicek | 3 | P | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3
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| 43 | 52 | AU | Janet Brown | 3 | P | 4 NT | 4 | 2 | 3 NT
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| 44 | 52 | USsc | Al Kimel | 2 NT | P | 6 | P | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 45 | 52 | ZA | Sid Ismail | 2 NT | P | 4 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 46 | 52 | USwa | John Givins | 2 NT | P | 4 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 47 | 52 | CApq | Peter Schwartz | 3 | P | 4 NT | 4 | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 48 | 52 | USsc | Michael Jinks | 2 NT | P | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | P
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| 49 | 52 | RU | Leonid Ulanovsky | 2 NT | P | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | P
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| 50 | 52 | BR | Barbara Rolim | 3 | P | 4 NT | 4 | 2 | 3 NT
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| 51 | 52 | IN | Sandeep Thakral | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 52 | 51 | UKen | Gordon Rainsford | 2 NT | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3
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| 53 | 51 | AU | Peter Gill | 2 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 2 | 3
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| 54 | 51 | SE | Bjorn Ahlm | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3
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| 55 | 51 | USco | Richard Lesko | 3 | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3
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| 56 | 51 | US | Ernest Kroll | 2 | P | 4 NT | 3 NT | 2 | 3 NT
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| 57 | 51 | USny | Gary DeWitt | 2 NT | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 58 | 51 | LU | Nikos Sarantakos | 2 NT | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 2 | 3
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| 59 | 51 | TW | Ro-Mei Lai | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3
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| 60 | 50 | USga | Bill Bickford | 3 | D | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 61 | 50 | USca | Mark Nau | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | P
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| 62 | 50 | UKen | Keith Sheppard | 2 NT | P | 5 | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 63 | 50 | UKen | Mark Lehto | 2 NT | 4 | 4 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 64 | 50 | IE | James Heneghan | 3 | P | 4 NT | 3 NT | 2 | 3
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| 65 | 50 | USmd | Jim Pestaner | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 NT | 3
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| 66 | 50 | IN | Shyam Sashital | 2 NT | P | 5 | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 67 | 50 | MY | Sin Keong Tong | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | P | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 68 | 50 | USoh | Craig Biddle | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 69 | 50 | USnj | Dirk Enthoven | 2 | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 70 | 50 | USil | Karen Walker | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | P
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| 71 | 50 | USmd | Christopher Miller | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | P | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 72 | 50 | CAab | Lynne Helmer | 2 NT | P | 5 | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 73 | 50 | UStx | Tina McKim | 3 | P | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | P
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| 74 | 49 | IT | Giovanni Macchia | 2 NT | D | 6 | 4 | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 75 | 49 | USin | Joe Conte | 2 NT | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 | 3
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| 76 | 49 | USsc | Rick Giles | 3 | P | 4 NT | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 77 | 49 | EG | Andrew de Sosa | 2 NT | P | 4 NT | 3 NT | 2 | P
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| 78 | 49 | USca | Eric Leong | 2 | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3
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| 79 | 49 | USca | Kathy O’Connell | 3 | P | 6 | 3 NT | 2 | 3
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| 80 | 49 | USnj | Carolyn Watson | 3 | P | 4 NT | D | 2 | 3 NT
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| 81 | 49 | USma | Brad Mampe | 3 | P | 4 NT | D | 2 | 3 NT
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| 82 | 49 | TW | Lemon Chiou | 2 NT | P | 6 | D | 2 NT | 3
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| 83 | 49 | USfl | Marcia Greenstein | 3 | P | 4 NT | D | 2 | 3 NT
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| 84 | 48 | USal | Rick Farver | 3 | P | 5 | 4 | 2 NT | 3
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| 85 | 48 | AU | Michal Rosa | 3 | P | 6 | 3 NT | 2 | P
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| 86 | 48 | FI | Erkki Malkamaki | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 NT | 2 | P
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| 87 | 48 | UKen | David Flower | 2 NT | P | 5 | 4 | 2 NT | 3
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| 88 | 48 | USca | Jim Greer | 3 | P | 4 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 89 | 48 | USla | Ted Morris | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 3 NT | 2 | P
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| 90 | 48 | USnc | Collins Williams | 2 | P | 6 | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 91 | 48 | USva | John Montgomery | 2 NT | D | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 92 | 48 | SE | Tommy Larsson | 3 | P | 5 | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 93 | 48 | AU | Ian Dickison | 2 NT | P | 5 | 4 | 3 NT | 3 NT
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| 94 | 48 | USil | Raina Ruskin | 3 | 4 | 4 NT | D | 2 NT | 3
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| 95 | 48 | USmn | Peg Kaplan | 2 NT | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | P
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| 96 | 48 | USwa | Michael Dodson | 2 NT | D | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 97 | 48 | USca | Fred Flam | 2 NT | P | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | P
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| 98 | 48 | USmi | Howard Abrams | 3 | P | 6 | 3 NT | 2 NT | P
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| 99 | 48 | UStx | Travis Jordan | 3 | P | 4 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 100 | 47 | USca | Jojo Sarkar | 2 NT | D | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 NT |
All Others Above Average
| Rank | Score | CC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 101 | 47 | CAon | Jeffrey Smith | 2 NT | D | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3
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| 102 | 47 | USca | Jay Francis | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 NT | P
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| 103 | 47 | USal | Donna Dahl | 3 | P | 4 | 4 | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 104 | 47 | USwa | Theodore Hwa | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 NT | 2 NT | 3
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| 105 | 47 | UKen | Chris Pearce | 2 | P | 5 | 4 | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 106 | 47 | DE | Rainer Herrmann | 2 NT | P | 5 | 3 NT | 1 NT | 3
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| 107 | 47 | USal | Charles Nichols | 2 | P | 4 NT | D | 2 NT | 3 NT
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| 108 | 47 | TW | I-Don Jien | 2 NT | P | 6 | D | 2 | 3
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| 109 | 47 | TW | Suyu Chiu | 2 NT | 4 | 6 | D | 2 NT | 3 |
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 | 51.57 | 2 | UKen | England | 7
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| 2 | 51.25 | 6 | NL | Netherlands | 8
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| 3 | 49.13 | 21 | USil | Illinois | 8
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| 4 | 48.50 | 16 | USwa | Washington | 6
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| 5 | 47.40 | 65 | USmd | Maryland | 5
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| 6 | 47.00 | 43 | AU | Australia | 6
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| 7 | 46.87 | 1 | USca | California | 23
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| 8 | 46.57 | 12 | USnj | New Jersey | 7
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| 9 | 45.44 | 18 | USfl | Florida | 9
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| 10 | 44.33 | 59 | TW | Taiwan | 9
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| 11 | 41.83 | 41 | USny | New York | 6
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| 12 | 38.80 | 73 | UStx | Texas | 5 |
| Rank | Average | Best | CC | Location | Entries
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| 13 | 58.00 | 5 | USaz | Arizona | 1
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| 14 | 56.00 | 13 | USpa | Pennsylvania | 2
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| 15 | 55.00 | 19 | CH | Switzerland | 1
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| 16 | 55.00 | 22 | JP | Japan | 1
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| 17 | 54.50 | 10 | RU | Russia | 2
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| 18 | 54.00 | 28 | DK | Denmark | 1
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| 19 | 53.33 | 7 | USin | Indiana | 3
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| 20 | 53.00 | 38 | HR | Croatia | 1
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| 21 | 53.00 | 40 | USks | Kansas | 1
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| 22 | 52.00 | 50 | BR | Brazil | 1
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| 23 | 51.00 | 4 | USga | Georgia | 3
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| 24 | 51.00 | 33 | USva | Virginia | 2
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| 25 | 51.00 | 44 | USsc | South Carolina | 3
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| 26 | 51.00 | 58 | LU | Luxembourg | 1
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| 27 | 50.00 | 9 | USmo | Missouri | 2
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| 28 | 50.00 | 24 | CAbc | British Columbia | 2
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| 29 | 50.00 | 64 | IE | Ireland | 1
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| 30 | 50.00 | 67 | MY | Malaysia | 1
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| 31 | 50.00 | 72 | CAab | Alberta | 1
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| 32 | 49.75 | 23 | IN | India | 4
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| 33 | 49.50 | 54 | SE | Sweden | 2
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| 34 | 49.00 | 77 | EG | Egypt | 1
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| 35 | 48.00 | 86 | FI | Finland | 1
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| 36 | 48.00 | 89 | USla | Louisiana | 1
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| 37 | 48.00 | 90 | USnc | North Carolina | 1
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| 38 | 46.67 | 30 | CAon | Ontario | 3
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| 39 | 46.00 | 34 | DE | Germany | 4
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| 40 | 46.00 | 110 | USak | Alaska | 1
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| 41 | 46.00 | 113 | CZ | Czech Republic | 1
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| 42 | 46.00 | 115 | MK | Macedonia | 1
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| 43 | 45.67 | 95 | USmn | Minnesota | 3
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| 44 | 45.50 | 84 | USal | Alabama | 4
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| 45 | 45.00 | 123 | USme | Maine | 1
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| 46 | 45.00 | 127 | USvt | Vermont | 1
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| 47 | 44.50 | 128 | ID | Indonesia | 2
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| 48 | 44.00 | 47 | CApq | Quebec | 2
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| 49 | 44.00 | 140 | NO | Norway | 1
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| 50 | 43.50 | 74 | IT | Italy | 4
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| 51 | 43.25 | 81 | USma | Massachusetts | 4
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| 52 | 43.00 | 150 | PH | Philippines | 1
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| 53 | 43.00 | 151 | EE | Estonia | 1
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| 54 | 42.50 | 45 | ZA | South Africa | 2
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| 55 | 42.33 | 136 | TR | Turkey | 3
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| 56 | 42.25 | 37 | USmi | Michigan | 4
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| 57 | 42.00 | 156 | IL | Israel | 1
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| 58 | 42.00 | 158 | BE | Belgium | 1
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| 59 | 42.00 | 159 | USor | Oregon | 1
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| 60 | 41.50 | 68 | USoh | Ohio | 4
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| 61 | 41.00 | 55 | USco | Colorado | 2
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| 62 | 41.00 | 168 | FR | France | 1
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| 63 | 39.00 | 175 | AT | Austria | 1
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| 64 | 38.00 | 165 | USct | Connecticut | 2
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| 65 | 38.00 | 179 | USok | Oklahoma | 1
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| 66 | 38.00 | 182 | CAns | Nova Scotia | 1
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| 67 | 37.00 | 56 | US | United States | 4
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| 68 | 36.00 | 188 | KR | Korea (South) | 1
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| 69 | 35.50 | 118 | HK | Hong Kong | 2
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| 70 | 34.00 | 192 | UK | United Kingdom | 1
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| 71 | 32.00 | 196 | SG | Singapore | 1
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| 72 | 30.00 | 203 | CN | China | 1 |
© 2000 Richard Pavlicek
by Richard Pavlicek
