The “Distribution Most Foul” play contest had 838 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 | 838
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| Number of locations | 104
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| Highest score | 60
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| Median score | 36
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| Lowest score | 15
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| Average score | 37.80 |
Top 100 Places
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 60 | HR | Dean Pokorny | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 2 | 60 | USmo | Howard Dean | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 3 | 60 | HU | Lajos Linczmayer | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 4 | 60 | IN | Neelotpal Sahai | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 5 | 60 | BG | Zahary Zahariev | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 6 | 60 | UKen | Gareth Birdsall | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 7 | 60 | USmo | Ding-Hwa Hsieh | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 8 | 60 | USil | Charles Blair | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 9 | 60 | FR | Francois Dellacherie | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 10 | 60 | PL | Eustachy Truten | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 11 | 60 | ZW | Leif-Erik Stabell | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 12 | 60 | PT | Manuel Paulo | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 13 | 60 | UK | Marcus Chiloarnus | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 14 | 60 | NL | Frans Buijsen | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 15 | 60 | UKen | John Reardon | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 16 | 60 | USwv | Jim Olson | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 17 | 60 | CN | Ning Liu | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 18 | 60 | UKen | Frances Hinden | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 19 | 60 | USca | Rob Stevens | B | D | F | B | D | C
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| 20 | 59 | CN | Wuping Lu | B | F | F | B | D | C
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| 21 | 59 | PL | Roman Kujaczynski | B | D | F | A | D | C
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| 22 | 58 | PL | Wojtek Siwiec | A | D | F | B | D | C
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| 23 | 58 | PL | Hieronim Wspanialy | A | D | F | B | D | C
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| 24 | 58 | PL | Klitajmestra Dzierlatka | A | D | F | B | D | C
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| 25 | 58 | CN | Jing Liu | B | D | F | B | F | C
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| 26 | 58 | PL | Tomasz Radko | B | F | F | A | D | C
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| 27 | 58 | IN | Kamal Roy | B | D | F | B | F | C
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| 28 | 58 | HU | Imre Csiszar | B | D | F | B | F | C
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| 29 | 58 | IN | Gowniyan Vaideeshwar | B | D | F | B | F | C
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| 30 | 58 | DE | Rainer Herrmann | B | D | F | B | F | C
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| 31 | 58 | IN | Sivakumar Salem | B | D | F | B | F | C
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| 32 | 58 | BE | Sebastien Louveaux | B | D | F | B | F | C
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| 33 | 58 | IN | Venkatesh Ramaratnam | B | D | F | B | F | C
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| 34 | 58 | USoh | Carolyn Ahlert | B | D | F | B | F | C
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| 35 | 58 | UKen | Toby Kenney | B | D | F | B | F | C
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| 36 | 58 | USor | John Lusky | A | D | F | B | D | C
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| 37 | 58 | UKsc | Nigel Guthrie | A | D | F | B | D | C
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| 38 | 57 | NL | Jan Tesselaar | B | D | F | A | F | C
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| 39 | 57 | IL | Rafi Amado | A | D | F | A | D | C
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| 40 | 57 | RO | Laurentiu Dimcica | B | F | F | B | F | C
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| 41 | 57 | SE | Carsten Kofoed | B | D | F | A | F | C
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| 42 | 57 | CN | Weidong Yang | A | D | F | A | D | C
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| 43 | 56 | AU | Bruce Neill | B | B | F | B | D | C
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| 44 | 56 | BG | Ognian Smilianov | A | D | F | B | F | C
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| 45 | 56 | HK | Hongyan Chen | B | F | F | A | F | C
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| 46 | 56 | AT | Martin Ogris | B | D | F | E | D | C
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| 47 | 55 | RE | Sylvain Brethes | C | D | F | A | D | C
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| 48 | 55 | FI | Jouko Paganus | B | E | F | B | F | C
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| 49 | 55 | UKen | Anthony Golding | A | F | F | B | F | C
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| 50 | 55 | UKen | Michael Clark | B | D | F | A | E | C
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| 51 | 55 | UKwa | Julian Pottage | E | D | F | B | D | C
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| 52 | 55 | USpa | Steve White | A | F | F | B | F | C
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| 53 | 55 | USma | Bob Boudreau | A | F | F | B | F | C
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| 54 | 55 | CAon | Dale Freeman | B | E | F | B | F | C
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| 55 | 55 | PL | Kazik Drozdz | B | D | F | C | D | C
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| 56 | 55 | USwa | N. Scott Cardell | B | E | F | B | F | C
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| 57 | 55 | CAbc | Sandy McIlwain | B | E | F | B | F | C
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| 58 | 55 | CAns | Gerald Murphy | A | D | F | A | F | C
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| 59 | 54 | BE | Alon Amsel | B | D | D | B | F | C
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| 60 | 54 | FR | Patrice Piganeau | B | D | F | B | B | C
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| 61 | 54 | NO | Kristian Kjorstad | B | D | F | E | F | C
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| 62 | 54 | UKen | Teymur Tahseen | B | D | D | B | F | C
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| 63 | 53 | USfl | Steve Barcus | B | D | F | F | D | C
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| 64 | 53 | NL | Foppe Hemminga | B | D | F | F | D | C
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| 65 | 53 | USoh | David Olson | B | D | E | B | E | C
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| 66 | 53 | ES | Jordi Sabate | C | E | F | B | D | C
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| 67 | 53 | FI | Juuso Leikola | A | E | F | B | F | C
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| 68 | 53 | CAab | Daniel Bertrand | B | E | F | B | E | C
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| 69 | 53 | NL | Thijs Veugen | B | F | F | A | F | A
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| 70 | 53 | CN | Xiongwen Gu | B | D | F | C | F | C
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| 71 | 53 | PT | Jorge Castanheira | B | F | D | B | F | C
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| 72 | 53 | CApq | Norm Gordon | C | F | F | B | F | C
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| 73 | 53 | UKen | Douglas Dunn | A | D | F | A | E | C
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| 74 | 53 | PL | Slawek Cwiek | A | D | F | C | D | C
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| 75 | 53 | NL | Daniel de Lind van Wijngaarden | A | F | F | B | E | C
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| 76 | 53 | FI | Erkki Malkamaki | A | F | F | E | D | C
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| 77 | 53 | USca | Grant Peacock | B | F | D | B | F | C
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| 78 | 52 | USma | Charles Altman | B | D | F | B | F | E
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| 79 | 52 | CN | Wqiqiqi Laoqi Wu | A | D | D | B | F | C
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| 80 | 52 | PL | Julka Kowalska | B | D | F | D | D | C
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| 81 | 52 | CAns | B. Downey Grover | E | F | F | B | F | C
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| 82 | 51 | USin | Tim DeLaney | B | D | F | B | A | C
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| 83 | 51 | USca | Tysen Streib | B | B | D | A | D | C
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| 84 | 51 | USaz | Steven Price | A | D | D | A | F | C
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| 85 | 51 | HK | Pui Kei Tsang | B | B | E | B | F | C
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| 86 | 51 | CN | Liang Chen | A | F | F | E | F | C
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| 87 | 51 | ZA | Sid Ismail | A | F | F | A | F | A
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| 88 | 51 | USia | Bob McCurdy | A | F | E | A | F | C
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| 89 | 51 | FR | Thibault Wolf | B | D | F | C | E | C
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| 90 | 51 | SE | Rolf Mattsson | B | D | F | F | F | C
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| 91 | 50 | UKsc | Paul Gipson | B | D | F | C | F | A
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| 92 | 50 | US | Harry Qian | B | F | F | F | F | C
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| 93 | 50 | DE | Gordon Kolling | B | F | F | B | F | F
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| 94 | 50 | CN | Jiantao Luo | E | E | F | B | F | C
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| 95 | 50 | PL | Darek Kardas | A | D | F | D | D | C
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| 96 | 50 | CAab | David Johnson | D | F | F | B | F | C
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| 97 | 50 | CAon | Bala Iyer | B | E | F | C | F | C
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| 98 | 49 | ID | Noer Imanzal Kartamadjana | E | D | F | E | F | C
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| 99 | 49 | CD | Paul Inbona | A | A | F | B | D | C
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| 100 | 49 | PL | Euzebiusz Rebajllo | A | A | F | B | D | C |
Places 101-200
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 101 | 49 | USga | Fred Tanzer | B | F | F | C | F | A
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| 102 | 49 | USma | Barney Reiffen | A | D | F | E | F | A
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| 103 | 49 | IE | Ciaran Coyne | A | D | F | F | F | C
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| 104 | 49 | PL | Jacek Masiarek | A | B | F | C | D | C
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| 105 | 49 | RU | Artem Arikov | E | F | E | B | F | C
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| 106 | 49 | CN | Hulu Jiu | B | F | A | B | E | C
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| 107 | 49 | CAon | Gabriel Nita-Saguna | C | D | F | B | D | F
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| 108 | 48 | USal | John Lawson | E | F | F | E | F | C
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| 109 | 48 | SG | Poon Hua | E | F | F | E | F | C
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| 110 | 48 | USva | Yi Zhong | A | F | F | E | D | B
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| 111 | 48 | USca | Rich Pavlicek | B | F | F | F | E | C
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| 112 | 48 | USnj | Tina Daly | A | F | E | E | F | C
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| 113 | 48 | CAbc | Connie Delisle | B | E | F | F | F | C
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| 114 | 48 | USco | Jess Cohen | E | D | F | B | F | B
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| 115 | 48 | PT | Carlos Cabrinha | A | B | F | A | F | A
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| 116 | 48 | AU | Bill Powell | B | E | F | B | F | F
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| 117 | 47 | IN | Abhijit Ghosh | E | D | F | A | F | B
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| 118 | 47 | USmi | Gordon Parnes | B | F | E | F | F | C
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| 119 | 47 | USva | Kaustuv Das | E | F | F | C | F | C
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| 120 | 47 | HK | Pui Kong Chiu | B | F | D | B | C | B
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| 121 | 47 | HU | Istvan Fay | A | B | F | C | F | C
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| 122 | 47 | EG | Andrew de Sosa | A | D | F | B | E | F
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| 123 | 47 | USfl | Polly Ober | B | F | F | E | F | E
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| 124 | 47 | PT | Paulino Correa | F | D | F | C | D | C
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| 125 | 47 | PL | Marcin Zbroja | A | E | F | D | D | C
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| 126 | 47 | PT | Manuel Oliveira | B | B | F | B | F | F
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| 127 | 47 | CN | Sheng Jiao | B | F | A | E | F | C
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| 128 | 47 | UKen | Julian Wightwick | B | B | F | F | F | C
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| 129 | 47 | CN | Hubin Hubin | B | F | E | F | F | C
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| 130 | 46 | CAab | Dick Yuen | C | F | F | A | F | E
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| 131 | 46 | SE | Adam Folke | B | E | F | D | C | C
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| 132 | 46 | IT | Marco Catellani | A | B | F | A | D | F
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| 133 | 46 | CAmb | David Sired | A | F | F | A | F | D
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| 134 | 46 | US | David Dunstan | E | F | D | A | C | C
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| 135 | 46 | NL | Monique van de Sande | C | C | F | A | C | C
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| 136 | 46 | USpa | Andy Purbrick | A | F | E | C | C | C
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| 137 | 46 | HR | Tomislav Bosnjak | A | F | D | C | F | C
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| 138 | 46 | CAab | Jan Lips | E | C | F | A | F | C
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| 139 | 46 | UKen | Norman Grant | D | C | F | A | D | C
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| 140 | 46 | UKen | Adam Dickinson | D | D | F | C | F | C
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| 141 | 46 | CN | Alex Xie | E | B | D | A | D | C
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| 142 | 46 | CH | Olivier La Spada | E | D | D | A | E | C
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| 143 | 46 | PL | Andrzej Krakowiak | A | B | F | D | D | C
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| 144 | 46 | PL | Wojtek Urban | A | B | F | D | D | C
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| 145 | 45 | CN | Ying Ma | A | F | F | F | F | A
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| 146 | 45 | CAon | Nick Wong | C | F | F | A | F | F
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| 147 | 45 | USnc | Jon Rice | E | B | F | E | F | C
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| 148 | 45 | USor | Mike Sweet | A | E | F | D | F | C
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| 149 | 45 | IT | Francesco Badolato | A | E | F | C | F | A
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| 150 | 45 | SG | Adam King | E | F | F | F | F | C
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| 151 | 45 | UStx | Richard Higgins | A | D | D | B | E | B
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| 152 | 45 | RU | Evgeny Nozdrin | E | B | E | B | C | C
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| 153 | 45 | NL | Tjebbe Witteveen | B | D | C | F | C | C
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| 154 | 45 | HR | Zoran Bohacek | A | F | F | C | E | A
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| 155 | 45 | PL | Andrzej Matuszewski | B | F | D | D | F | C
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| 156 | 44 | USor | Paul Flashenberg | A | F | F | E | F | F
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| 157 | 44 | USca | Len Vishnevsky | B | A | F | F | D | C
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| 158 | 44 | CAns | Del Knox | B | B | F | E | C | B
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| 159 | 44 | TR | Ufuk Cotuk | B | A | F | F | D | C
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| 160 | 44 | TR | Murat Yavuz | A | D | F | F | D | F
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| 161 | 44 | AU | Keith Barrie | E | F | F | D | F | C
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| 162 | 44 | USaz | Max Johnson | E | F | F | C | F | A
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| 163 | 44 | SI | Tomaz Butina | A | F | F | E | E | B
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| 164 | 44 | USnj | Roger Cooley | D | D | F | A | F | E
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| 165 | 44 | USfl | Jeff Hand | B | B | E | B | F | F
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| 166 | 44 | SI | Tolja Orac | E | B | F | B | E | A
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| 167 | 44 | UKen | Geraint Harker | A | B | F | D | F | C
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| 168 | 44 | CAbc | Brad Bart | B | D | F | F | F | F
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| 169 | 44 | FR | Daniel Tixier | B | F | E | E | F | E
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| 170 | 44 | USca | Barbara Jones | A | B | A | E | D | C
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| 171 | 44 | NL | Philip Mokveld | A | D | A | C | D | A
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| 172 | 44 | CH | Beda Wettenschwiler | E | F | E | C | F | C
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| 173 | 44 | BE | Luc Segers | A | D | A | A | F | B
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| 174 | 44 | FR | Jean-Christophe Clement | A | B | D | E | F | C
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| 175 | 44 | PT | Joao Costa | E | B | F | C | F | C
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| 176 | 44 | FI | Jussi Tamminen | C | F | B | B | F | C
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| 177 | 44 | UStx | David Cochener | E | F | F | D | F | C
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| 178 | 43 | USil | George Klemic | E | D | E | B | F | F
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| 179 | 43 | HK | Wing-Kai Hon | B | F | F | C | E | F
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| 180 | 43 | UKen | Audrey Kueh | E | D | E | B | F | F
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| 181 | 43 | USil | Dan English | E | B | F | C | C | C
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| 182 | 43 | USky | Russ Holtzclaw | E | F | D | C | F | C
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| 183 | 43 | AU | Andy Chan | E | C | E | A | F | C
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| 184 | 43 | USca | Phil Swan | E | F | F | C | D | E
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| 185 | 43 | CAab | Sheldon Spier | C | E | F | A | F | F
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| 186 | 43 | USin | John Huus | E | F | C | E | F | C
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| 187 | 43 | AU | Bob Geyer | E | F | F | A | C | F
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| 188 | 43 | USca | Dan Scarola | E | B | F | B | F | E
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| 189 | 43 | UStx | Albert Sekac | B | B | F | C | F | E
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| 190 | 43 | TR | Ahmet Turan Oner | A | B | F | E | F | B
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| 191 | 43 | IN | Shreerang Joshi | C | D | A | C | F | C
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| 192 | 43 | FR | Philippe Guichard | E | D | E | B | F | F
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| 193 | 43 | BG | Tchavdar Nikolov | E | D | A | E | F | C
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| 194 | 43 | IT | Valter Boetti | A | D | F | D | F | B
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| 195 | 43 | USfl | F.B. Green | E | F | D | C | F | C
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| 196 | 43 | UKen | Carlos Dabezies | D | F | E | E | F | C
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| 197 | 42 | USca | Allen Prohofsky | E | E | E | C | F | C
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| 198 | 42 | BE | Bram Amsel | D | F | F | B | F | D
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| 199 | 42 | USmd | Frances Knopf | D | F | D | E | F | C
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| 200 | 42 | TR | Cengiz Oncu | A | D | F | F | F | F |
Places 201-300
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 201 | 42 | IE | Mary Collins | F | E | D | A | F | C
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| 202 | 42 | AU | Ruben Ljungh | E | F | F | F | F | A
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| 203 | 42 | UKen | Andy Pdsivjfps | E | B | F | E | F | A
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| 204 | 42 | USpa | Stefan Basinski | E | B | F | C | E | C
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| 205 | 42 | CAon | Greg Whittaker | E | F | C | C | F | C
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| 206 | 42 | CAon | Douglas McCorkell | C | B | E | B | D | F
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| 207 | 42 | BE | Jean Verbeke | A | B | F | E | F | E
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| 208 | 42 | IN | Bonny D’Lima | A | C | F | C | F | A
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| 209 | 42 | NO | Magnus Gulbrandsen | F | D | F | A | C | E
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| 210 | 42 | USmo | Charlie Lynn | E | B | F | F | F | C
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| 211 | 42 | CAon | Tom Buttle | E | D | D | F | F | C
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| 212 | 42 | UKen | Mike Tucker | E | F | F | E | F | E
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| 213 | 42 | USny | Gerald Cohen | A | F | F | C | E | E
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| 214 | 42 | CAns | Bryson Crowell | A | D | E | E | F | F
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| 215 | 42 | USpa | David Klaus | B | A | A | A | F | C
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| 216 | 42 | BG | Ventseslav Dankov | B | F | E | C | F | F
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| 217 | 42 | US | Pat Rich | E | D | D | F | F | C
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| 218 | 42 | USca | Steven Hough | E | C | F | C | F | C
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| 219 | 42 | TR | Sitki Sonmezer | B | F | E | C | F | F
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| 220 | 42 | TH | Apisai Makmitree | B | B | F | C | F | F
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| 221 | 42 | USct | Scott Maramo | E | C | F | C | F | C
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| 222 | 42 | BE | Rutger van Mechelen | A | A | F | C | F | C
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| 223 | 42 | EE | Andres Veer | E | B | E | E | F | C
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| 224 | 41 | NZ | Pieter Verhoek | B | B | F | C | F | D
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| 225 | 41 | CN | Qing Ye | C | B | D | C | F | C
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| 226 | 41 | CN | Michael Liu | E | B | F | C | F | A
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| 227 | 41 | RS | Zoran Radojcic | A | F | F | D | F | E
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| 228 | 41 | USwa | Keller Wightman | A | D | F | F | E | E
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| 229 | 41 | USnc | Mike Rice | E | B | D | E | F | C
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| 230 | 41 | USwa | John Givins | E | F | F | C | F | E
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| 231 | 41 | CAon | Pieter Geerkens | B | A | F | D | F | C
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| 232 | 41 | AR | Jorge Gueglio | E | B | E | C | F | C
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| 233 | 41 | IN | Joy Sarma | E | B | E | C | F | C
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| 234 | 41 | TR | Leyla Kezer | A | F | E | C | F | E
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| 235 | 41 | PL | Krzysztof Kurowicki | E | C | F | A | F | B
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| 236 | 41 | CAon | Junaid Said | B | D | E | C | E | F
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| 237 | 41 | USny | Grace Lloyd | A | F | D | C | F | B
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| 238 | 41 | SE | Bjorn Sorling | E | F | F | C | F | E
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| 239 | 41 | CAbc | Brent Mooder | C | E | F | C | F | B
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| 240 | 41 | EE | Meelis Tiitson | A | D | F | C | E | D
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| 241 | 41 | USva | Mariana Koos | F | F | E | E | C | C
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| 242 | 41 | USco | Charles Goudey | F | B | F | E | C | C
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| 243 | 41 | CAon | John Cunningham | A | F | D | F | F | A
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| 244 | 41 | USfl | Len Rubin | B | C | E | F | D | A
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| 245 | 41 | IE | Willem Mevius | E | F | E | D | F | C
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| 246 | 41 | USca | Stu Goodgold | E | F | F | C | F | E
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| 247 | 41 | CN | Qijiao Wei | A | F | F | F | F | F
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| 248 | 41 | CN | Flying Rain | E | F | F | C | F | E
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| 249 | 41 | CN | Riven King | A | F | F | F | F | F
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| 250 | 41 | UKen | Paul McDonald | E | B | F | E | C | A
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| 251 | 41 | USma | Bruce Tedford | A | F | E | C | F | E
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| 252 | 41 | UStx | Jimmy Hubbard | A | C | F | C | C | A
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| 253 | 41 | AU | Bill Hearn | F | F | E | C | F | C
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| 254 | 41 | EE | Jan Tartan | E | B | D | E | F | C
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| 255 | 41 | DE | Christian Glubrecht | A | B | E | D | F | C
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| 256 | 41 | DE | Joerg Wensch | C | B | E | E | E | C
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| 257 | 41 | USmn | Andy Caranicas | A | D | D | C | F | E
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| 258 | 41 | USca | Richard Aronson | E | B | F | C | F | A
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| 259 | 40 | CN | Yuyang Wang | C | D | F | C | C | D
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| 260 | 40 | DE | Hans Fleischhack | B | B | F | D | C | B
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| 261 | 40 | RO | Oana Cherciu | E | D | A | A | F | E
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| 262 | 40 | USil | Jack Hagerty | D | F | E | E | D | B
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| 263 | 40 | NZ | Moira Macnab | E | B | E | C | C | C
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| 264 | 40 | USny | Bruce Ross | A | F | F | D | F | F
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| 265 | 40 | HK | Sing Lam | E | E | D | C | C | C
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| 266 | 40 | USms | Peggy Miller | A | D | F | D | C | F
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| 267 | 40 | ID | Pika Piskanto | B | B | D | F | F | A
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| 268 | 40 | AR | Raul Martino | E | A | D | B | F | C
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| 269 | 40 | USca | Marina Fomenkova | E | B | F | A | F | D
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| 270 | 40 | CAnb | Mike Hartop | E | B | F | E | F | B
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| 271 | 40 | CAon | Jack Shinehoft | E | F | F | E | F | D
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| 272 | 40 | PT | Pedro Morbey | A | F | F | D | F | F
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| 273 | 40 | USct | Ray Bazinet | B | B | E | C | F | E
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| 274 | 40 | SE | Mans Nedlich | E | B | F | A | C | F
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| 275 | 40 | USnj | Leonard Helfgott | E | D | F | C | C | F
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| 276 | 40 | CAon | Matthew Mason | E | B | E | B | C | B
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| 277 | 40 | USny | Jay Levy | C | F | F | D | F | B
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| 278 | 40 | BG | Irena Filkova | A | F | D | E | F | F
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| 279 | 40 | USdc | Jonathan Siegel | E | B | D | C | F | C
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| 280 | 40 | FI | Taru Suppula | A | F | D | C | F | E
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| 281 | 40 | USnj | Valerie Tritt | E | E | F | E | F | E
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| 282 | 40 | ES | Javier Carbonero | C | A | D | A | F | C
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| 283 | 40 | AT | Michael Benedikt | E | F | D | A | F | F
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| 284 | 39 | SG | Charles Leong | E | F | E | D | E | C
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| 285 | 39 | UKen | John Osmond | E | C | E | C | F | C
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| 286 | 39 | USok | Frances Dolan | D | B | C | B | D | B
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| 287 | 39 | UKen | Stephen Turner | D | D | F | C | F | F
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| 288 | 39 | USma | Vincent Harackiewicz | E | E | F | C | F | E
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| 289 | 39 | USms | Jane Hewes | E | E | D | A | D | D
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| 290 | 39 | ID | Dayle Gilliatt | E | F | E | C | F | B
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| 291 | 39 | RO | Kostea Cucu | E | B | E | F | F | C
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| 292 | 39 | US | Steve Dahlem | E | C | F | C | F | A
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| 293 | 39 | SG | Roddy Kok | C | F | F | D | F | E
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| 294 | 39 | PT | Goncalo Esmeraldo | A | E | D | E | C | B
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| 295 | 39 | USfl | Barbara Tate | E | C | D | E | F | C
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| 296 | 39 | USca | Jack Shiffer | E | B | F | E | F | E
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| 297 | 39 | NL | Martijn Schoonderwoerd | E | F | E | D | E | C
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| 298 | 39 | US | Paul Ash | E | E | F | E | F | F
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| 299 | 39 | NZ | Michael Johnstone | E | E | F | C | F | E
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| 300 | 39 | USva | Mark McEnearney | A | A | F | D | F | C |
All Others Above Average
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 301 | 39 | NL | William Claassen | A | F | F | D | F | D
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| 302 | 39 | USmn | Tony Ames | F | F | F | C | F | B
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| 303 | 39 | UKen | Mary Stanley | E | C | E | B | E | A
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| 304 | 39 | USca | Jim Bauch | E | F | F | C | E | E
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| 305 | 39 | NZ | Stephen Cullen | F | D | E | A | F | F
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| 306 | 39 | RO | Alin Salinacki | E | C | D | E | F | C
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| 307 | 39 | IN | Gopichand Anne | F | B | F | F | F | C
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| 308 | 39 | ID | Suatmodjo Naslan | E | B | F | A | E | F
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| 309 | 39 | TR | Cengiz Miroglu | B | D | E | D | C | F
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| 310 | 39 | UStx | Robert Szafranski | E | C | F | C | F | A
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| 311 | 39 | USfl | Coimbatore Iswaran | E | B | F | C | F | B
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| 312 | 39 | USmn | Jack Rhatigan | A | F | D | C | F | F
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| 313 | 39 | RO | Marius Cosma | E | F | E | E | F | E
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| 314 | 39 | CApq | Peter Schwartz | E | F | E | E | C | B
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| 315 | 39 | PT | Miguel Joaquim | C | F | B | C | F | C
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| 316 | 39 | FR | David Elias | E | E | D | F | F | C
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| 317 | 39 | CApq | Ansar Burney | D | C | F | C | C | C
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| 318 | 39 | CAon | Naveed Ather | A | B | F | F | F | E
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| 319 | 39 | USak | Gary Irwin | F | C | E | A | D | A
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| 320 | 39 | USfl | Marcia Greenstein | B | B | E | E | E | E
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| 321 | 39 | CAon | Richard Wilson | A | F | D | F | F | B
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| 322 | 39 | PT | Anant Rajani | E | B | F | C | F | B
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| 323 | 38 | USny | Barry Rigal | A | F | E | F | F | F
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| 324 | 38 | CAon | Pearl Goodman | F | B | F | A | C | E
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| 325 | 38 | LV | Ivars Rubenis | A | B | F | C | E | F
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| 326 | 38 | IN | Raghavendra Rajkumar | E | F | E | C | F | E
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| 327 | 38 | USdc | Daniel Morgan | E | B | F | C | F | E
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| 328 | 38 | USva | Chris Johnson | E | F | F | E | E | D
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| 329 | 38 | USsc | Wes Bailey | A | B | A | A | E | B
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| 330 | 38 | USmi | Ronald Rasansky | E | D | F | D | F | F
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| 331 | 38 | SE | Tommy Jansson | E | D | F | D | C | E
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| 332 | 38 | TR | Burak Bitlis | E | C | F | E | E | A
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| 333 | 38 | CAon | David Colbert | A | F | C | C | E | B
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| 334 | 38 | USca | Michael Baiano | E | B | F | C | F | E
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| 335 | 38 | USga | Bill Bickford | D | B | F | A | E | E
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| 336 | 38 | USnj | Steven Shulman | D | C | F | E | F | A
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| 337 | 38 | USny | Gene Marks | E | F | E | C | F | E
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| 338 | 38 | USca | Alan Shotkin | E | E | E | A | F | D
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| 339 | 38 | USor | James Weider | C | F | D | C | F | E
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| 340 | 38 | LB | Zouheir Ezzeddine | E | F | C | A | F | D
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| 341 | 38 | CApq | Danny Katz | E | B | A | C | F | C
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| 342 | 38 | USpa | Frank Abel | E | F | E | C | F | E
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| 343 | 38 | NZ | Bruce Kelly | F | B | E | C | F | C
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| 344 | 38 | USca | Jimmie Swan | E | C | F | C | D | E
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| 345 | 38 | UKen | Ashley Sawyer | A | F | C | C | C | E
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| 346 | 38 | USga | Mike Benoit | E | B | F | C | F | E
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| 347 | 38 | CAns | Philippe Westreich | A | B | E | C | F | E
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| 348 | 38 | USca | Sandy Barnes | F | A | F | A | E | C
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| 349 | 38 | ID | Edi Nugroho | E | C | F | A | F | D
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| 350 | 38 | RO | Radu Vasilescu | E | F | F | D | F | E
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| 351 | 38 | USva | Prahalad Rajkumar | E | B | E | A | F | F
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| 352 | 38 | ES | Hector Fuentes | E | B | E | F | C | C
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| 353 | 38 | CAbc | David Hooey | E | B | F | C | F | E
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| 354 | 38 | CAon | Jim Pew | E | C | E | E | E | C
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| 355 | 38 | IL | Moshe White | E | C | E | C | D | A
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| 356 | 38 | USky | Max Hoover | A | B | A | C | F | A
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| 357 | 38 | CN | Xiangrong Wang | A | E | E | C | F | F
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| 358 | 38 | US | Adams Zhou | A | B | F | F | F | F
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| 359 | 38 | PT | Antonio Costa-Cabral | E | B | F | E | C | E
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| 360 | 38 | USpa | Sal Berenholz | F | F | E | E | C | A
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| 361 | 38 | USmd | John Glynn | A | B | D | E | F | E
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| 362 | 38 | AU | Charles Baker | F | F | F | E | F | F
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| 363 | 38 | HU | Balazs Kovacs | E | D | D | C | F | E
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| 364 | 38 | RO | Gelu Serpoi | A | E | F | D | F | F
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| 365 | 38 | CN | Jet Chj | D | D | F | C | F | D
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| 366 | 38 | AU | Diana Hearn | F | F | A | C | F | C
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| 367 | 38 | CApq | Pascale Gaudreault | E | B | F | C | F | E
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| 368 | 38 | USny | Jack Presser | E | F | C | D | C | C
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| 369 | 38 | BG | Violeta Staykova | E | B | F | E | F | F
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| 370 | 38 | USca | Srikant Sridevan | E | F | F | D | F | E
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| 371 | 38 | ES | Margaret Spaargaren | A | C | D | C | F | A
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| 372 | 38 | USfl | Jim Tully | E | E | C | F | F | C |
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 | 50.26 | 10 | PL | Poland | 19
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| 2 | 45.00 | 68 | CAab | Alberta | 6
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| 3 | 44.46 | 17 | CN | China | 28
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| 4 | 44.33 | 30 | DE | Germany | 6
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| 5 | 43.24 | 4 | IN | India | 17
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| 6 | 41.80 | 37 | UKsc | Scotland | 5
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| 7 | 41.71 | 2 | USmo | Missouri | 7
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| 8 | 41.33 | 36 | USor | Oregon | 6
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| 9 | 41.00 | 3 | HU | Hungary | 8
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| 10 | 40.83 | 9 | FR | France | 12
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| 11 | 40.50 | 32 | BE | Belgium | 10
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| 12 | 40.00 | 58 | CAns | Nova Scotia | 9
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| 13 | 39.89 | 12 | PT | Portugal | 19
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| 14 | 39.67 | 98 | ID | Indonesia | 6
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| 15 | 39.60 | 66 | ES | Spain | 5
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| 16 | 39.40 | 5 | BG | Bulgaria | 10
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| 17 | 39.22 | 45 | HK | Hong Kong | 9
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| 18 | 39.20 | 48 | FI | Finland | 10
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| 19 | 39.02 | 6 | UKen | England | 51
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| 20 | 38.62 | 41 | SE | Sweden | 13
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| 21 | 38.61 | 14 | NL | Netherlands | 23
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| 22 | 38.23 | 53 | USma | Massachusetts | 13
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| 23 | 37.88 | 132 | IT | Italy | 8
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| 24 | 37.80 | 142 | CH | Switzerland | 5
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| 25 | 37.67 | 61 | NO | Norway | 6
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| 26 | 37.67 | 92 | US | United States | 9
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| 27 | 37.45 | 110 | USva | Virginia | 11
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| 28 | 37.41 | 54 | CAon | Ontario | 34
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| 29 | 37.40 | 112 | USnj | New Jersey | 10
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| 30 | 37.29 | 39 | IL | Israel | 7
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| 31 | 37.21 | 40 | RO | Romania | 14
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| 32 | 36.91 | 43 | AU | Australia | 23
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| 33 | 36.69 | 151 | UStx | Texas | 13
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| 34 | 36.50 | 52 | USpa | Pennsylvania | 16
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| 35 | 36.40 | 213 | USny | New York | 15
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| 36 | 36.27 | 57 | CAbc | British Columbia | 15
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| 37 | 36.20 | 8 | USil | Illinois | 10
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| 38 | 36.20 | 159 | TR | Turkey | 15
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| 39 | 36.20 | 257 | USmn | Minnesota | 5
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| 40 | 36.18 | 19 | USca | California | 49
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| 41 | 36.11 | 109 | SG | Singapore | 9
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| 42 | 35.71 | 114 | USco | Colorado | 7
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| 43 | 35.67 | 56 | USwa | Washington | 12
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| 44 | 35.27 | 103 | IE | Ireland | 11
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| 45 | 35.09 | 34 | USoh | Ohio | 11
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| 46 | 35.00 | 101 | USga | Georgia | 7
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| 47 | 34.25 | 84 | USaz | Arizona | 8
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| 48 | 34.20 | 147 | USnc | North Carolina | 10
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| 49 | 33.96 | 72 | CApq | Quebec | 23
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| 50 | 33.86 | 163 | SI | Slovenia | 7
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| 51 | 33.83 | 224 | NZ | New Zealand | 12
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| 52 | 33.00 | 465 | TW | Taiwan | 6
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| 53 | 32.71 | 199 | USmd | Maryland | 7
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| 54 | 32.33 | 63 | USfl | Florida | 46
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| 55 | 32.00 | 87 | ZA | South Africa | 10 |
| Rank | Average | Best | LC | Location | Entries
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| 56 | 60.00 | 11 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 1
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| 57 | 60.00 | 16 | USwv | West Virginia | 1
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| 58 | 55.00 | 47 | RE | Reunion | 1
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| 59 | 51.00 | 88 | USia | Iowa | 1
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| 60 | 50.33 | 1 | HR | Croatia | 3
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| 61 | 49.00 | 99 | CD | Congo (Dem Republic) | 1
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| 62 | 47.00 | 122 | EG | Egypt | 1
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| 63 | 46.00 | 13 | UK | United Kingdom | 2
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| 64 | 44.33 | 46 | AT | Austria | 3
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| 65 | 44.00 | 51 | UKwa | Wales | 2
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| 66 | 42.00 | 220 | TH | Thailand | 1
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| 67 | 41.00 | 105 | RU | Russia | 4
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| 68 | 41.00 | 227 | RS | Serbia | 1
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| 69 | 40.50 | 232 | AR | Argentina | 2
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| 70 | 40.33 | 118 | USmi | Michigan | 3
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| 71 | 40.25 | 223 | EE | Estonia | 4
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| 72 | 40.00 | 270 | CAnb | New Brunswick | 1
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| 73 | 39.50 | 266 | USms | Mississippi | 2
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| 74 | 39.25 | 82 | USin | Indiana | 4
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| 75 | 39.00 | 319 | USak | Alaska | 1
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| 76 | 38.50 | 182 | USky | Kentucky | 4
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| 77 | 38.00 | 108 | USal | Alabama | 3
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| 78 | 38.00 | 340 | LB | Lebanon | 1
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| 79 | 37.50 | 221 | USct | Connecticut | 4
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| 80 | 37.00 | 325 | LV | Latvia | 2
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| 81 | 36.67 | 279 | USdc | Washington DC | 3
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| 82 | 36.00 | 431 | USnv | Nevada | 1
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| 83 | 36.00 | 450 | USar | Arkansas | 1
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| 84 | 36.00 | 451 | SK | Slovakia | 1
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| 85 | 35.00 | 498 | CZ | Czech Republic | 1
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| 86 | 34.67 | 412 | USnh | New Hampshire | 3
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| 87 | 34.50 | 391 | DK | Denmark | 2
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| 88 | 34.00 | 133 | CAmb | Manitoba | 2
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| 89 | 34.00 | 512 | VG | Virgin Islands UK | 1
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| 90 | 34.00 | 537 | BR | Brazil | 1
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| 91 | 33.67 | 475 | UStn | Tennessee | 3
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| 92 | 33.00 | 329 | USsc | South Carolina | 2
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| 93 | 32.50 | 286 | USok | Oklahoma | 2
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| 94 | 32.00 | 608 | VI | Virgin Islands US | 1
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| 95 | 32.00 | 610 | USnm | New Mexico | 1
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| 96 | 31.33 | 478 | USks | Kansas | 3
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| 97 | 30.67 | 530 | USla | Louisiana | 3
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| 98 | 30.50 | 624 | PK | Pakistan | 2
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| 99 | 30.33 | 596 | CL | Chile | 3
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| 100 | 30.00 | 683 | CAnf | Newfoundland | 1
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| 101 | 30.00 | 714 | USwi | Wisconsin | 1
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| 102 | 29.50 | 715 | IS | Iceland | 2
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| 103 | 28.00 | 757 | CApe | Prince Edward Island | 1
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| 104 | 26.00 | 795 | CAsk | Saskatchewan | 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.
This month I could have called the bot tests, “GIB plus Jack, and the Rest of the Pack,” as it was a blowout. GIB came through with a fantastic 56 — the highest bot score ever (previous high was 55, reached several times). Jack was a distant second with 48 but still a fine showing with 37.94 the average human score. The rest were way back.
GIB was impressive, as each of its four 10 scores were based on correct technique, which I followed to the end (or close thereto) to verify. It often happens (even for humans, hehe) that a correct answer is based on a fortuitous choice without fully grasping the problem, or just a blind guess; but GIB got no freebies. Curiously, on Problem 5, which GIB missed, Jack came through with the perfect technique. Hmm. If these bots ever team up, we may be in serious trouble!
As usual, some of the choices went off the chart.* On Problem 4, several bots won the second heart and led the 
4 — not one of my options but better than some, so it is shown as Line G, scoring 5. Similarly, on Problem 5, Blue Chip Bridge chose to cash one diamond before leading the 10 (the proper play) — clearly inferior but not bad, so this Line G scores 6. My designation of Line H (think “hopeless”) means the choice was clearly worse than (or equal to) the worst listed option — and since it’s almost dinner time here, I won’t spoil my appetite by describing them.
*When a bot chooses an unlisted line of play, I substitute a listed line if the difference is trivial or negligible. If the difference is significant, I record the actual line and score it appropriately, but never lower than the award for the worst listed line.
HAL produced another single-digit masterpiece. Nine? Geez, now it can’t even proclaim “A perfect 10!” on its web site. But wait! There could be a hidden message here. Its answers spell FAB DAD, which might refer to my son Rich, who just became a father — or maybe me as a grandfather. Cool!
February 2004 Rankings
| Rank | Score | LC | Program version | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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|---|
| 1 | 56 | US | GIB 6.1.3 | B | D | F | A | C | C
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| 2 | 48 | NL | Jack 2.03 | C | D | D | A | D | A
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| 3 | 36 | DE | Q-plus Bridge 7.1 | C | C | A | G | C | C
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| 4 | 33 | US | Bridge Baron 14.0 | D | C | A | H | D | C
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| 5 | 33 | CA | Bridge Buff 11.0 | H | E | F | H | D | D
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| 6 | 26 | JP | Micro Bridge 10.02 | D | C | A | G | F | H
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| 7 | 25 | UK | Blue Chip Bridge 4.1.0 | H | B | A | G | G | H
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| 8 | 9 | US | HAL 9000 | F | A | B | D | A | D |
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 |
© 2004 Richard Pavlicek
by Richard Pavlicek
