The “Delusions of Grandeur” play contest had 732 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 | 732
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| Number of locations | 101
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| Highest score | 60
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| Median score | 40
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| Lowest score | 18
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| Average score | 40.06 |
Top 100 Places
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 60 | UKen | John Reardon | D | C | A | B | B | F
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| 2 | 60 | BG | Zahary Zahariev | D | C | A | B | B | F
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| 3 | 60 | TR | Salvador Assael | D | C | A | B | B | F
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| 4 | 60 | USil | Charles Blair | D | C | A | B | B | F
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| 5 | 60 | USca | Rob Stevens | D | C | A | B | B | F
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| 6 | 60 | SE | Carsten Kofoed | D | C | A | B | B | F
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| 7 | 58 | USin | Tim DeLaney | F | C | A | B | B | F
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| 8 | 57 | USny | Franco Baseggio | D | B | A | B | B | F
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| 9 | 57 | BR | Paulinho Brum | D | C | A | B | F | F
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| 10 | 57 | CAab | Daniel Bertrand | D | C | A | B | F | F
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| 11 | 57 | IN | Gowniyan Vaideeshwar | D | C | A | B | F | F
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| 12 | 57 | USva | Hailong Ao | D | C | A | B | F | F
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| 13 | 57 | IN | Sivakumar Salem | D | C | A | B | F | F
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| 14 | 57 | CAon | Malcolm Ewashkiw | D | C | A | B | F | F
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| 15 | 56 | CAab | David Johnson | D | C | A | E | F | F
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| 16 | 55 | PT | Manuel Oliveira | D | A | A | B | F | F
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| 17 | 54 | PL | Wojtek Siwiec | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 18 | 54 | FI | Pekka Viitasalo | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 19 | 54 | HK | Walter Lee | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 20 | 54 | UKen | Neil Morgenstern | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 21 | 54 | SG | Jinzhou Loo | D | C | A | D | F | F
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| 22 | 54 | TW | D.C. Lin | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 23 | 54 | ZW | Leif-Erik Stabell | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 24 | 54 | SG | Poon Hua | D | C | A | D | F | F
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| 25 | 54 | CAon | Jack Shinehoft | D | B | A | D | B | F
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| 26 | 54 | CAon | Dale Freeman | D | A | F | E | B | F
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| 27 | 54 | CAon | Gabriel Nita-Saguna | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 28 | 54 | TR | Deniz Unlu | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 29 | 54 | UKen | Toby Kenney | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 30 | 54 | NL | Jos van Kan | D | A | A | B | B | D
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| 31 | 54 | IN | Neelotpal Sahai | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 32 | 54 | DE | Rainer Herrmann | D | C | A | B | F | E
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| 33 | 54 | USar | Dick Heil | D | C | E | E | E | F
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| 34 | 54 | USca | Grant Peacock | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 35 | 54 | FI | Erkki Malkamaki | D | A | E | B | F | F
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| 36 | 54 | PT | Manuel Paulo | D | C | A | B | F | E
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| 37 | 54 | USnj | Irina Levitina | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 38 | 54 | IN | Kamal Roy | D | C | A | B | F | E
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| 39 | 54 | CN | Felix Armen | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 40 | 54 | PL | Zdzislaw Beling | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 41 | 54 | PL | Darek Kardas | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 42 | 54 | NL | Perry Groot | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 43 | 54 | USca | Ed Davis | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 44 | 54 | RU | Sergey Kustarov | D | C | D | B | B | F
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| 45 | 53 | TR | Tamer Cokgor | F | A | A | B | F | F
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| 46 | 53 | CAbc | Rhonda Foster | D | A | E | E | F | F
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| 47 | 53 | PL | Wojtek Urban | D | C | A | B | B | A
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| 48 | 53 | USmt | Dot Williams | D | C | A | E | B | C
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| 49 | 53 | AU | Bill Powell | D | C | F | B | E | F
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| 50 | 53 | TR | Osman Ozcan | D | C | F | E | F | F
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| 51 | 53 | FR | Jean-Christophe Clement | F | A | F | B | B | F
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| 52 | 52 | UKsc | Nigel Guthrie | F | C | D | B | B | F
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| 53 | 52 | UKen | Gareth Birdsall | D | A | D | B | B | F
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| 54 | 52 | USwa | N. Scott Cardell | D | A | D | B | B | F
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| 55 | 52 | USaz | Tom Schlangen | F | C | D | B | B | F
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| 56 | 52 | DE | Ursula Illig | D | B | E | E | B | E
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| 57 | 52 | PT | Jorge Goncalves | D | A | A | D | F | F
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| 58 | 52 | USma | Brian Lee | F | C | D | B | B | F
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| 59 | 52 | IT | Felice Cupane | D | A | A | B | F | E
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| 60 | 52 | PT | Paulino Correa | F | C | F | B | F | F
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| 61 | 52 | USma | Charles Altman | D | A | D | B | B | F
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| 62 | 52 | VG | Beverly Washburn | F | A | F | E | B | F
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| 63 | 52 | USpa | Kathy Miller | D | C | A | E | E | E
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| 64 | 52 | AR | Leonardo Feugas | E | C | A | B | B | F
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| 65 | 52 | UKen | James Mates | D | C | A | D | B | B
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| 66 | 52 | USva | Yi Zhong | D | A | A | D | F | F
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| 67 | 51 | UStx | Bill Erwin | C | B | A | B | B | F
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| 68 | 51 | NO | Kristian Kjorstad | D | B | A | D | B | E
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| 69 | 51 | PL | Andrzej Krakowiak | D | C | D | B | F | F
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| 70 | 51 | UK | Marcus Chiloarnus | D | C | A | B | A | F
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| 71 | 51 | PT | Julia Russo | D | A | D | E | B | F
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| 72 | 51 | USin | Doug Avery | D | A | A | E | F | E
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| 73 | 51 | USmi | Tom Juster | D | A | A | E | F | E
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| 74 | 50 | CAon | Daniel Korbel | F | A | D | B | B | F
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| 75 | 50 | IN | Parichay Shah | A | A | A | B | E | F
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| 76 | 50 | UKen | Anthony Golding | D | C | D | B | E | F
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| 77 | 50 | USco | Chuck Reed | D | C | D | E | F | F
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| 78 | 50 | USca | Al Goldspiel | D | A | A | E | E | E
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| 79 | 50 | PL | Jacek Marciniak | D | C | D | F | B | F
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| 80 | 49 | UKen | John England | D | A | A | E | F | B
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| 81 | 49 | USpa | John Policella | D | A | E | B | E | D
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| 82 | 49 | USil | Nikolay Demirev | D | A | D | B | F | F
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| 83 | 49 | CAbc | Connie Delisle | D | A | D | B | F | F
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| 84 | 49 | IN | Kaizad Anklesaria | D | A | A | A | E | F
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| 85 | 49 | PT | Jorgez Pedraz | D | A | A | E | E | D
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| 86 | 49 | IL | Alex Dov | D | A | D | B | F | F
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| 87 | 49 | UKen | Frances Hinden | F | C | D | D | B | F
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| 88 | 49 | PT | Nuno Damaso | D | A | A | D | F | E
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| 89 | 49 | AU | Bruce Neill | E | C | A | B | F | F
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| 90 | 49 | AU | Bill Hearn | F | B | E | E | B | D
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| 91 | 49 | UKen | Mike Ardron | D | D | A | E | B | B
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| 92 | 49 | JP | Kyoko Ohno | D | A | D | D | B | F
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| 93 | 49 | BG | Chavdar Kochkov | D | A | D | B | F | F
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| 94 | 49 | IT | Rodolfo Cerreto | F | C | D | B | F | F
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| 95 | 49 | HK | Pui Kong Chiu | A | A | A | A | B | F
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| 96 | 49 | USny | Bill Daly | D | A | D | B | F | F
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| 97 | 49 | CAon | Mihai Valcu | D | E | A | E | F | F
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| 98 | 49 | NL | Thijs Veugen | D | A | D | D | B | F
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| 99 | 49 | UKen | Douglas Dunn | D | A | D | D | B | F
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| 100 | 49 | BE | Patrick Bocken | D | A | D | B | F | F |
Places 101-200
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 101 | 49 | RO | Radu Mihai | D | A | D | B | F | F
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| 102 | 48 | SG | Gary Ang | D | B | E | E | E | E
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| 103 | 48 | USil | George Klemic | C | A | A | B | E | F
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| 104 | 48 | USmo | Glenn Smith | F | A | A | F | E | F
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| 105 | 48 | AU | Andy Chan | A | A | E | B | B | B
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| 106 | 48 | CAon | Jared Riley | D | A | A | E | E | B
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| 107 | 48 | RO | Catalin Lazar | D | A | F | E | F | E
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| 108 | 48 | IS | Steinarr Gudmundsson | D | B | E | B | E | D
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| 109 | 48 | USca | Jeff Goldsmith | D | C | D | B | F | E
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| 110 | 48 | IT | Marco Catellani | F | C | D | E | F | F
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| 111 | 48 | USma | Vincent Harackiewicz | D | A | A | F | F | E
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| 112 | 48 | IN | Pratap Nair | D | C | A | D | E | B
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| 113 | 48 | USca | Moshe Shatzki | D | A | F | F | F | F
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| 114 | 48 | HU | Laszlo Sztrapkovics | D | A | D | E | F | F
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| 115 | 48 | USoh | John Kranyak | F | A | A | B | E | D
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| 116 | 48 | US | Paul Johnston | F | A | E | B | F | D
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| 117 | 48 | JP | Masayuki Hayasaka | E | C | A | F | B | F
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| 118 | 48 | CAmb | Doug Jobbins | D | A | F | D | B | D
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| 119 | 48 | DE | Joerg Wensch | D | A | D | B | E | F
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| 120 | 48 | AU | Niels Kjellerup | D | A | A | D | E | E
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| 121 | 48 | TW | Wen-Lung Huang | F | A | A | E | F | D
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| 122 | 48 | IN | Anil Upadhyay | D | A | D | B | E | F
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| 123 | 47 | UKen | Geraint Harker | D | A | B | B | B | C
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| 124 | 47 | NL | Dale Rudrum | D | A | F | A | F | F
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| 125 | 47 | PT | Carlos Antunes | D | A | D | E | E | F
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| 126 | 47 | USny | Robert Lipton | D | B | A | B | E | C
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| 127 | 47 | USma | Bruce Tedford | A | C | E | E | E | E
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| 128 | 47 | USca | Jim Rice | F | B | F | E | E | F
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| 129 | 47 | USil | David Shelton | D | A | E | E | C | E
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| 130 | 47 | IE | Ciaran Coyne | E | C | A | B | B | B
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| 131 | 47 | USca | Rena Farber | D | C | E | C | E | F
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| 132 | 47 | ES | Mercedes Eizmendi | F | A | E | E | E | E
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| 133 | 47 | PL | Piotr Iks | D | C | D | F | F | F
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| 134 | 47 | BG | Andrey Petrenko | D | C | F | B | F | A
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| 135 | 47 | ID | Suatmodjo Naslan | D | A | E | F | F | E
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| 136 | 47 | USmd | Jerrold Miller | D | D | A | E | E | E
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| 137 | 47 | MX | Robert Pugh | F | A | D | B | F | F
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| 138 | 47 | HR | Mario Zeljko | F | A | D | B | F | F
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| 139 | 46 | CAon | David Colbert | F | B | A | D | F | E
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| 140 | 46 | USmi | Gordon Parnes | D | A | F | D | F | E
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| 141 | 46 | USpa | Roger Wolf | B | A | A | E | F | E
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| 142 | 46 | USoh | Craig Biddle | D | D | F | B | F | E
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| 143 | 46 | US | Mark Rilling | D | C | F | F | E | E
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| 144 | 46 | USca | Ronald Kow | D | A | E | E | D | E
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| 145 | 46 | CAon | David Grainger | D | A | D | B | F | E
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| 146 | 46 | USga | Larry Giltman | F | D | E | D | B | E
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| 147 | 46 | ZA | Bernard Donde | F | A | A | F | F | E
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| 148 | 46 | USpa | Matt Lahut | D | A | A | F | E | D
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| 149 | 46 | ZA | Carin Verburg | C | A | E | E | E | F
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| 150 | 46 | USca | Steven Hough | D | A | F | F | B | B
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| 151 | 46 | IT | Daniela Tonti | C | A | A | B | F | E
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| 152 | 46 | USva | Tibor Koos | D | A | A | A | E | E
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| 153 | 46 | IE | Karel de Raeymaeker | B | A | A | D | E | F
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| 154 | 46 | ID | Johny Siswadi | D | D | E | B | F | B
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| 155 | 46 | CAab | Sheldon Spier | D | A | F | E | F | B
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| 156 | 46 | NL | Peggy Kruidenier | C | C | A | E | F | D
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| 157 | 46 | USnc | Mike Rice | D | A | E | C | F | F
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| 158 | 46 | USca | Marvin French | E | C | D | B | B | F
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| 159 | 46 | BE | Bernard Danloy | D | A | D | D | F | F
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| 160 | 46 | USnc | David Kogut | F | A | A | D | E | E
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| 161 | 46 | ES | Javier Carbonero | E | A | A | E | F | F
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| 162 | 46 | FI | Kyllikki Aspegren | F | A | E | E | E | D
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| 163 | 46 | UKen | Ashley Sawyer | D | A | A | C | E | F
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| 164 | 46 | USga | Kenneth Hardcastle | F | C | E | F | D | F
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| 165 | 46 | USwa | Len Maxwell | D | A | E | E | D | E
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| 166 | 46 | NL | Ronald Brantsma | D | C | F | D | F | B
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| 167 | 46 | TW | Poker Huang | A | A | A | E | F | D
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| 168 | 46 | USma | J. Michael Andresen | A | A | F | E | E | F
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| 169 | 46 | AU | Heather Scott | D | B | D | E | E | F
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| 170 | 45 | LV | Ivars Rubenis | D | A | D | B | F | D
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| 171 | 45 | CAon | Doug Smyth | D | A | D | B | F | D
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| 172 | 45 | CAon | Jeff Mayhew | D | A | D | E | F | E
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| 173 | 45 | TW | Hang Chang | C | A | A | E | F | E
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| 174 | 45 | USnj | Leonard Helfgott | A | A | D | B | F | F
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| 175 | 45 | NL | Fernando Noordam | E | A | B | B | B | F
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| 176 | 45 | USaz | Max Johnson | A | A | A | E | E | D
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| 177 | 45 | USma | Frank Morgan | A | A | E | E | D | F
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| 178 | 45 | UKen | Charlotte Vine | D | A | B | E | E | E
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| 179 | 45 | UKen | Adam Dickinson | C | A | E | D | B | E
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| 180 | 45 | NO | Svein Erik Dahl | A | A | E | E | E | E
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| 181 | 45 | USny | Dennis Kaye | C | A | A | E | F | E
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| 182 | 45 | ES | Juan Boveda | D | A | D | D | E | F
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| 183 | 45 | ID | Elita Nasution | D | A | F | B | D | E
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| 184 | 45 | USpa | Dottie Abel | D | B | A | E | E | A
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| 185 | 45 | USpa | Frank Abel | D | B | A | E | E | A
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| 186 | 45 | CN | Ligang Ling | D | A | E | F | F | B
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| 187 | 45 | AU | Bill Jacobs | D | A | D | D | E | F
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| 188 | 45 | EG | Andrew de Sosa | D | A | D | F | F | F
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| 189 | 45 | AU | Diana Hearn | F | A | F | E | E | E
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| 190 | 45 | USky | Richard Cornett | D | B | B | F | F | F
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| 191 | 45 | USma | Jim Moore | D | A | F | D | E | E
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| 192 | 45 | BE | Jean Kovalewski | D | E | E | D | E | F
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| 193 | 45 | USoh | Mary Alice Bartish | D | C | F | C | E | F
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| 194 | 45 | CApq | Issie Markowicz | D | C | C | B | F | E
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| 195 | 45 | CAon | Naveed Ather | A | A | D | B | F | F
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| 196 | 45 | IT | Nicola Farina | D | C | D | B | A | F
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| 197 | 45 | USny | Tom Barry | A | A | A | E | E | D
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| 198 | 45 | USfl | Arnold Cohen | F | A | D | E | E | F
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| 199 | 45 | TR | Ufuk Cotuk | D | A | D | F | F | F
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| 200 | 44 | USwa | Josh Sinnett | F | D | D | D | B | F |
Places 201-300
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 201 | 44 | NL | Tommie Nooij | F | A | B | E | F | E
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| 202 | 44 | CAon | Pieter Geerkens | E | A | D | B | B | F
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| 203 | 44 | ID | Pika Piskanto | D | A | D | B | F | B
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| 204 | 44 | USco | Judy Drury | E | C | E | F | F | F
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| 205 | 44 | NZ | Kerry Kelly | D | A | F | C | B | E
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| 206 | 44 | NL | Ben Ter Horst | C | C | F | E | F | E
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| 207 | 44 | HK | Henry Lam | D | D | A | D | F | B
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| 208 | 44 | USoh | Walter Bein | C | A | A | E | E | E
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| 209 | 44 | IN | Mohanakrishnan Kumar | A | A | A | A | B | B
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| 210 | 44 | NL | Frans Buijsen | F | A | D | D | F | F
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| 211 | 44 | UStn | Joseph Hawes | D | A | F | F | E | E
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| 212 | 44 | USct | Scott Loring | B | A | E | B | F | B
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| 213 | 44 | AU | John Dare | F | B | A | E | D | E
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| 214 | 44 | IS | Petur Steinthorsson | D | B | F | D | F | D
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| 215 | 44 | USaz | Paul Glick | A | A | D | E | F | F
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| 216 | 44 | ZA | Sid Ismail | F | A | D | B | F | E
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| 217 | 44 | AR | Raul Martino | C | C | F | E | F | E
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| 218 | 44 | USor | Josh Kvidt | B | A | A | E | E | D
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| 219 | 44 | USor | Darius Jackson | B | A | A | E | E | D
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| 220 | 44 | IL | Arthur Cyngiser | F | A | D | D | F | F
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| 221 | 44 | USwa | Maude Gunn | D | A | D | E | E | E
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| 222 | 44 | IN | Venkatesh Ramaratnam | D | A | F | C | F | F
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| 223 | 44 | LB | Zouheir Ezzeddine | D | F | F | E | E | F
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| 224 | 44 | USnc | Jon Rice | D | A | A | C | F | E
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| 225 | 44 | USnc | Kwong Chung | D | C | A | C | E | D
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| 226 | 44 | CAns | Bryson Crowell | D | B | D | F | F | F
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| 227 | 44 | TR | Yalcin Umurtak | A | A | B | A | B | F
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| 228 | 44 | UStx | Jack Muzzio | C | A | A | E | F | D
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| 229 | 44 | USca | Peter Franks | C | C | F | E | F | E
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| 230 | 44 | UKen | Richard Morse | E | C | A | E | E | E
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| 231 | 44 | DE | Michael Botzet | D | A | D | E | E | E
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| 232 | 44 | TW | Ye-Fon Tsai | C | A | A | E | F | D
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| 233 | 44 | AU | Pam Cross | D | A | F | C | B | E
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| 234 | 44 | CH | Aziza Rusconi | B | C | A | F | E | E
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| 235 | 43 | IT | Franco Galleni | D | D | A | F | F | B
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| 236 | 43 | UKen | Teymur Tahseen | D | E | E | E | F | B
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| 237 | 43 | USny | Kenneth Herman | D | D | E | C | B | E
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| 238 | 43 | USfl | Jane Killelea | D | A | F | C | E | F
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| 239 | 43 | USil | Dan English | F | D | F | B | F | D
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| 240 | 43 | CAon | Matthew Mason | A | A | E | E | F | C
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| 241 | 43 | CAbc | David Hooey | B | A | A | F | F | E
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| 242 | 43 | USfl | Bekir Arslan | D | B | F | D | F | B
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| 243 | 43 | USsc | Rick Giles | D | A | E | C | F | E
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| 244 | 43 | USny | William Bascom | D | A | D | E | F | B
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| 245 | 43 | IT | Valter Boetti | E | C | D | B | B | E
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| 246 | 43 | USny | Gerald Cohen | C | A | D | B | F | F
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| 247 | 43 | IN | Kalyan Lahiri | D | A | E | F | D | E
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| 248 | 43 | USva | Prahalad Rajkumar | F | A | E | D | E | B
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| 249 | 43 | USca | Srikant Sridevan | D | B | F | F | E | E
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| 250 | 43 | USca | Danny Kleinman | D | C | D | D | F | B
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| 251 | 43 | RO | Geza Stanca-Vass | F | A | D | F | F | F
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| 252 | 43 | AU | Elizabeth Wylie | F | A | E | E | D | D
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| 253 | 43 | USpa | Constance Goldberg | D | A | D | E | F | B
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| 254 | 43 | USva | Bill Jamerson | D | A | F | F | F | B
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| 255 | 43 | BM | Florin Patriciu | A | A | A | E | D | E
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| 256 | 43 | BM | Laura Young | A | A | A | E | D | E
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| 257 | 43 | PL | Kazik Drozdz | D | C | D | B | E | A
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| 258 | 43 | NO | Knut Singsaas | B | B | A | E | F | B
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| 259 | 43 | AE | Wael Agamawi | F | A | E | C | E | F
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| 260 | 43 | AR | Gerardo Malazdrewicz | D | F | A | E | E | D
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| 261 | 43 | USms | Peggy Miller | D | B | D | D | B | B
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| 262 | 43 | PL | Marcin Zbroja | E | C | C | B | B | F
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| 263 | 43 | CAab | Dick Yuen | D | D | E | C | F | F
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| 264 | 43 | DE | Harro Wimmel | D | B | D | E | E | E
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| 265 | 43 | USnv | Carol Simon | D | C | D | D | F | B
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| 266 | 43 | CApq | Gabriel Gilbert | F | A | E | A | D | F
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| 267 | 43 | DE | Hans Fleischhack | A | A | D | E | B | D
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| 268 | 43 | UKen | John Haslegrave | F | A | D | D | E | F
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| 269 | 43 | BG | Tchavdar Nikolov | F | A | F | D | B | A
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| 270 | 42 | USca | Sandy Barnes | D | D | B | B | E | D
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| 271 | 42 | FI | Jussi Tamminen | A | A | F | E | F | B
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| 272 | 42 | RO | Radu Bardan | F | A | F | C | F | F
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| 273 | 42 | USfl | Mel Klein | D | A | B | D | F | B
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| 274 | 42 | USoh | Jessie Goodwin | D | B | F | F | E | D
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| 275 | 42 | SG | Eugene Ho | D | A | C | B | E | E
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| 276 | 42 | USmi | Burt Bothell | F | A | D | B | F | B
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| 277 | 42 | USnh | Richard Bator | B | A | A | E | E | C
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| 278 | 42 | CAon | Sheila McDonald | F | C | C | B | E | E
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| 279 | 42 | USnv | Richard Coates | A | A | E | C | F | F
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| 280 | 42 | FI | Joakim Fabritius | D | A | D | E | E | B
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| 281 | 42 | BE | Alon Amsel | F | A | D | F | E | F
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| 282 | 42 | USca | Charles Thompson | C | B | A | E | E | D
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| 283 | 42 | USnm | Ken Harris | F | A | F | C | F | F
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| 284 | 42 | BG | Ognian Smilianov | E | A | A | D | B | B
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| 285 | 42 | SI | Tomaz Butina | A | A | D | D | F | F
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| 286 | 42 | UKen | Luke Porter | C | A | E | A | E | F
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| 287 | 42 | USla | Ted Morris | C | A | A | B | F | A
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| 288 | 42 | UKen | Quentin Stephens | F | A | F | F | F | D
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| 289 | 42 | USny | Andrew Nitzberg | A | E | A | E | F | E
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| 290 | 42 | USpa | George Cross | D | E | A | C | B | E
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| 291 | 42 | USmo | Herbert Condie | D | D | D | B | F | D
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| 292 | 42 | USca | Earl Semones | D | D | D | D | E | F
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| 293 | 42 | IE | Richard Mullins | E | A | A | E | E | E
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| 294 | 42 | USmi | George Hoaglin | D | B | A | C | E | E
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| 295 | 42 | USmn | Mike Cassel | D | B | D | D | F | E
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| 296 | 42 | BG | Emil Ivanov | D | D | D | D | E | F
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| 297 | 42 | UKsc | Tim McKay | E | A | A | E | E | E
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| 298 | 41 | USil | Rain Lan | F | A | D | B | E | B
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| 299 | 41 | NL | Peter van Casteren | F | C | D | F | E | E
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| 300 | 41 | BE | Eugeen Vannuten | D | A | D | C | F | F |
All Others Above Average
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 301 | 41 | USfl | Bob Bernhard | F | C | E | C | E | D
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| 302 | 41 | UKwa | Alan Stephenson | D | D | F | D | F | B
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| 303 | 41 | USco | Steve Marx | B | C | E | E | D | B
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| 304 | 41 | USca | Stephen Seagren | B | A | E | F | E | E
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| 305 | 41 | USca | Allen Prohofsky | E | A | B | E | B | E
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| 306 | 41 | IN | Ramesh Keshavamurthy | A | A | E | F | F | B
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| 307 | 41 | SG | Adam King | A | A | D | D | E | F
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| 308 | 41 | USca | Alvin Farber | D | D | F | F | E | E
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| 309 | 41 | UStx | Jack Lacy | C | A | B | D | F | F
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| 310 | 41 | USca | Stu Goodgold | A | D | F | B | E | E
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| 311 | 41 | USca | Richard Aronson | F | B | D | E | E | E
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| 312 | 41 | USil | Mark Kessler | F | A | D | E | F | B
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| 313 | 41 | PL | Slawek Cwiek | D | C | C | B | F | A
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| 314 | 41 | USca | Mark Sloan | A | B | F | E | F | B
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| 315 | 41 | USfl | Patrick Thomas | D | C | F | C | E | D
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| 316 | 41 | JP | Yoshida Kiyoshi | A | A | F | D | F | D
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| 317 | 41 | CAon | Hiam Bohsali | F | B | F | F | E | E
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| 318 | 41 | FR | Phil Grand | D | A | C | B | E | D
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| 319 | 41 | USil | Rick Kirby | E | B | A | E | E | E
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| 320 | 41 | NZ | John Luoni | D | A | D | D | E | D
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| 321 | 41 | USny | James Fogel | F | C | D | E | D | E
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| 322 | 41 | UStx | Doug Couchman | F | A | D | F | B | B
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| 323 | 41 | RO | Laci Baranyi | D | A | D | D | F | B
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| 324 | 41 | BG | Ludmil Mirov | D | E | D | D | F | F
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| 325 | 41 | USca | Damo Nair | B | A | F | E | E | D
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| 326 | 41 | USny | Jack Presser | E | A | A | A | B | D |
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 | 47.40 | 22 | TW | Taiwan | 5
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| 2 | 45.77 | 17 | PL | Poland | 13
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| 3 | 45.17 | 11 | IN | India | 18
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| 4 | 44.71 | 10 | CAab | Alberta | 7
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| 5 | 43.78 | 2 | BG | Bulgaria | 9
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| 6 | 43.45 | 59 | IT | Italy | 11
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| 7 | 43.14 | 19 | HK | Hong Kong | 7
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| 8 | 43.13 | 21 | SG | Singapore | 8
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| 9 | 43.12 | 16 | PT | Portugal | 17
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| 10 | 43.00 | 63 | USpa | Pennsylvania | 11
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| 11 | 42.63 | 18 | FI | Finland | 8
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| 12 | 42.60 | 130 | IE | Ireland | 5
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| 13 | 42.56 | 32 | DE | Germany | 9
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| 14 | 42.37 | 14 | CAon | Ontario | 27
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| 15 | 42.33 | 135 | ID | Indonesia | 6
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| 16 | 42.20 | 64 | AR | Argentina | 5
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| 17 | 42.20 | 132 | ES | Spain | 5
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| 18 | 41.93 | 4 | USil | Illinois | 14
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| 19 | 41.32 | 1 | UKen | England | 38
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| 20 | 41.30 | 55 | USaz | Arizona | 10
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| 21 | 41.00 | 77 | USco | Colorado | 5
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| 22 | 40.89 | 54 | USwa | Washington | 9
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| 23 | 40.50 | 101 | RO | Romania | 8
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| 24 | 40.40 | 12 | USva | Virginia | 10
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| 25 | 40.38 | 157 | USnc | North Carolina | 8
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| 26 | 40.33 | 8 | USny | New York | 21
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| 27 | 40.28 | 30 | NL | Netherlands | 25
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| 28 | 40.21 | 3 | TR | Turkey | 19
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| 29 | 40.00 | 73 | USmi | Michigan | 6
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| 30 | 39.88 | 58 | USma | Massachusetts | 17
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| 31 | 39.83 | 52 | UKsc | Scotland | 6
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| 32 | 39.75 | 100 | BE | Belgium | 8
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| 33 | 39.60 | 115 | USoh | Ohio | 10
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| 34 | 39.27 | 46 | CAbc | British Columbia | 11
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| 35 | 38.82 | 49 | AU | Australia | 34
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| 36 | 38.61 | 5 | USca | California | 62
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| 37 | 38.29 | 194 | CApq | Quebec | 7
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| 38 | 38.00 | 86 | IL | Israel | 9
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| 39 | 37.71 | 7 | USin | Indiana | 7
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| 40 | 37.60 | 116 | US | United States | 5
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| 41 | 37.50 | 51 | FR | France | 12
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| 42 | 37.29 | 68 | NO | Norway | 7
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| 43 | 37.00 | 6 | SE | Sweden | 9
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| 44 | 37.00 | 37 | USnj | New Jersey | 7
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| 45 | 37.00 | 114 | HU | Hungary | 5
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| 46 | 36.29 | 136 | USmd | Maryland | 7
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| 47 | 36.00 | 67 | UStx | Texas | 14
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| 48 | 35.81 | 198 | USfl | Florida | 32
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| 49 | 35.63 | 205 | NZ | New Zealand | 8
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| 50 | 34.00 | 226 | CAns | Nova Scotia | 7 |
| Rank | Average | Best | LC | Location | Entries
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| 51 | 54.00 | 23 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 1
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| 52 | 54.00 | 33 | USar | Arkansas | 1
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| 53 | 54.00 | 44 | RU | Russia | 1
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| 54 | 53.00 | 48 | USmt | Montana | 1
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| 55 | 52.00 | 62 | VG | Virgin Islands UK | 1
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| 56 | 47.00 | 137 | MX | Mexico | 1
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| 57 | 46.00 | 108 | IS | Iceland | 2
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| 58 | 45.50 | 70 | UK | United Kingdom | 2
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| 59 | 45.33 | 39 | CN | China | 3
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| 60 | 45.00 | 188 | EG | Egypt | 1
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| 61 | 44.00 | 147 | ZA | South Africa | 4
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| 62 | 44.00 | 211 | UStn | Tennessee | 1
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| 63 | 44.00 | 223 | LB | Lebanon | 1
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| 64 | 43.25 | 92 | JP | Japan | 4
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| 65 | 43.00 | 104 | USmo | Missouri | 3
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| 66 | 43.00 | 255 | BM | Bermuda | 2
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| 67 | 43.00 | 259 | AE | United Arab Emirates | 1
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| 68 | 43.00 | 261 | USms | Mississippi | 1
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| 69 | 42.67 | 9 | BR | Brazil | 3
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| 70 | 42.50 | 118 | CAmb | Manitoba | 2
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| 71 | 42.00 | 283 | USnm | New Mexico | 1
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| 72 | 41.33 | 218 | USor | Oregon | 3
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| 73 | 41.33 | 265 | USnv | Nevada | 3
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| 74 | 41.25 | 146 | USga | Georgia | 4
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| 75 | 41.00 | 302 | UKwa | Wales | 1
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| 76 | 40.33 | 170 | LV | Latvia | 3
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| 77 | 39.33 | 138 | HR | Croatia | 3
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| 78 | 39.00 | 277 | USnh | New Hampshire | 2
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| 79 | 38.33 | 234 | CH | Switzerland | 3
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| 80 | 38.00 | 287 | USla | Louisiana | 2
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| 81 | 38.00 | 295 | USmn | Minnesota | 2
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| 82 | 38.00 | 401 | USok | Oklahoma | 2
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| 83 | 38.00 | 441 | USal | Alabama | 1
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| 84 | 37.00 | 474 | BH | Bahrain | 1
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| 85 | 36.00 | 190 | USky | Kentucky | 4
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| 86 | 36.00 | 511 | UKni | Northern Ireland | 1
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| 87 | 35.67 | 285 | SI | Slovenia | 3
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| 88 | 35.00 | 459 | RS | Serbia | 2
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| 89 | 34.75 | 243 | USsc | South Carolina | 4
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| 90 | 34.50 | 485 | USwi | Wisconsin | 2
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| 91 | 34.25 | 212 | USct | Connecticut | 4
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| 92 | 34.00 | 556 | USak | Alaska | 1
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| 93 | 33.00 | 585 | CAsk | Saskatchewan | 1
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| 94 | 32.00 | 619 | CL | Chile | 1
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| 95 | 31.67 | 410 | GR | Greece | 3
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| 96 | 31.50 | 553 | CZ | Czech Republic | 2
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| 97 | 30.50 | 494 | EE | Estonia | 4
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| 98 | 30.00 | 679 | CA | Canada | 1
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| 99 | 29.00 | 682 | MY | Malaysia | 1
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| 100 | 26.00 | 672 | CApe | Prince Edward Island | 2
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| 101 | 24.00 | 723 | TH | Thailand | 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 have 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.
*I do not allow any setting that takes more than a minute to make a play. Time considerations are also used to break ties, i.e., if two bots have the same total score, the edge goes to the one that took less time. I conduct the tests on a 2.0 GHz CPU with 512 MB RAM, running Windows 98.
GIB stepped back into form this month with a narrow win over Blue Chip Bridge and Bridge Buff. The winning score was lower than usual, and none of the bots beat the average human score. I’m not sure what to make of this, other than maybe bots don’t like seven-bids.
Problem 5 proved to be the biggest bot stumper, as most chose plays that were exceedingly poor and unlisted.* Even GIB made me wonder if it had been out partying the night before, winning the 
K and leading a heart to the 10 (blocking hearts), thus forcing an early commitment in clubs. The only bot to stay on the chart was Bridge Baron, but it actually wanted to play the J at trick one.
*If a bot’s sequence of plays is unlisted, I substitute a listed line (A-F) if the difference is trivial, such as a transposition of plays. The indication of Line G means the chosen line was not only unlisted but also worse than (or as bad as) any listed line. For scoring purposes, Line G gets the same award as the lowest listed line.
On Problem 2, HAL came up with a beautiful discovery play. It ruffed the club lead and immediately led three rounds of hearts, ruffing in hand. When West discarded, it was obvious he had no trumps, so HAL took a first-round trump finesse, allowing the third club to be ruffed high. Well done, HAL. You just earned my first-ever Line H.
April 2003 Rankings
| Rank | Score | LC | Program version | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 40 | US | GIB 6.1.3 | D | A | E | C | G | F
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| 2 | 39 | UK | Blue Chip Bridge 4.0.5 | G | C | A | F | G | F
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| 3 | 39 | CA | Bridge Buff 8.0 | F | A | E | F | G | E
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| 4 | 36 | US | Bridge Baron 11.0 | G | A | F | F | E | E
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| 5 | 36 | JP | Micro Bridge 9.01 | G | C | A | F | G | E
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| 6 | 34 | NL | Jack 2.0 | D | E | D | E | G | E
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| 7 | 29 | DE | Q-plus Bridge 7.1 | E | C | D | C | G | F
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| 8 | 11 | US | HAL 9000 | E | H | C | C | G | A |
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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| GIB | Matthew Ginsberg
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| HAL | Someone with a warped mind
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| Jack | Hans Kuijf
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| Micro Bridge | Tomio and Yumiko Uchida
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| Q-plus Bridge | Hans Leber |
© 2003 Richard Pavlicek
by Richard Pavlicek
