“The Modern Hexathlon” play contest had 871 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 | 871
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| Number of locations | 121
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| Highest score | 60
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| Median score | 37
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| Lowest score | 20
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| Average score | 37.88 |
Top 100 Places
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 60 | ES | Gonzalo Goded | B | D | E | D | F | A
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| 2 | 60 | USor | John Lusky | B | D | E | D | F | A
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| 3 | 59 | HU | Imre Csiszar | B | E | E | D | F | A
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| 4 | 58 | CN | Wuping Lu | B | D | E | F | F | A
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| 5 | 58 | UKen | John Reardon | B | D | F | D | F | A
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| 6 | 58 | HU | Lajos Linczmayer | B | D | F | D | F | A
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| 7 | 58 | UKen | Frances Hinden | B | D | E | F | F | A
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| 8 | 58 | AU | Bill Jacobs | B | D | F | D | F | A
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| 9 | 58 | USil | Charles Blair | B | E | A | D | F | A
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| 10 | 58 | USin | Tim DeLaney | B | D | F | D | F | A
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| 11 | 58 | USca | Rob Stevens | B | D | F | D | F | A
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| 12 | 58 | UKen | Jonathan Mestel | B | D | E | F | F | A
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| 13 | 57 | CAon | Gabriel Nita-Saguna | B | D | F | D | F | E
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| 14 | 57 | USmo | Ding-Hwa Hsieh | B | D | F | D | F | E
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| 15 | 57 | USma | Joon Pahk | B | D | F | D | F | E
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| 16 | 57 | USca | Jim Munday | B | D | F | D | F | E
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| 17 | 56 | HR | Dean Pokorny | A | D | E | D | F | C
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| 18 | 56 | AU | David Wiltshire | B | E | F | D | F | E
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| 19 | 56 | CN | Xiongwen Gu | A | D | F | D | F | E
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| 20 | 56 | AU | Bruce Neill | B | D | E | D | F | B
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| 21 | 56 | PL | Darek Kardas | B | D | A | D | F | C
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| 22 | 56 | ZW | Leif-Erik Stabell | B | D | F | F | F | A
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| 23 | 56 | PL | Julka Kowalska | B | D | A | D | F | C
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| 24 | 56 | CN | Weidong Yang | B | D | F | F | F | A
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| 25 | 55 | USca | Len Vishnevsky | A | D | F | F | F | A
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| 26 | 55 | UKsc | Nigel Guthrie | B | D | F | D | F | C
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| 27 | 55 | PT | Manuel Paulo | A | D | F | F | F | A
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| 28 | 55 | USca | Richard Ramey | B | D | F | D | F | C
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| 29 | 55 | HR | Marjan Praljak | B | D | E | F | F | C
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| 30 | 55 | PL | Marcin Zbroja | B | D | E | F | F | C
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| 31 | 55 | CApq | Nick Krnjevic | B | D | E | A | F | A
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| 32 | 54 | USoh | Carolyn Ahlert | B | D | F | D | E | A
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| 33 | 54 | UKen | Anthony Golding | B | D | F | D | F | B
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| 34 | 54 | USct | Ken Graebe | B | D | A | F | B | A
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| 35 | 54 | RO | Dan Moraru | B | D | E | F | F | B
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| 36 | 54 | UKen | Gareth Birdsall | B | D | E | F | F | B
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| 37 | 54 | PL | Andrzej Krakowiak | B | D | A | F | F | C
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| 38 | 53 | CAon | Dale Freeman | B | D | F | F | B | A
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| 39 | 53 | NZ | Jeff Miller | B | D | F | F | F | C
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| 40 | 53 | USny | Chuck Lamprey | B | D | F | F | F | C
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| 41 | 53 | CN | Ning Liu | B | D | F | F | F | C
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| 42 | 53 | ES | Jordi Sabate | B | D | F | F | F | C
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| 43 | 53 | ZA | Ulrich Nell | A | D | E | F | E | A
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| 44 | 53 | NL | Daniel de Lind van Wijngaarden | B | D | F | F | B | A
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| 45 | 53 | UKen | Julian Wightwick | B | D | F | F | B | A
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| 46 | 53 | USwv | Neil Cohen | B | D | F | F | F | C
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| 47 | 53 | PL | Wojtek Urban | B | D | F | F | F | C
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| 48 | 52 | USnv | Barry Goren | B | D | F | D | B | C
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| 49 | 52 | FR | Albert Ohana | A | E | A | F | F | C
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| 50 | 52 | BE | Sebastien Louveaux | B | E | F | F | F | C
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| 51 | 52 | NL | Frans Buijsen | B | D | E | F | A | A
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| 52 | 52 | NL | Perry Groot | B | D | F | B | F | A
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| 53 | 52 | USca | Richard Stein | B | D | F | A | F | E
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| 54 | 52 | BG | Zahary Zahariev | B | E | F | F | F | C
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| 55 | 52 | USny | Franco Baseggio | B | D | A | B | F | E
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| 56 | 52 | SE | Carsten Kofoed | B | D | A | D | A | E
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| 57 | 51 | USwa | N. Scott Cardell | B | D | F | E | F | A
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| 58 | 51 | EG | Andrew de Sosa | A | E | F | C | F | E
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| 59 | 51 | IT | Marco Catellani | B | E | F | F | B | E
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| 60 | 51 | FR | Guy Ledanois | B | E | F | F | B | E
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| 61 | 51 | IN | Madhukar Bapu | B | D | E | F | B | B
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| 62 | 51 | FI | Jouko Paganus | B | D | F | D | E | C
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| 63 | 51 | UKen | Douglas Dunn | B | D | F | F | E | E
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| 64 | 51 | PL | Kazik Drozdz | B | D | A | A | F | C
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| 65 | 51 | IN | Neelotpal Sahai | A | A | F | F | F | A
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| 66 | 51 | UKen | Toby Kenney | B | D | F | F | F | D
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| 67 | 50 | HU | Gyorgy Ormay | B | D | E | C | B | C
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| 68 | 50 | USca | Marvin French | A | D | F | F | F | D
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| 69 | 50 | SE | Rolf Mattsson | B | D | F | A | F | C
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| 70 | 50 | PL | Slawek Cwiek | B | D | A | B | F | C
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| 71 | 50 | PL | Roman Kujaczynski | A | D | F | C | F | C
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| 72 | 50 | USco | Don Hinchey | B | D | F | C | B | E
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| 73 | 49 | USca | Ron Landgraff | A | A | A | F | B | A
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| 74 | 49 | BG | Chavdar Kochkov | A | D | A | A | B | E
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| 75 | 49 | PL | Michal Nowak | B | D | F | F | B | B
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| 76 | 49 | NZ | Phil Apokra | A | E | F | F | E | E
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| 77 | 49 | NL | Jan Tesselaar | B | D | F | F | B | B
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| 78 | 49 | HR | Zoran Bohacek | A | A | F | D | B | E
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| 79 | 49 | PL | Jacek Zwolinski | A | D | F | A | F | C
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| 80 | 49 | PL | Jacek Masiarek | B | D | A | E | F | C
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| 81 | 48 | CAon | David Grainger | F | D | F | D | F | B
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| 82 | 48 | AU | Ed Barnes | B | E | F | F | F | F
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| 83 | 48 | CN | Wei Victor Zhang | E | D | E | F | B | C
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| 84 | 48 | IN | Lakshmi Chari | A | E | F | C | B | E
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| 85 | 48 | USny | Barry Rigal | B | D | F | F | D | E
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| 86 | 48 | CN | Roger Sun | B | E | F | F | F | F
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| 87 | 48 | CAns | Phyllis Munroe | B | D | B | D | D | A
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| 88 | 48 | CN | Ming Sheng | F | E | F | D | F | C
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| 89 | 48 | CN | Sherman Sheng | F | E | F | D | F | C
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| 90 | 48 | UKwa | Julian Pottage | A | D | F | F | F | F
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| 91 | 48 | IL | Brian Zietman | B | E | F | F | F | F
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| 92 | 48 | UKen | Roger Morton | A | D | F | F | E | C
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| 93 | 48 | CAon | Kevin Conway | B | E | F | F | E | C
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| 94 | 47 | CN | Michael Sun | A | D | F | D | B | F
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| 95 | 47 | RS | Zoran Radojcic | B | F | F | F | B | E
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| 96 | 47 | CN | Hugh Qu | A | A | F | F | B | E
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| 97 | 47 | USaz | Kurt Oelze | A | A | F | D | B | C
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| 98 | 47 | SG | Gary Ang | A | A | F | F | B | E
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| 99 | 47 | USaz | Max Johnson | A | A | F | F | B | E
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| 100 | 47 | CApq | Lise Lapointe | B | E | F | D | B | F |
Places 101-200
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 101 | 47 | IN | Arvind Ranasaria | A | D | F | F | E | B
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| 102 | 47 | TR | Salvador Assael | A | E | F | D | C | E
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| 103 | 47 | NL | Thijs Veugen | A | D | F | D | A | B
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| 104 | 47 | DE | Rainer Herrmann | B | D | E | B | E | C
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| 105 | 47 | USca | Kevin Arnold | A | E | A | F | E | B
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| 106 | 47 | UKen | Bill March | E | D | F | D | F | F
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| 107 | 47 | CAab | Sheldon Spier | D | E | F | F | F | C
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| 108 | 47 | AU | Bill Powell | B | E | F | D | B | F
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| 109 | 47 | UKen | John Haslegrave | B | D | F | F | A | C
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| 110 | 46 | NL | Dale Rudrum | B | D | F | A | E | C
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| 111 | 46 | IL | Amiram Millet | D | D | E | B | F | C
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| 112 | 46 | USwa | Jim Wiitala | A | D | F | F | A | C
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| 113 | 46 | NZ | Denis Humphries | E | A | F | D | B | E
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| 114 | 46 | ID | Anton D. Varma | A | A | E | A | F | B
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| 115 | 46 | USaz | Tom Schlangen | D | D | F | D | F | F
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| 116 | 46 | USfl | Arthur Hoffman | A | D | F | A | B | C
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| 117 | 46 | USil | Richard Murdock | D | A | F | F | F | E
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| 118 | 46 | RO | Adrian Petculescu | A | E | F | D | B | F
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| 119 | 46 | CAns | Bryson Crowell | D | D | F | D | D | A
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| 120 | 46 | UKen | Roger Gibbons | B | D | F | F | B | F
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| 121 | 46 | USil | Dave Germaine | B | D | F | F | D | C
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| 122 | 46 | USmn | Jack Rhatigan | A | D | E | A | D | E
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| 123 | 46 | RO | Jon Dow | D | D | E | A | B | E
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| 124 | 46 | USma | Lois Belliveau | D | E | F | F | B | E
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| 125 | 46 | FI | Jussi Tamminen | A | E | F | D | A | B
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| 126 | 46 | USwi | Kjetil Hildal | B | D | E | E | B | B
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| 127 | 46 | USor | Barry White | A | D | F | C | B | B
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| 128 | 46 | FI | Mauri Saastamoinen | B | D | F | B | B | C
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| 129 | 45 | USin | Patrick Dove | D | E | E | F | A | E
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| 130 | 45 | CN | Michael Liu | B | D | F | E | B | C
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| 131 | 45 | LV | Ivars Rubenis | E | E | F | F | B | C
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| 132 | 45 | MT | Margaret Parnis-England | D | D | E | D | D | C
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| 133 | 45 | USma | Mark Aquino | B | A | F | F | F | F
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| 134 | 45 | CAbc | Ian Ho | A | E | E | B | B | B
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| 135 | 45 | SI | Jure Vehovec | A | E | F | F | A | C
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| 136 | 45 | RO | Radu Vasilescu | A | A | F | A | F | C
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| 137 | 45 | CApq | Jean-Pierre Bilodeau | D | E | E | F | B | B
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| 138 | 45 | USor | Dottie Allison | A | D | F | F | A | B
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| 139 | 45 | IN | Shyam Sashital | E | D | E | D | E | F
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| 140 | 45 | CAns | Gerald Murphy | F | E | A | D | B | B
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| 141 | 45 | RO | Andrei Dumitrescu | A | C | F | D | F | B
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| 142 | 45 | AT | Werner Hackl | A | A | F | F | B | C
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| 143 | 45 | USny | Jay Levy | D | A | F | D | B | E
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| 144 | 45 | UStx | Peter Hudson | B | E | F | F | B | F
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| 145 | 44 | ZA | Brad Ross-Jones | A | A | F | F | B | B
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| 146 | 44 | USmt | Andrew Ware | E | E | F | F | A | E
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| 147 | 44 | USar | Dick Heil | F | A | E | F | F | B
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| 148 | 44 | RO | Alin Apostolescu | A | D | B | F | E | B
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| 149 | 44 | USva | Yi Zhong | B | A | F | B | F | B
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| 150 | 44 | FR | Pascal Wassong | B | E | F | C | A | C
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| 151 | 44 | CApq | Pierre Caron | D | E | E | F | D | E
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| 152 | 44 | PT | Goncalo Esmeraldo | D | E | E | F | D | E
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| 153 | 44 | USms | Wendel Archer | E | E | B | F | B | E
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| 154 | 44 | USma | Arthur Shahian | E | E | F | F | F | F
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| 155 | 44 | UKen | Dean Swallow | E | E | F | F | F | F
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| 156 | 44 | UStx | Bill Erwin | A | E | F | F | A | B
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| 157 | 44 | BE | Alon Amsel | E | D | F | C | A | A
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| 158 | 44 | USma | Susan Pappas | A | A | F | F | B | B
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| 159 | 44 | UKen | Teymur Tahseen | D | D | E | B | E | E
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| 160 | 44 | USil | John Anderson | A | A | F | F | D | A
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| 161 | 44 | RU | Eugene Marchenko | B | E | F | D | A | F
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| 162 | 44 | AT | Michael Palitsch | A | B | F | F | E | A
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| 163 | 43 | USpa | Karl Barth | A | A | F | F | B | D
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| 164 | 43 | LB | Fadi Fattouche | E | E | E | F | D | C
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| 165 | 43 | IL | Isaac Brooks | B | A | A | A | B | B
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| 166 | 43 | CAon | Greg Eland | A | F | A | F | B | D
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| 167 | 43 | USwa | Roberta Tarr | A | A | F | F | D | E
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| 168 | 43 | USwa | Cromie Wilson | A | B | B | D | F | B
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| 169 | 43 | USca | Stu Goodgold | D | E | F | F | F | F
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| 170 | 43 | CN | Qing Ye | A | A | E | F | B | F
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| 171 | 43 | AU | Bernard Nightingale | A | A | A | A | A | A
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| 172 | 43 | USmn | Dale Taylor | B | A | F | F | A | C
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| 173 | 43 | USca | Dan Scarola | A | D | A | A | D | C
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| 174 | 43 | CN | Wei Zhang | B | E | F | C | B | F
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| 175 | 43 | USpa | John Policella | A | A | E | A | F | F
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| 176 | 43 | IN | Gowniyan Vaideeshwar | E | A | F | C | F | C
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| 177 | 43 | NL | Kees van Schenk Brill | B | D | F | D | C | F
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| 178 | 43 | IN | Sivakumar Salem | E | A | F | C | F | C
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| 179 | 43 | NL | Arno Eversdijk | A | A | E | A | B | B
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| 180 | 43 | CAab | Dick Yuen | D | E | F | F | A | E
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| 181 | 43 | UStx | David Cochener | A | E | F | D | A | F
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| 182 | 43 | IE | Conor Moore | A | A | F | F | E | B
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| 183 | 43 | FR | Gillian Hewitt | D | E | E | A | B | C
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| 184 | 43 | CN | Wqiqiqi Laoqi Wu | B | D | F | A | A | B
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| 185 | 43 | IT | Giovanni Bobbio | A | D | F | A | A | C
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| 186 | 42 | FR | Christian Osterman | C | E | F | F | B | C
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| 187 | 42 | USpa | Steve White | B | D | F | B | B | F
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| 188 | 42 | SG | Adam King | B | E | F | B | A | C
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| 189 | 42 | MY | Timothy Liang Kan | A | E | F | F | C | B
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| 190 | 42 | HK | David Mok | C | E | F | F | B | C
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| 191 | 42 | USil | George Klemic | D | E | F | B | B | E
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| 192 | 42 | USla | James Pellerin | C | D | F | F | F | F
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| 193 | 42 | ES | Margaret Spaargaren | F | A | E | F | B | C
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| 194 | 42 | UStx | David Warner | B | A | F | F | A | B
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| 195 | 42 | ZA | Neil Tracey | D | E | F | F | E | B
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| 196 | 42 | USco | Nelson Brentlinger | B | A | E | F | C | B
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| 197 | 42 | USva | Rick Bingham | E | A | F | F | B | C
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| 198 | 42 | USaz | Robb Gordon | D | E | F | F | B | D
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| 199 | 42 | CAbc | Phill Smith | B | A | E | E | F | F
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| 200 | 42 | CAon | Marc Langevin | F | F | F | F | F | C |
Places 201-300
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 201 | 42 | UKen | David Kendrick | B | D | F | F | D | F
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| 202 | 42 | CApe | Ron Butler | A | A | B | A | F | C
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| 203 | 42 | AU | David Stern | A | A | F | A | B | C
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| 204 | 42 | UStx | Albert Sekac | A | E | B | F | A | C
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| 205 | 42 | UKsc | Mike Hammett | B | B | E | D | E | F
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| 206 | 42 | HK | Pui Kong Chiu | D | D | F | C | B | B
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| 207 | 42 | CAon | David Kurtz | B | A | A | E | B | C
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| 208 | 42 | ID | Pika Piskanto | A | D | F | F | A | F
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| 209 | 42 | USmd | Audrey Warren | D | A | E | F | B | B
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| 210 | 42 | USfl | Ronald Michaels | D | E | F | D | A | B
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| 211 | 42 | CN | Pingfan Zhu | C | E | F | F | B | C
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| 212 | 42 | USky | Wes Harris | D | E | A | A | B | C
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| 213 | 42 | USny | Christine Woodring | F | A | E | F | B | C
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| 214 | 42 | USma | Charles Altman | B | F | E | F | C | C
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| 215 | 42 | USla | Lorraine Steiner | E | E | F | D | A | D
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| 216 | 42 | NO | Magnus Skaar | A | D | F | A | A | B
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| 217 | 42 | USmd | Brad Theurer | A | D | F | F | A | F
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| 218 | 42 | UKen | John Golding | B | E | F | F | A | F
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| 219 | 42 | IN | Venkataramanayya Kesiraju | B | A | F | A | A | E
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| 220 | 42 | USpa | David Klaus | E | E | F | F | A | C
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| 221 | 42 | USpa | Jess Stuart | B | A | F | F | B | F
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| 222 | 42 | USpa | Lois Stuart | B | A | F | F | B | F
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| 223 | 41 | USca | Patrick Page | D | E | A | F | A | B
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| 224 | 41 | NO | Harald Wideroe | E | A | F | A | B | E
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| 225 | 41 | FI | Joakim Fabritius | F | A | F | D | A | E
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| 226 | 41 | SG | Charles Leong | A | E | F | A | B | F
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| 227 | 41 | MZ | Paul Fauvet | B | A | E | C | A | D
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| 228 | 41 | HK | Theo Chin | A | B | F | D | A | C
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| 229 | 41 | CH | Helene Lariviere | A | D | E | E | E | F
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| 230 | 41 | PK | Ahsan Qureshi | D | D | E | A | A | C
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| 231 | 41 | UKen | Neil Prebble | E | B | F | D | B | C
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| 232 | 41 | USco | David Caprera | A | A | F | A | B | B
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| 233 | 41 | FI | Juuso Leikola | B | D | F | F | C | F
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| 234 | 41 | AU | Patrick Moore | A | A | E | C | D | C
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| 235 | 41 | UKen | Chris Challinor | D | D | B | F | A | E
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| 236 | 41 | ID | Wafiak Miftah | D | D | B | F | A | E
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| 237 | 41 | AU | John Keim | D | D | A | F | C | C
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| 238 | 41 | IS | Steinarr Gudmundsson | D | A | A | F | F | F
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| 239 | 41 | RO | Adrian Craciun | A | E | F | A | B | F
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| 240 | 41 | CAnf | Rahul Chandra | A | A | C | F | B | E
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| 241 | 41 | VE | Frances Hansen | D | E | F | A | B | C
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| 242 | 41 | USva | Tibor Koos | D | A | F | F | B | C
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| 243 | 41 | CAns | Kerry Lafferty | D | F | E | F | E | C
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| 244 | 41 | IN | Anil Upadhyay | B | E | F | A | D | B
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| 245 | 41 | USga | Kenneth Hardcastle | A | D | A | F | C | F
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| 246 | 41 | IN | Kaustubh Bendre | A | A | F | A | B | B
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| 247 | 41 | UKen | Nigel Marlow | B | A | F | E | B | C
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| 248 | 41 | USia | Bob McCurdy | D | D | F | A | F | F
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| 249 | 41 | USma | Anne Mills | A | A | F | F | B | F
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| 250 | 41 | PT | Jose Sousa | F | A | E | A | B | E
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| 251 | 41 | CApq | Solange Bouchard | A | D | F | B | B | F
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| 252 | 41 | CN | Cong Zhang | B | D | F | F | C | F
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| 253 | 41 | TH | Apisai Makmitree | A | A | F | F | A | B
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| 254 | 41 | IN | Vishnu Vardhan Reddy | B | E | E | E | D | B
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| 255 | 41 | CAbc | Kathy Turner | B | A | E | A | B | F
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| 256 | 41 | USor | Darius Jackson | D | E | B | A | F | C
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| 257 | 41 | UKen | Roderick Ewan | A | A | F | A | B | B
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| 258 | 41 | CAns | Jim Mathers | D | D | F | C | D | E
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| 259 | 41 | USoh | Carl Hudecek | A | A | F | F | A | B
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| 260 | 41 | AU | Peter Tall | A | A | E | D | D | F
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| 261 | 40 | ZA | Andrzej Chmielowski | D | D | E | B | A | C
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| 262 | 40 | CApq | Norm Gordon | A | A | F | A | B | D
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| 263 | 40 | RO | Kostea Cucu | E | F | F | A | B | E
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| 264 | 40 | AT | Robert Gostl | A | E | F | E | C | E
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| 265 | 40 | CAon | Sheila McDonald | D | A | F | A | F | B
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| 266 | 40 | USfl | Matthew Norris | F | C | F | D | B | E
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| 267 | 40 | FI | Juha Tamminen | C | E | A | F | A | C
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| 268 | 40 | USva | Sean Hurley | D | D | F | F | E | F
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| 269 | 40 | UKen | Andrew Billson | D | D | E | F | A | F
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| 270 | 40 | CN | Longhai Wang | C | E | E | A | A | E
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| 271 | 40 | USoh | Scott Jeggle | E | D | A | E | B | D
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| 272 | 40 | USca | Ralph Weil | A | A | A | E | B | B
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| 273 | 40 | USca | Chuck Wong | A | A | E | A | B | F
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| 274 | 40 | CAon | Junaid Said | B | F | F | A | E | B
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| 275 | 40 | USfl | Alan Kravetz | A | A | F | B | A | E
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| 276 | 40 | USnj | Lim Chui | E | A | F | F | B | D
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| 277 | 40 | CAab | David Johnson | E | A | F | F | C | A
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| 278 | 40 | ZA | Carl Malcomess | D | A | A | E | F | C
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| 279 | 40 | CAbc | Ross Lam | E | E | E | F | A | F
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| 280 | 40 | USga | Bill Bickford | A | A | F | F | E | F
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| 281 | 40 | AU | Phil Kline | D | D | E | E | E | B
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| 282 | 40 | CN | Leo Yuan | B | D | F | A | A | F
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| 283 | 40 | USva | Darwin Afdahl | D | A | F | F | F | F
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| 284 | 40 | NO | Jostein Amundsen | A | A | B | D | A | B
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| 285 | 40 | CN | Ying Ma | F | E | F | F | A | C
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| 286 | 40 | USca | Robert Dannels | A | E | E | A | A | F
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| 287 | 40 | CAon | Alex Cameron | C | A | A | D | E | B
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| 288 | 40 | TR | Rahmi Iyilikci | D | E | F | A | F | F
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| 289 | 40 | CN | Jiao Yiliang | A | E | F | A | A | D
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| 290 | 40 | USoh | Gary Sikon | F | A | F | F | A | A
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| 291 | 40 | USpa | Jack Fishman | A | D | B | E | B | B
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| 292 | 40 | USct | Pierina Graebe | A | A | E | F | A | F
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| 293 | 40 | USca | Yumiko Reynolds | A | A | F | A | E | B
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| 294 | 40 | UKen | John Youdell | A | D | F | E | A | B
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| 295 | 40 | PT | Jorge Castanheira | A | A | F | F | C | C
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| 296 | 40 | USco | Jess Cohen | A | E | F | E | A | C
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| 297 | 40 | CN | Wen Yu Jiang | F | E | F | F | A | C
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| 298 | 40 | USfl | Jim Tully | D | A | F | F | A | E
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| 299 | 40 | USma | Tim Francis-Wright | E | E | A | C | B | F
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| 300 | 40 | AU | Stephen Fischer | B | D | F | A | A | F |
Places 301-400
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 301 | 39 | SG | Adrian Lam | B | A | F | C | E | F
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| 302 | 39 | USdc | Jonathan Siegel | A | A | F | E | B | B
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| 303 | 39 | UKen | Gabriel Ip | F | A | F | A | B | E
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| 304 | 39 | IL | Or Shoham | D | D | B | F | A | C
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| 305 | 39 | IT | Paolo Paolicchi | A | B | B | F | B | C
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| 306 | 39 | USmd | Jerrold Miller | F | A | E | F | A | C
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| 307 | 39 | CAon | Gordon Humphrys | D | B | A | D | B | D
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| 308 | 39 | USwi | David Melin | E | A | F | F | A | C
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| 309 | 39 | IN | Kalyan Lahiri | A | A | E | A | E | F
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| 310 | 39 | IT | Antonio de Gregorio | E | F | F | F | B | D
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| 311 | 39 | USnj | Austin Fitzgerald | F | A | A | F | B | D
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| 312 | 39 | SE | Bjorn Sorling | E | A | F | F | A | C
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| 313 | 39 | USoh | Jessie Goodwin | C | D | E | F | D | D
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| 314 | 39 | UKen | Andrew Doye | D | B | F | D | A | E
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| 315 | 39 | CApq | Bernard Dutoy | E | F | A | E | F | B
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| 316 | 39 | USny | Bill Daly | A | A | F | A | C | E
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| 317 | 39 | USny | Carol Sturdevant | E | A | E | F | E | F
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| 318 | 39 | CAab | Chris Jager | B | E | A | B | A | F
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| 319 | 39 | CN | Yijun Xu | D | E | F | F | E | F
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| 320 | 39 | USva | Morgan Thistle | B | D | B | F | D | F
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| 321 | 39 | USca | Alexander Henderson | F | A | F | F | B | B
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| 322 | 39 | USor | Mike Sweet | A | E | F | B | E | F
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| 323 | 39 | USnc | Faye Sattin | A | D | F | E | E | F
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| 324 | 39 | VE | Francis Vernon | F | A | F | F | F | F
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| 325 | 39 | RO | Radu Blejeru | B | A | F | A | B | F
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| 326 | 39 | GR | Augustin Tsirimokos | D | A | E | F | B | F
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| 327 | 39 | EE | Rein Molder | D | A | F | D | A | B
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| 328 | 39 | USpa | Pat Policella | E | A | E | F | D | B
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| 329 | 39 | NL | Yvonne Kager | A | A | A | A | A | B
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| 330 | 39 | USny | Tom Barry | C | A | F | F | A | A
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| 331 | 39 | USca | Alvin Farber | D | E | A | F | D | D
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| 332 | 39 | FI | Taru Suppula | F | A | F | A | B | E
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| 333 | 39 | TR | Ahmet Turan Oner | D | D | A | A | B | F
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| 334 | 39 | USoh | David Stuckey | A | C | F | F | D | E
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| 335 | 39 | USca | Charles Kenady | E | E | A | A | D | C
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| 336 | 39 | USoh | Charles Bisesi | D | A | F | F | E | B
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| 337 | 39 | PT | Vitor Lopes | E | A | E | E | A | A
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| 338 | 39 | CD | Paul Inbona | D | F | F | A | B | E
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| 339 | 39 | CApq | Michel Lalonde | A | A | E | A | D | B
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| 340 | 39 | BE | Bram Amsel | D | D | F | A | A | C
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| 341 | 39 | PT | Pedro Matos | E | E | F | C | A | B
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| 342 | 39 | PT | Paulino Correa | B | F | E | A | E | F
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| 343 | 39 | HK | Eddy Choi | A | B | F | A | B | C
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| 344 | 39 | SI | Tomaz Butina | D | A | E | A | F | F
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| 345 | 39 | UKsc | Tim McKay | A | A | A | A | B | F
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| 346 | 39 | NZ | Andrei Sharko | B | A | F | A | D | C
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| 347 | 39 | BC | Koldo Sanchez | B | F | F | E | B | B
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| 348 | 39 | USwa | Michael Dekker | A | F | F | E | B | C
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| 349 | 39 | USca | John Chen | B | E | F | A | A | F
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| 350 | 39 | CAab | Nicolae Vartosu | A | A | F | A | A | C
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| 351 | 39 | ZA | Philip van Zijl | E | D | F | A | B | F
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| 352 | 39 | NL | Rinus Balkenende | D | A | F | C | A | A
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| 353 | 39 | DE | Joerg Wensch | A | A | F | E | A | E
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| 354 | 39 | AU | Angela Norris | C | A | A | F | E | C
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| 355 | 39 | CApq | Pascale Gaudreault | A | A | F | C | B | F
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| 356 | 38 | NZ | Paul Carter | F | D | F | B | D | E
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| 357 | 38 | UKen | Audrey Kueh | F | D | F | E | F | F
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| 358 | 38 | USca | Dan Hirschberg | D | A | E | E | B | C
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| 359 | 38 | UKen | Ashley Sawyer | F | A | E | F | B | F
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| 360 | 38 | UKen | John England | B | F | F | A | B | F
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| 361 | 38 | USfl | Mark Raphaelson | D | A | E | C | A | C
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| 362 | 38 | USca | Steven Hough | D | D | F | F | A | F
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| 363 | 38 | CN | Tong He | E | A | F | A | F | F
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| 364 | 38 | NZ | Stephen Cullen | F | D | E | F | D | F
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| 365 | 38 | DE | Falko Gleichmann | D | A | F | F | A | C
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| 366 | 38 | TR | Naci Altinay | F | D | F | C | B | F
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| 367 | 38 | AU | Niels Kjellerup | B | F | F | F | A | F
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| 368 | 38 | SE | Ove Sarnkvist | E | A | F | F | A | B
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| 369 | 38 | TR | Azer Inal | A | B | B | F | B | B
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| 370 | 38 | NO | Hans Lahne | E | A | F | A | B | B
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| 371 | 38 | USnc | Jim Masson | D | D | F | A | B | F
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| 372 | 38 | USnj | Gerald Goodman | D | A | F | A | B | C
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| 373 | 38 | IN | Bonny D’Lima | D | A | A | F | B | F
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| 374 | 38 | CAbc | Alan Chapelle | B | A | F | A | C | C
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| 375 | 38 | USca | Paul Misso | C | E | F | F | B | F
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| 376 | 38 | USwa | Barry Balof | D | D | F | F | A | F
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| 377 | 38 | CAon | Matthew Mason | D | A | F | C | F | F
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| 378 | 38 | USva | David Walker | E | A | B | F | A | E
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| 379 | 38 | USfl | Jeanne Twait | D | A | A | F | A | B
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| 380 | 38 | UKen | Charlotte Vine | C | A | F | F | F | F
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| 381 | 38 | USnm | Mark Jarmie | E | A | F | A | B | B
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| 382 | 38 | USil | Dan English | A | D | B | B | A | B
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| 383 | 38 | TR | Murat Yavuz | B | A | F | A | A | D
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| 384 | 38 | USnh | Richard Bator | A | A | F | A | B | F
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| 385 | 38 | USfl | Barbara Tate | D | F | A | B | E | E
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| 386 | 38 | USpa | Roger Wolf | D | A | F | F | A | C
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| 387 | 38 | USca | Joseph Chin | F | D | F | F | C | B
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| 388 | 38 | CAon | Doreen MacMillan | F | A | F | F | E | B
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| 389 | 38 | CAmb | Janet Dugle | C | A | E | F | A | C
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| 390 | 38 | CN | Pinghui Zhuang | E | E | F | F | A | F
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| 391 | 38 | US | Homer Wang | D | A | F | F | A | C
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| 392 | 38 | USca | Lee Haze | A | A | F | F | A | F
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| 393 | 38 | PT | Augusto Lopes | D | A | E | F | A | D
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| 394 | 38 | USny | Maureen Watkins | C | A | F | F | E | C
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| 395 | 38 | USma | David Rock | E | A | F | F | B | F
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| 396 | 38 | UStn | Diane Blackwood | D | A | F | E | F | B
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| 397 | 38 | USma | Helene Portnoy | B | A | F | F | D | F
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| 398 | 38 | CN | Jet Chj | D | A | E | F | C | C
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| 399 | 38 | CApq | Pearl Cooper | D | A | F | A | B | C
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| 400 | 38 | USma | Mark Greenberg | A | B | F | F | A | B |
All Others Above Average
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 401 | 38 | USga | Richard Wimberley | D | A | F | F | A | C
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| 402 | 38 | FI | Erkki Malkamaki | D | A | F | C | B | B
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| 403 | 38 | CAon | Richard Papineau | D | D | E | F | C | F
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| 404 | 38 | USva | Keith Hungate | E | A | F | B | B | C
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| 405 | 38 | TR | Guven Dalkilic | D | A | A | F | B | F
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| 406 | 38 | UStx | Robert Szafranski | A | A | F | A | A | B
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| 407 | 38 | AU | David Harris | D | E | F | A | A | C
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| 408 | 38 | FR | Jean-Christophe Clement | A | A | F | F | A | F
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| 409 | 38 | ZA | Sid Ismail | D | A | F | C | B | B |
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 | 45.44 | 21 | PL | Poland | 16
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| 2 | 44.67 | 3 | HU | Hungary | 6
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| 3 | 43.57 | 2 | USor | Oregon | 7
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| 4 | 42.50 | 1 | ES | Spain | 6
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| 5 | 41.28 | 4 | CN | China | 36
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| 6 | 40.88 | 49 | FR | France | 8
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| 7 | 40.80 | 59 | IT | Italy | 5
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| 8 | 40.57 | 97 | USaz | Arizona | 7
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| 9 | 40.24 | 61 | IN | India | 21
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| 10 | 40.17 | 107 | CAab | Alberta | 6
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| 11 | 40.13 | 87 | CAns | Nova Scotia | 8
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| 12 | 39.60 | 44 | NL | Netherlands | 20
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| 13 | 39.56 | 149 | USva | Virginia | 9
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| 14 | 39.50 | 163 | USpa | Pennsylvania | 12
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| 15 | 39.33 | 57 | USwa | Washington | 12
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| 16 | 39.18 | 62 | FI | Finland | 11
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| 17 | 39.11 | 8 | AU | Australia | 28
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| 18 | 38.50 | 50 | BE | Belgium | 8
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| 19 | 38.32 | 40 | USny | New York | 19
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| 20 | 38.14 | 15 | USma | Massachusetts | 21
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| 21 | 38.07 | 5 | UKen | England | 60
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| 22 | 38.00 | 39 | NZ | New Zealand | 13
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| 23 | 37.95 | 35 | RO | Romania | 22
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| 24 | 37.91 | 43 | ZA | South Africa | 11
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| 25 | 37.86 | 104 | DE | Germany | 7
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| 26 | 37.83 | 32 | USoh | Ohio | 12
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| 27 | 37.83 | 114 | ID | Indonesia | 6
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| 28 | 37.80 | 56 | SE | Sweden | 10
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| 29 | 37.64 | 11 | USca | California | 55
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| 30 | 37.54 | 144 | UStx | Texas | 13
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| 31 | 37.48 | 13 | CAon | Ontario | 31
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| 32 | 37.43 | 72 | USco | Colorado | 7
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| 33 | 37.38 | 216 | NO | Norway | 8
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| 34 | 37.33 | 91 | IL | Israel | 9
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| 35 | 37.00 | 54 | BG | Bulgaria | 7
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| 36 | 36.80 | 134 | CAbc | British Columbia | 15
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| 37 | 36.72 | 9 | USil | Illinois | 18
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| 38 | 36.67 | 142 | AT | Austria | 6
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| 39 | 36.57 | 98 | SG | Singapore | 7
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| 40 | 36.38 | 190 | HK | Hong Kong | 8
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| 41 | 36.13 | 31 | CApq | Quebec | 23
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| 42 | 36.00 | 34 | USct | Connecticut | 7
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| 43 | 35.69 | 102 | TR | Turkey | 16
|
| 44 | 35.44 | 27 | PT | Portugal | 18
|
| 45 | 35.33 | 327 | EE | Estonia | 6
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| 46 | 35.23 | 276 | USnj | New Jersey | 13
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| 47 | 34.83 | 135 | SI | Slovenia | 6
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| 48 | 34.50 | 209 | USmd | Maryland | 8
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| 49 | 34.44 | 245 | USga | Georgia | 9
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| 50 | 34.33 | 182 | IE | Ireland | 9
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| 51 | 33.86 | 323 | USnc | North Carolina | 7
|
| 52 | 33.15 | 116 | USfl | Florida | 34
|
| 53 | 32.40 | 229 | CH | Switzerland | 5 |
| Rank | Average | Best | LC | Location | Entries
|
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| 54 | 56.00 | 22 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 1
|
| 55 | 53.33 | 17 | HR | Croatia | 3
|
| 56 | 53.00 | 46 | USwv | West Virginia | 1
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| 57 | 52.00 | 48 | USnv | Nevada | 1
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| 58 | 51.00 | 58 | EG | Egypt | 1
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| 59 | 48.00 | 90 | UKwa | Wales | 1
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| 60 | 46.00 | 10 | USin | Indiana | 3
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| 61 | 44.00 | 147 | USar | Arkansas | 1
|
| 62 | 44.00 | 153 | USms | Mississippi | 1
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| 63 | 44.00 | 161 | RU | Russia | 1
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| 64 | 43.00 | 164 | LB | Lebanon | 1
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| 65 | 42.50 | 26 | UKsc | Scotland | 4
|
| 66 | 42.00 | 189 | MY | Malaysia | 1
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| 67 | 41.50 | 95 | RS | Serbia | 2
|
| 68 | 41.00 | 227 | MZ | Mozambique | 1
|
| 69 | 41.00 | 230 | PK | Pakistan | 1
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| 70 | 41.00 | 240 | CAnf | Newfoundland | 1
|
| 71 | 41.00 | 253 | TH | Thailand | 1
|
| 72 | 40.50 | 146 | USmt | Montana | 2
|
| 73 | 40.33 | 192 | USla | Louisiana | 3
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| 74 | 40.00 | 126 | USwi | Wisconsin | 3
|
| 75 | 39.67 | 14 | USmo | Missouri | 3
|
| 76 | 39.25 | 122 | USmn | Minnesota | 4
|
| 77 | 39.00 | 302 | USdc | Washington DC | 1
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| 78 | 39.00 | 338 | CD | Congo (Dem Republic) | 1
|
| 79 | 39.00 | 347 | BC | Basque Country | 1
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| 80 | 38.00 | 238 | IS | Iceland | 2
|
| 81 | 37.50 | 132 | MT | Malta | 2
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| 82 | 37.50 | 202 | CApe | Prince Edward Island | 2
|
| 83 | 37.50 | 396 | UStn | Tennessee | 2
|
| 84 | 37.33 | 131 | LV | Latvia | 3
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| 85 | 37.00 | 423 | USid | Idaho | 1
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| 86 | 37.00 | 454 | CZ | Czech Republic | 1
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| 87 | 36.67 | 391 | US | United States | 3
|
| 88 | 36.50 | 241 | VE | Venezuela | 4
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| 89 | 36.00 | 389 | CAmb | Manitoba | 2
|
| 90 | 36.00 | 483 | AR | Argentina | 1
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| 91 | 36.00 | 503 | USde | Delaware | 1
|
| 92 | 36.00 | 506 | CAsk | Saskatchewan | 1
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| 93 | 35.00 | 212 | USky | Kentucky | 4
|
| 94 | 35.00 | 511 | KR | Korea (South) | 1
|
| 95 | 35.00 | 533 | IR | Iran | 1
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| 96 | 34.67 | 381 | USnm | New Mexico | 3
|
| 97 | 34.50 | 510 | JP | Japan | 2
|
| 98 | 34.33 | 561 | USmi | Michigan | 3
|
| 99 | 34.00 | 558 | CL | Chile | 2
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| 100 | 34.00 | 567 | USri | Rhode Island | 1
|
| 101 | 34.00 | 569 | GL | Greenland | 1
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| 102 | 34.00 | 589 | SA | Saudi Arabia | 1
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| 103 | 34.00 | 604 | SK | Slovakia | 1
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| 104 | 34.00 | 610 | UKni | Northern Ireland | 1
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| 105 | 33.67 | 248 | USia | Iowa | 3
|
| 106 | 33.25 | 384 | USnh | New Hampshire | 4
|
| 107 | 33.00 | 326 | GR | Greece | 2
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| 108 | 33.00 | 466 | USal | Alabama | 2
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| 109 | 33.00 | 600 | USsc | South Carolina | 2
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| 110 | 33.00 | 637 | TW | Taiwan | 1
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| 111 | 32.50 | 545 | USme | Maine | 2
|
| 112 | 32.00 | 702 | UK | United Kingdom | 1
|
| 113 | 32.00 | 712 | USsd | South Dakota | 1
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| 114 | 31.50 | 489 | DK | Denmark | 2
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| 115 | 31.50 | 664 | USok | Oklahoma | 2
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| 116 | 31.00 | 458 | BR | Brazil | 2
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| 117 | 31.00 | 726 | MK | Macedonia | 1
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| 118 | 30.00 | 773 | MX | Mexico | 1
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| 119 | 29.00 | 793 | USak | Alaska | 1
|
| 120 | 27.00 | 841 | CO | Colombia | 1
|
| 121 | 22.00 | 868 | USks | Kansas | 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 score, the edge goes to the one using less time. Tests are conducted on a 2.0 GHz CPU with 512 MB RAM, running Windows 98.
Congratulations to Bridge Buff, which topped the bots this month with a fantastic 56 (tying the highest bot score ever). This was barely good enough to edge out Jack with 55, and GIB was close behind at 53. Only two other bots, Blue Chip Bridge and Micro Bridge, managed to beat the average human score.
As usual in multiple-choice contests, some of the bots went off the chart with their choices (shown below as Line G or H). None of these lines deserved any special merit, and I’ll skip the descriptions since it’s almost dinner time. Suffice it to say they were inelegant.
*When a bot chooses an unlisted play, I substitute a listed play if the difference is trivial or negligible. If the difference is significant, I label it as Line G (or H if needed) and score it appropriately — but never lower than the award for the worst listed line.
You’ll notice that HAL is up to a new version number this month, actually a hardware change, which its company was gracious to provide on short notice. The previous machine had to be retired after an unfortunate “accident.” I’m not sure whether it was my shot put or hammer throw, but HAL 9001 is rubble.
August 2004 Rankings
| Rank | Score | LC | Program version | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
|
|---|
| 1 | 56 | CA | Bridge Buff 11.0 | B | D | F | F | F | A
|
| 2 | 55 | NL | Jack 2.04 | A | D | F | F | F | A
|
| 3 | 53 | US | GIB 6.1.3 | A | D | F | D | F | B
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| 4 | 44 | UK | Blue Chip Bridge 4.2.0 | A | D | G | F | F | B
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| 5 | 40 | JP | Micro Bridge 10.02 | G | A | E | A | F | B
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| 6 | 26 | DE | Q-plus Bridge 7.1 | H | D | B | G | H | F
|
| 7 | 17 | US | Bridge Baron 14.0 | G | B | H | A | G | G
|
| 8 | 14 | US | HAL 9002 | C | C | D | E | C | F |
Bots Tested (alphabetical)
| Program | Author/Creator
|
|---|
| Blue Chip Bridge | Ian Trackman and Mike Whittaker
|
| Bridge Baron | Tom Throop and Stephen Smith
|
| 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
