“The Man Who Bid Too Much” play contest had 897 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 | 897
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| Number of locations | 113
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| Highest score | 60
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| Median score | 41
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| Lowest score | 20
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| Average score | 40.99 |
Top 100 Places
[Scoring adjustment 9-11-05: Problem 3 Line C is increased from 6 to 9 due to an oversight. Anyone who chose this answer gained 3 points and moved up considerably in rank. Otherwise, your score is unchanged, though your rank may have dropped slightly.]
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 60 | ES | Jordi Sabate | B | C | D | D | F | D
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| 2 | 60 | DE | Rainer Herrmann | B | C | D | D | F | D
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| 3 | 60 | NL | Perry Groot | B | C | D | D | F | D
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| 4 | 60 | USca | Rob Stevens | B | C | D | D | F | D
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| 5 | 60 | USca | Jim Munday | B | C | D | D | F | D
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| 6 | 59 | ZW | Leif-Erik Stabell | B | C | D | D | E | D
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| 7 | 59 | NL | Thijs Veugen | B | C | D | D | E | D
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| 8 | 59 | USor | John Lusky | B | C | D | D | E | D
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| 9 | 58 | UKen | Gareth Birdsall | B | D | D | D | F | D
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| 10 | 58 | CN | Xiongwen Gu | A | C | D | D | F | D
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| 11 | 58 | USoh | Craig Satersmoen | B | C | A | D | F | D
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| 12 | 58 | USny | Chris Willenken | B | C | D | D | B | D
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| 13 | 58 | CAon | Popolea Chitoi | A | C | D | D | F | D
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| 14 | 58 | USin | Tim DeLaney | B | C | D | D | B | D
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| 15 | 58 | NL | Daniel de Lind van Wijngaarden | A | C | D | D | F | D
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| 16 | 58 | UKen | Jonathan Mestel | A | C | D | D | F | D
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| 17 | 58 | PL | Julka Kowalska | B | C | A | D | F | D
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| 18 | 58 | NL | Rinus Balkenende | A | C | D | D | F | D
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| 19 | 57 | CN | Wuping Lu | B | C | D | D | E | B
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| 20 | 57 | CAbc | Michael Dimich | B | C | B | D | F | D
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| 21 | 57 | USil | Charles Blair | A | C | D | D | E | D
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| 22 | 57 | USoh | Jerry Fink | B | C | B | D | F | D
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| 23 | 57 | UKen | Julian Wightwick | A | C | D | D | E | D
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| 24 | 57 | USwa | N. Scott Cardell | B | C | D | D | E | B
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| 25 | 56 | CN | Ning Liu | B | D | D | D | F | B
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| 26 | 56 | USnv | Joshua Donn | A | C | A | D | F | D
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| 27 | 56 | USmd | Brad Theurer | A | C | D | D | F | B
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| 28 | 56 | PL | Darek Kardas | B | C | A | D | B | D
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| 29 | 56 | IN | Subhransu Patnaik | A | C | D | D | F | B
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| 30 | 56 | PT | Manuel Oliveira | A | C | A | D | F | D
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| 31 | 56 | CAon | Dale Freeman | B | A | D | D | F | D
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| 32 | 56 | NL | Jan Tesselaar | A | C | D | D | F | B
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| 33 | 56 | UStx | Billy Leeper | A | C | D | D | F | B
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| 34 | 56 | CN | Weidong Yang | B | C | A | F | F | D
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| 35 | 56 | SE | Carsten Kofoed | A | C | A | D | F | D
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| 36 | 56 | CAab | Daniel Bertrand | A | C | D | D | F | B
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| 37 | 55 | TR | Cengiz Seker | A | C | B | D | F | D
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| 38 | 55 | AU | Bruce Neill | B | C | D | F | E | B
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| 39 | 55 | PT | Manuel Paulo | A | C | C | D | B | D
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| 40 | 55 | CN | Xiaoxin Lu | A | C | D | D | E | B
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| 41 | 55 | USil | Eugene Dille | A | C | C | D | B | D
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| 42 | 55 | USoh | Carolyn Ahlert | B | C | B | F | F | D
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| 43 | 54 | USco | David Caprera | A | C | A | D | F | B
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| 44 | 54 | SE | Ingemar Assarsjo | A | C | A | D | F | B
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| 45 | 54 | USmo | Shawn Tate | D | C | D | D | F | D
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| 46 | 54 | USor | Barry White | B | C | D | A | F | B
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| 47 | 54 | CN | Wayne Szeto | A | C | A | D | F | B
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| 48 | 54 | FR | Gilles Korngut | B | C | A | A | F | D
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| 49 | 54 | PL | Jacek Masiarek | B | C | A | A | F | D
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| 50 | 54 | UKen | David Hodge | A | C | A | D | F | B
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| 51 | 53 | TR | Ergun Bolek | A | C | B | D | F | B
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| 52 | 53 | NZ | Mike Lafferty | B | E | D | B | E | D
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| 53 | 53 | UStx | Jolie Hess | B | D | C | B | E | D
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| 54 | 53 | USca | Allen Prohofsky | A | D | D | D | E | B
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| 55 | 53 | PT | Rui Ralha | A | C | B | D | F | B
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| 56 | 53 | CN | Wei Victor Zhang | A | C | B | D | F | B
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| 57 | 53 | CAns | Del Knox | A | D | A | D | E | D
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| 58 | 53 | LV | Ivars Rubenis | A | C | A | D | E | B
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| 59 | 53 | TW | Cheng Chun Wei | A | C | A | F | E | D
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| 60 | 53 | BG | Ognian Smilianov | A | C | B | D | F | B
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| 61 | 53 | UKen | John Haslegrave | A | C | D | A | E | D
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| 62 | 53 | AU | David Brooks | A | C | B | D | F | B
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| 63 | 53 | PL | Kazik Drozdz | B | C | A | B | B | D
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| 64 | 53 | HU | Lajos Linczmayer | B | C | F | D | F | D
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| 65 | 53 | FI | Mauri Saastamoinen | A | A | C | D | F | D
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| 66 | 53 | CAon | David Grainger | A | E | A | D | F | D
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| 67 | 53 | IN | Neelotpal Sahai | A | C | B | D | B | D
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| 68 | 53 | AU | Bill Powell | B | C | D | A | E | B
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| 69 | 52 | UKen | John Reardon | B | C | D | D | A | D
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| 70 | 52 | USny | Barry Rigal | A | C | A | D | B | B
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| 71 | 52 | USca | Paul Misso | A | E | D | D | E | B
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| 72 | 52 | USnc | Phyllis Gibson | A | C | A | B | E | D
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| 73 | 52 | USco | Steve Marx | A | D | B | D | E | D
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| 74 | 52 | USny | Gerald Cohen | A | D | C | D | E | B
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| 75 | 52 | TR | M. Fahir Uzumcu | B | C | A | D | D | B
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| 76 | 52 | HR | Dean Pokorny | B | C | A | A | F | B
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| 77 | 52 | CAon | David Turner | A | C | A | F | F | B
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| 78 | 52 | FR | Jean-Christophe Clement | D | C | D | D | B | D
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| 79 | 52 | USpa | David Klaus | A | D | C | F | E | D
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| 80 | 52 | AU | Ned Stokes | B | D | C | B | B | D
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| 81 | 52 | UKen | Bill March | A | C | A | D | D | D
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| 82 | 52 | CAbc | Peter Tinkess | B | D | D | B | E | B
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| 83 | 52 | SG | Junyi Zhu | A | D | A | F | F | D
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| 84 | 52 | PL | Slawek Cwiek | B | C | A | A | B | D
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| 85 | 52 | PL | Marcin Zbroja | B | C | A | E | F | D
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| 86 | 52 | DE | Joerg Wensch | A | C | B | D | E | B
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| 87 | 52 | BG | Ivan Kolev | B | C | D | D | A | D
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| 88 | 52 | HU | Peter Talyigas | A | C | B | D | E | B
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| 89 | 52 | USwv | Neil Cohen | D | C | D | D | B | D
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| 90 | 51 | FR | Albert Ohana | B | C | F | D | B | D
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| 91 | 51 | USma | Thomas Raymond | A | D | A | D | E | B
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| 92 | 51 | FI | Taru Suppula | B | C | A | A | E | B
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| 93 | 51 | UStx | Bill Erwin | A | D | A | D | E | B
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| 94 | 51 | USmd | Mollie Lipman | B | C | D | B | F | A
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| 95 | 51 | CAnb | Jason Feng | A | C | B | F | F | B
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| 96 | 51 | NL | Frans Buijsen | B | D | D | B | B | B
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| 97 | 51 | USil | Jon Greiman | A | E | D | A | F | D
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| 98 | 51 | IL | Michael Tilles | B | C | B | D | D | B
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| 99 | 51 | BG | Antonio Kotsev | A | D | A | D | E | B
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| 100 | 50 | USga | Marijan E. Word | A | D | A | F | F | B |
Places 101-200
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 101 | 50 | UStx | James McElhinney | A | D | B | B | F | D
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| 102 | 50 | ES | Gonzalo Goded | B | A | B | D | E | B
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| 103 | 50 | UKen | Quentin Stephens | A | A | C | F | E | D
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| 104 | 50 | UStx | Jonathan Ferguson | E | C | A | D | E | B
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| 105 | 50 | USsc | Charles Thomas | B | E | C | E | F | D
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| 106 | 50 | AU | Robert Meakins | A | A | D | D | B | B
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| 107 | 50 | CD | Paul Inbona | A | C | A | F | B | B
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| 108 | 50 | USma | Rosalyn Dreyfus | A | D | B | B | F | D
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| 109 | 50 | USca | Robert Dannels | A | A | B | D | E | D
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| 110 | 50 | USpa | Steve White | E | D | B | D | F | D
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| 111 | 50 | USca | Patrick Chye | A | E | B | D | B | D
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| 112 | 50 | NL | Richard van Houten | B | C | B | A | E | B
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| 113 | 50 | IE | Conor Moore | A | D | A | B | E | D
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| 114 | 50 | PL | Wojtek Urban | B | C | A | C | F | D
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| 115 | 50 | NL | Nico Englander | A | C | D | D | A | D
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| 116 | 50 | PL | Marek Malowidzki | A | E | A | D | E | B
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| 117 | 49 | PL | Ela Ruchlicka | A | C | B | B | E | B
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| 118 | 49 | NL | William Claassen | E | D | D | B | E | D
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| 119 | 49 | USor | James Weider | A | C | A | A | E | B
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| 120 | 49 | CAab | Dick Yuen | A | D | D | A | E | B
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| 121 | 49 | UKwa | Keith Davison | B | C | B | B | E | C
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| 122 | 49 | CAon | Kevin Conway | A | C | F | D | B | D
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| 123 | 49 | UKen | Margaret White | B | C | A | B | E | E
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| 124 | 49 | CAns | Bryson Crowell | E | C | B | D | E | B
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| 125 | 49 | UKwa | Julian Pottage | B | B | C | D | F | B
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| 126 | 49 | USct | Terry Lubman | A | D | B | B | E | D
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| 127 | 49 | UKen | Roderick Ewan | A | D | D | A | E | B
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| 128 | 49 | USfl | Lee Elton | A | D | D | E | E | D
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| 129 | 49 | USny | Brian Universal | B | E | A | B | E | B
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| 130 | 49 | USva | Rick Salkov | A | E | A | D | B | B
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| 131 | 49 | NO | Dagfinn Hamstad | B | C | B | E | F | B
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| 132 | 49 | USca | John Chen | E | C | A | F | F | B
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| 133 | 49 | UStx | Jimmy Hubbard | A | D | A | F | E | B
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| 134 | 49 | HK | Simon Cheung | A | D | B | D | D | D
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| 135 | 48 | USny | Gene Saxe | B | C | A | A | D | B
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| 136 | 48 | UStx | Greg Hinze | A | D | A | D | D | B
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| 137 | 48 | USca | Len Vishnevsky | A | C | A | A | F | C
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| 138 | 48 | IE | Karel de Raeymaeker | A | D | A | B | E | B
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| 139 | 48 | NL | Pieter van der Klein | B | C | B | E | E | B
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| 140 | 48 | SI | Tomaz Butina | C | D | D | D | E | B
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| 141 | 48 | UKen | Giles Ip | A | C | B | E | E | D
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| 142 | 48 | USca | Alvin Farber | B | C | D | E | F | A
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| 143 | 48 | UKen | Roger Morton | A | D | A | D | D | B
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| 144 | 48 | UStx | Stephen Gerhard | A | D | B | D | E | C
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| 145 | 48 | HU | Peter Breuer | A | D | C | A | E | B
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| 146 | 48 | EG | Samer ElSheikh | A | C | A | F | D | B
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| 147 | 48 | USca | Stu Goodgold | C | D | B | D | F | D
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| 148 | 48 | USca | Joseph Dodson | A | F | D | D | E | B
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| 149 | 48 | USmn | Tony Ames | E | D | A | D | E | B
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| 150 | 48 | AT | Manfred Schwab | A | D | D | F | D | B
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| 151 | 48 | DE | Ove Nilsson | E | A | D | D | E | B
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| 152 | 48 | UKsc | Tim McKay | A | D | A | B | E | B
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| 153 | 48 | FI | Jouko Paganus | A | D | E | D | F | B
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| 154 | 48 | PL | Andrzej Krakowiak | B | C | A | C | B | D
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| 155 | 48 | USca | Phil Swan | A | A | D | B | E | B
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| 156 | 48 | USfl | Jim Tully | A | D | A | A | F | B
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| 157 | 48 | HR | Tomislav Gracin | A | C | B | A | E | B
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| 158 | 47 | IT | Paolo Paolicchi | A | A | A | F | E | B
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| 159 | 47 | CAon | Jeff Mayhew | A | D | A | A | E | B
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| 160 | 47 | USny | Brian Meyer | A | D | B | A | B | D
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| 161 | 47 | UKen | Geraint Harker | E | C | B | F | E | B
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| 162 | 47 | IT | Marco Catellani | A | D | F | D | B | D
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| 163 | 47 | RO | Lorand Dali | E | C | B | F | E | B
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| 164 | 47 | USme | Michael True | A | D | B | D | E | E
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| 165 | 47 | USca | Kevin Lane | A | D | A | A | E | B
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| 166 | 47 | USin | John Huus | B | D | A | E | E | B
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| 167 | 47 | GT | Bela Russ | A | A | A | B | B | D
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| 168 | 47 | PT | Francisco Espregueira | E | C | B | B | F | B
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| 169 | 47 | USky | Michael Rieser | A | D | A | B | B | B
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| 170 | 47 | TW | Star Chen | A | D | A | A | E | B
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| 171 | 47 | NL | Joost Herweijer | A | D | B | D | E | E
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| 172 | 47 | FI | Joakim Fabritius | E | C | A | D | E | E
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| 173 | 47 | UKen | Eddie Richart | A | D | A | A | E | B
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| 174 | 47 | USmd | James Mason | B | C | B | E | B | B
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| 175 | 47 | USmn | David Gronbeck | A | A | D | B | B | B
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| 176 | 47 | RO | Gelu Serpoi | A | D | F | D | F | B
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| 177 | 47 | USma | Isaac Prager | E | D | C | B | F | B
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| 178 | 47 | USca | Richard Stein | A | C | A | B | E | E
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| 179 | 47 | IT | Gianpaolo Centioli | C | E | A | D | E | D
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| 180 | 47 | USma | Charles Altman | A | C | D | C | E | B
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| 181 | 47 | CApq | Denis Pierre | A | C | D | C | E | B
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| 182 | 47 | ID | Tommy Suhendra | A | D | B | D | D | B
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| 183 | 47 | UKen | Carlos Dabezies | C | C | B | D | E | B
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| 184 | 47 | PT | Paulino Correa | A | C | F | F | F | B
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| 185 | 47 | SI | Ales Vavpetic | E | E | A | D | E | B
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| 186 | 47 | SG | Fabian Tan | A | D | A | F | E | C
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| 187 | 47 | IT | Carlo Filiberto | B | E | A | E | B | D
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| 188 | 46 | LB | Fadi Fattouche | E | D | A | F | E | B
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| 189 | 46 | UKen | Neil Prebble | A | C | B | D | C | B
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| 190 | 46 | USil | Micah Fogel | F | C | B | D | E | B
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| 191 | 46 | RO | Valentin Dumitru | A | D | F | D | E | B
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| 192 | 46 | USfl | John Lipori | B | C | D | E | B | A
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| 193 | 46 | USil | Ted McHugh | E | D | A | B | B | D
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| 194 | 46 | USsc | Wes Bailey | C | C | A | B | B | D
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| 195 | 46 | USky | Jim Washer | A | A | B | A | E | D
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| 196 | 46 | AU | Molly Butcher | E | D | A | B | F | B
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| 197 | 46 | USmo | James Yeager | F | C | D | B | E | B
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| 198 | 46 | USva | John Conover | A | E | B | B | E | B
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| 199 | 46 | USnj | Steven King | B | C | A | A | B | A
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| 200 | 46 | UKen | Dipak Shah | A | D | B | E | E | D |
Places 201-300
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 201 | 46 | CAon | David Colbert | A | D | B | A | E | B
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| 202 | 46 | USma | Jack Shen | A | C | D | E | D | B
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| 203 | 46 | USor | Mike Sweet | A | A | A | A | F | B
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| 204 | 46 | CAon | Nick Wong | A | E | A | F | E | C
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| 205 | 46 | USfl | Kay Jones | A | A | B | D | E | C
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| 206 | 46 | USfl | Shirley Wertheim | A | E | D | E | E | B
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| 207 | 46 | MY | Timothy Liang Kan | A | D | A | D | D | C
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| 208 | 46 | PT | Carlos Antunes | A | E | A | A | E | B
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| 209 | 46 | USmn | Nick Erpelding | A | D | B | E | E | D
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| 210 | 46 | USil | Jon Sorkin | A | C | A | D | A | B
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| 211 | 46 | CAns | Brian Hansen | A | D | C | C | E | D
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| 212 | 46 | IN | Venky Pazhambalacode | A | D | D | A | E | E
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| 213 | 46 | RS | Veljko Vujcic | E | D | A | D | E | C
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| 214 | 46 | CAns | Gerald Murphy | B | A | C | A | F | E
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| 215 | 46 | UKen | John England | A | A | A | D | D | B
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| 216 | 46 | PT | Jose Oliveira | A | C | B | E | E | B
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| 217 | 46 | USoh | Russell Haney | A | E | C | B | E | C
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| 218 | 46 | NZ | Fraser Rew | A | D | D | F | A | D
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| 219 | 46 | BR | Guilherme Guimaraes | A | C | A | F | D | C
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| 220 | 46 | BA | Ranko Tica | A | C | C | C | E | B
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| 221 | 46 | USny | William Bascom | A | A | A | A | F | B
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| 222 | 46 | CAns | Jim Mathers | A | D | B | A | E | B
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| 223 | 46 | USwa | Keller Wightman | A | E | B | A | B | D
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| 224 | 45 | USca | Sandy Barnes | A | C | B | E | D | D
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| 225 | 45 | UKen | Roger Courtney | A | D | A | A | E | C
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| 226 | 45 | FR | Ko Vijn | B | E | B | C | E | D
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| 227 | 45 | AU | Michael Seldon | E | C | B | A | E | B
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| 228 | 45 | USwa | Josh Sinnett | F | E | D | D | B | B
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| 229 | 45 | HK | Wing-Kai Hon | A | D | F | D | F | C
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| 230 | 45 | CAns | Robin Hall | A | A | A | B | D | D
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| 231 | 45 | CAon | Jack Shinehoft | A | C | A | C | E | B
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| 232 | 45 | SG | Peiyi Wang | A | D | B | D | A | D
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| 233 | 45 | UKen | Jonathan de Souza | E | C | A | A | D | D
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| 234 | 45 | USny | Andrew Nitzberg | F | D | C | D | D | D
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| 235 | 45 | TR | Tamer Cokgor | D | C | A | D | B | E
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| 236 | 45 | UKen | Chris Challinor | B | B | A | B | F | B
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| 237 | 45 | USfl | Beth Ludwig | A | C | A | B | D | C
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| 238 | 45 | USmd | Diane Walker | A | B | D | A | E | D
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| 239 | 45 | PL | Stanislaw Makowka | A | D | A | E | E | B
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| 240 | 45 | UKen | David Woulds | A | A | A | F | E | C
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| 241 | 45 | GR | Christine Vranika | A | C | A | E | F | E
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| 242 | 45 | USny | Jay Levy | A | D | F | D | B | B
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| 243 | 45 | USaz | Kurt Oelze | C | D | B | D | E | B
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| 244 | 45 | HK | Bill Leung | A | C | B | D | A | B
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| 245 | 45 | RO | Bogdan Mitran | A | D | A | B | D | B
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| 246 | 45 | CAon | Fintan Church | E | C | D | B | E | A
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| 247 | 45 | USny | Maureen Watkins | A | D | A | C | E | D
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| 248 | 45 | USca | Bruce Blakely | E | D | B | A | E | D
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| 249 | 45 | AU | Ed Barnes | A | C | F | A | B | D
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| 250 | 45 | ES | Elisa Linares-Rivas | A | A | D | D | C | B
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| 251 | 45 | IL | Brian Zietman | B | D | A | E | E | C
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| 252 | 45 | USnj | Tina Daly | A | E | B | A | E | B
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| 253 | 45 | PT | Jorge Castanheira | A | C | A | C | E | B
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| 254 | 45 | USca | Haisam Osman | A | A | E | D | E | B
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| 255 | 45 | USaz | Adele Verkamp | B | C | A | C | E | C
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| 256 | 45 | FR | Jean-Pierre Bloch | B | E | A | E | B | B
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| 257 | 45 | RO | Andrei Sechelea | B | E | A | A | D | B
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| 258 | 45 | BE | Rutger van Mechelen | A | C | F | A | F | B
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| 259 | 44 | HK | Jonathan Ng | C | D | B | D | F | C
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| 260 | 44 | BE | Anne de Backer | E | D | B | A | B | D
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| 261 | 44 | IT | Stefano Bertorelli | A | D | B | A | E | C
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| 262 | 44 | USmd | Jerrold Miller | A | D | B | A | E | C
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| 263 | 44 | IN | Ajit Athle | F | D | A | B | E | D
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| 264 | 44 | IT | Franco Galleni | A | C | B | A | E | A
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| 265 | 44 | USwa | Jim Wiitala | A | C | F | F | E | C
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| 266 | 44 | CAon | Bob Stuart | A | D | A | B | E | A
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| 267 | 44 | DE | Maria Wurmseer | D | C | B | A | E | B
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| 268 | 44 | USsc | Rick Giles | D | D | B | A | E | D
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| 269 | 44 | NL | Chris Travers | F | C | D | E | B | D
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| 270 | 44 | USca | Steven Yang | A | A | A | B | E | C
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| 271 | 44 | NL | J.J. Gass | E | E | B | D | F | E
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| 272 | 44 | NZ | Kerry Kelly | A | C | A | C | F | C
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| 273 | 44 | IL | Amiram Millet | A | D | F | B | B | D
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| 274 | 44 | USwy | Rick Knight | A | A | A | B | F | E
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| 275 | 44 | CAab | Nicolae Vartosu | A | D | A | A | D | B
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| 276 | 44 | UStx | Phillip Jaeger | A | D | B | B | D | B
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| 277 | 44 | USoh | Burt Frankel | B | D | B | C | E | B
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| 278 | 44 | AU | Patrick Moore | A | E | D | B | B | A
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| 279 | 44 | USma | Jeffrey Gertz | A | D | A | A | E | E
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| 280 | 44 | USpa | Michael Belman | F | D | A | D | D | D
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| 281 | 44 | USde | Firoza Cooper | A | C | C | B | D | A
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| 282 | 44 | CAbc | Alan Chapelle | E | A | A | D | F | E
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| 283 | 44 | USfl | Jim Saxon | B | C | A | C | D | B
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| 284 | 44 | BE | Bram Amsel | A | E | A | F | E | A
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| 285 | 44 | USdc | Daniel Morgan | A | E | A | A | F | E
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| 286 | 44 | NO | Magnus Skaar | A | D | B | D | D | E
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| 287 | 44 | UStx | David Warner | A | C | A | E | D | B
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| 288 | 44 | DE | Zenon Schwarz | B | D | B | E | E | C
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| 289 | 44 | CApq | Sergepier Brunette | B | C | F | E | E | B
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| 290 | 44 | BG | Tchavdar Nikolov | E | C | B | D | A | D
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| 291 | 44 | USpa | Barbara Reinoehl | C | C | C | A | B | B
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| 292 | 44 | SK | Lukas Sidor | B | E | B | E | B | B
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| 293 | 44 | USca | Bob Lafollette | A | D | D | A | A | D
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| 294 | 44 | CApq | Ansar Burney | A | C | D | C | D | B
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| 295 | 44 | IN | Mubashir Ansari | A | C | F | A | E | B
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| 296 | 44 | NO | Espen Skarpholt | A | A | A | A | D | D
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| 297 | 44 | DE | Falko Gleichmann | A | A | A | B | E | C
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| 298 | 44 | USca | Yumiko Reynolds | A | C | A | B | C | B
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| 299 | 44 | TR | Burak Yurdakul | B | A | A | D | A | B
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| 300 | 44 | HK | Theo Chin | A | D | A | F | D | C |
Places 301-400
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 301 | 44 | MZ | Paul Fauvet | B | E | A | C | E | B
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| 302 | 44 | UStx | Peter Hudson | B | C | A | A | A | B
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| 303 | 44 | USnc | Owen Lien | A | E | A | E | E | B
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| 304 | 44 | SE | Andreas Westerlund | A | E | B | D | B | A
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| 305 | 44 | USoh | John Kropinak | A | D | B | E | E | B
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| 306 | 43 | DK | Jacob Grabowski | A | C | B | B | D | E
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| 307 | 43 | USnh | Bruce Downing | C | A | A | D | D | D
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| 308 | 43 | BE | Alon Amsel | A | D | A | C | E | B
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| 309 | 43 | USpa | John Policella | A | E | B | E | E | B
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| 310 | 43 | CN | Michael Liu | E | C | A | B | B | E
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| 311 | 43 | RO | Liviu Oprea | A | D | B | D | A | B
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| 312 | 43 | RO | Radu Vasilescu | A | E | A | E | D | D
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| 313 | 43 | UKen | Coral Wiggins | C | D | B | B | B | D
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| 314 | 43 | BE | Sebastien Louveaux | E | A | B | A | E | D
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| 315 | 43 | HK | Mo Yee Sum | A | D | D | B | D | A
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| 316 | 43 | RO | Adrian Matei | A | C | F | A | D | D
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| 317 | 43 | USin | Greg Risley | A | A | A | B | D | B
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| 318 | 43 | USnc | Faye Sattin | B | C | F | E | D | D
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| 319 | 43 | CN | Yiqian Liu | A | C | F | D | D | C
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| 320 | 43 | IE | James Heneghan | B | C | F | A | E | E
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| 321 | 43 | USoh | Bob Stitt | A | D | A | C | E | B
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| 322 | 43 | UKen | Malcolm Morris | C | A | D | B | E | B
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| 323 | 43 | USny | Owen Yamauchi | A | C | A | C | E | C
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| 324 | 43 | USil | Robert Howard | A | F | D | B | E | C
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| 325 | 43 | UStx | Eric Goff | D | C | A | D | C | B
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| 326 | 43 | CAon | Jared Riley | F | C | B | B | E | B
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| 327 | 43 | USmn | Dale Taylor | A | D | B | A | E | E
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| 328 | 43 | AR | Jorge Gueglio | A | B | F | D | F | D
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| 329 | 43 | IE | Richard King | F | C | B | F | B | B
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| 330 | 43 | USil | James Hudson | A | E | A | A | D | B
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| 331 | 43 | CN | Roger Sun | E | D | D | A | D | B
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| 332 | 43 | UKen | Peter Stewart | A | E | A | D | E | F
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| 333 | 43 | BE | Bart Delbeke | A | D | A | A | C | D
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| 334 | 43 | RO | Marius Cosma | A | D | B | D | A | B
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| 335 | 43 | LV | Aigars Germanis | F | C | D | E | E | B
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| 336 | 43 | IN | Gopichand Anne | A | A | A | E | E | B
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| 337 | 43 | FI | Matti Niemi | F | C | A | F | F | E
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| 338 | 43 | CAbc | Gary Wright | A | D | D | B | E | F
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| 339 | 43 | USca | Ronald Kow | A | F | A | B | E | B
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| 340 | 43 | CApq | Michel Lalonde | A | E | B | B | D | B
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| 341 | 43 | ZA | Brad Ross-Jones | A | E | A | A | E | E
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| 342 | 43 | PT | Francisco Machado | B | C | E | C | E | B
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| 343 | 43 | AU | John Farr | A | C | B | E | D | B
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| 344 | 43 | USct | Judith Jacobson | C | A | A | D | F | C
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| 345 | 43 | CAon | Rose Hou | F | E | C | D | E | C
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| 346 | 43 | USca | Alan Templeton | E | E | D | E | E | B
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| 347 | 43 | USok | Ruth Davis | B | C | A | C | C | D
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| 348 | 43 | NL | Sjoerd van der Schuit | F | C | B | D | D | B
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| 349 | 43 | CZ | Ludek Ambroz | E | C | A | A | D | B
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| 350 | 43 | UKen | Nigel Marlow | E | C | B | B | D | B
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| 351 | 43 | TR | Guven Dalkilic | A | E | A | A | D | B
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| 352 | 43 | IN | Sivakumar Salem | A | C | B | D | A | C
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| 353 | 43 | AU | Angela Norris | F | D | B | B | E | D
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| 354 | 43 | USoh | Scott Jeggle | A | E | B | B | E | E
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| 355 | 43 | EE | Mihkel Allik | E | D | A | B | F | E
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| 356 | 43 | USpa | Matt Lahut | A | D | D | C | E | C
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| 357 | 43 | NO | Svein Erik Dahl | A | A | A | E | E | B
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| 358 | 43 | UKen | Peter Brook | A | E | B | E | E | B
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| 359 | 43 | NL | Yvonne Kager | B | D | E | B | B | C
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| 360 | 43 | BG | Irina Dimitrova | A | A | A | E | E | B
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| 361 | 43 | BG | Petko Boukov | A | C | B | D | A | C
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| 362 | 43 | USmn | Tim Szeliga | A | E | D | C | D | D
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| 363 | 42 | CN | Peijie Zang | A | A | A | F | D | C
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| 364 | 42 | USnj | Aleksandar Lishkov | A | E | A | F | C | B
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| 365 | 42 | CAmb | Janet Dugle | B | D | B | A | D | E
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| 366 | 42 | PL | Wojtek Gawel | A | E | C | E | D | B
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| 367 | 42 | PT | Jorge Goncalves | A | B | A | D | D | B
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| 368 | 42 | CH | Miriam Kull | A | A | A | E | D | D
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| 369 | 42 | UStx | Vic Sowers | A | C | E | A | D | B
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| 370 | 42 | UKen | Anthony Golding | D | C | F | A | E | D
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| 371 | 42 | TR | Emrah Sen | A | F | B | A | F | B
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| 372 | 42 | USfl | Cecil Livingston | F | E | F | D | F | D
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| 373 | 42 | USnc | William Schmink | E | E | B | E | E | D
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| 374 | 42 | USma | Richard Katzeff | E | A | A | A | E | B
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| 375 | 42 | USnj | Michael Mayer | A | F | A | A | E | B
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| 376 | 42 | TR | Senih Inal | D | D | A | E | B | D
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| 377 | 42 | USnj | Igor Pogrebinsky | A | D | B | C | E | B
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| 378 | 42 | USfl | Edward Schulte | E | C | B | A | D | B
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| 379 | 42 | CAbc | Shirley Paterson | F | C | A | E | F | B
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| 380 | 42 | USfl | David Goldstein | B | D | D | C | D | C
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| 381 | 42 | UKen | Paul Huggins | E | C | A | C | E | B
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| 382 | 42 | USca | Todd Uyeda | A | B | A | A | B | D
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| 383 | 42 | GR | Spiros Kotinas | A | C | A | A | A | B
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| 384 | 42 | HK | Pui Kong Chiu | A | D | F | A | E | B
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| 385 | 42 | NZ | Stephen Cullen | A | C | F | B | E | E
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| 386 | 42 | UStx | Bill Breslin | F | E | C | D | E | E
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| 387 | 42 | USco | Paula Warren | B | D | B | B | A | B
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| 388 | 42 | USnj | Mani Gupta | A | A | A | E | B | B
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| 389 | 42 | USca | John Culp | B | E | D | C | E | A
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| 390 | 42 | NZ | Brett McGirr | B | A | B | F | C | B
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| 391 | 42 | LV | Ivars Liepa | B | E | B | A | D | C
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| 392 | 42 | RO | Adrian Petculescu | A | D | A | D | A | C
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| 393 | 42 | BG | Georgi Bachev | A | D | F | A | E | B
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| 394 | 42 | TR | Ahmet Rifat Sahin | C | E | A | A | F | B
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| 395 | 42 | USca | Rena Farber | A | C | F | E | E | B
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| 396 | 42 | AU | Niels Kjellerup | E | E | B | E | E | D
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| 397 | 42 | USnj | Karen Sylvester | D | E | A | E | E | D
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| 398 | 42 | UKen | Andrew Robson | D | D | F | D | E | B
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| 399 | 42 | USmt | Charles Smith | B | E | B | B | C | B
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| 400 | 42 | NL | Jaap Ravenhorst | E | A | A | D | E | A |
All Others Above Average
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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|---|
| 401 | 42 | UKwa | Alan Stephenson | F | C | A | D | D | C
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| 402 | 42 | USfl | Sue Gagliardi | A | F | B | E | F | D
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| 403 | 42 | PT | Luciano Machado | E | E | D | B | B | E
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| 404 | 42 | USnj | Eileen Cohen | A | C | A | C | D | B
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| 405 | 42 | CAbc | Ralph Tiessens | F | D | A | B | E | B
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| 406 | 42 | USca | Tim Offensend | A | C | B | A | D | E
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| 407 | 42 | PT | Carlos Cabrinha | A | E | A | A | E | A
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| 408 | 42 | CApq | Claude Poudrier | C | D | A | D | E | A
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| 409 | 42 | ES | Javier Carbonero | E | C | A | F | D | E
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| 410 | 42 | SG | Jinzhou Loo | C | E | B | A | E | D
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| 411 | 42 | USky | Michael Purcell | E | D | A | E | E | B
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| 412 | 42 | USca | Jimmie Swan | A | A | E | B | E | B
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| 413 | 42 | USnj | Patrick Murray | A | D | A | E | D | B
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| 414 | 42 | USny | Tom Barry | A | E | D | D | A | E
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| 415 | 42 | HR | Zoran Bohacek | A | C | D | E | A | B
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| 416 | 42 | FI | Mikko Kekki | A | D | A | E | D | B
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| 417 | 42 | FR | Gillian Hewitt | E | C | B | C | B | D
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| 418 | 42 | UKen | Toby Kenney | E | D | B | A | B | B
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| 419 | 42 | UKen | Douglas Dunn | B | F | D | E | F | E
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| 420 | 41 | CN | China Caac | F | C | F | D | D | D
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| 421 | 41 | CN | Qing Ye | A | A | C | B | C | B
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| 422 | 41 | USpa | Rick Welesko | A | E | F | B | B | B
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| 423 | 41 | USfl | Neil Evangelista | F | E | A | E | F | D
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| 424 | 41 | USok | Winston Munn | F | D | F | F | F | D
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| 425 | 41 | UStn | Charles Cohen | A | F | A | B | E | C
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| 426 | 41 | AU | Chris Mills | B | A | B | C | F | C
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| 427 | 41 | SI | Egon Novak | A | A | A | E | E | C
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| 428 | 41 | USil | Jack Hagerty | E | C | B | C | E | B
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| 429 | 41 | USwa | Hendrik Sharples | A | D | A | A | D | E
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| 430 | 41 | CAon | Robert Lake | F | E | D | E | B | D
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| 431 | 41 | USpa | Bruce Lieberman | A | E | A | E | D | B
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| 432 | 41 | CAbc | William Grover | B | F | A | C | F | B
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| 433 | 41 | USil | Dan English | B | A | F | E | B | D
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| 434 | 41 | TR | Osman Ozcan | E | C | F | A | E | B
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| 435 | 41 | USca | Billy Blanchard | A | C | C | B | A | E
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| 436 | 41 | AU | Mike Phillips | E | C | A | C | D | D
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| 437 | 41 | NZ | Norman Scott-Morrison | F | E | A | D | E | E
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| 438 | 41 | USwi | Tyson Patterson | E | C | A | E | D | B
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| 439 | 41 | NL | Leo Blaauw | F | C | A | A | E | C
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| 440 | 41 | USmt | Dot Williams | E | A | F | D | E | B
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| 441 | 41 | CN | Yijun Xu | A | C | B | E | A | D
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| 442 | 41 | UStx | Chad Harris | A | D | D | C | C | D
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| 443 | 41 | USca | Valentin Vieru | E | C | B | E | E | C
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| 444 | 41 | ID | Fakhri Fakhruddin | A | F | B | A | E | B
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| 445 | 41 | CAon | Dale Smith | B | E | E | B | E | A
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| 446 | 41 | UKen | Colin Street | F | C | B | E | F | B
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| 447 | 41 | USca | Vandana Vidwans | E | D | B | B | E | E
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| 448 | 41 | UKen | Gabriel Ip | A | D | B | D | A | C
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| 449 | 41 | FR | Guy Ledanois | F | D | A | A | E | B
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| 450 | 41 | IN | Shreerang Joshi | A | D | B | E | D | B
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| 451 | 41 | BG | Peter Ludnev | A | F | A | A | F | C
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| 452 | 41 | BG | Ivan Radev | E | D | A | A | B | C
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| 453 | 41 | USor | Paul Flashenberg | E | D | A | E | B | B
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| 454 | 41 | UKen | Audrey Kueh | A | A | B | A | D | B
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| 455 | 41 | FR | Alain Boudon | A | D | A | B | A | B
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| 456 | 41 | PT | Manuel Antunes | A | A | B | E | D | D
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| 457 | 41 | ZA | Gertina Griffith | B | B | B | A | B | B
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| 458 | 41 | USpa | Dick Henry | A | D | F | D | B | A
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| 459 | 41 | USca | Curt Reeves | F | E | F | D | E | D
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| 460 | 41 | USal | Don Kemp | A | D | B | B | D | E
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| 461 | 41 | CAon | Gordon Humphrys | E | B | D | D | D | B
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| 462 | 41 | USny | Jack Presser | D | C | F | A | F | B
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| 463 | 41 | AU | Everald Hewson | A | E | B | C | E | B
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| 464 | 41 | USnh | Lawrence Cheetham | F | E | C | A | E | B
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| 465 | 41 | EE | Jaak Kand | E | F | A | A | E | D
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| 466 | 41 | UKen | Biddy Smyth | A | A | B | C | B | D
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| 467 | 41 | UY | Sara Rathauser | A | D | B | B | D | E
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| 468 | 41 | UKsc | Nigel Guthrie | A | C | A | E | C | 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
|
|---|
| 1 | 48.67 | 2 | DE | Germany | 6
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| 2 | 47.63 | 17 | PL | Poland | 16
|
| 3 | 47.53 | 10 | CN | China | 15
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| 4 | 47.17 | 8 | USor | Oregon | 6
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| 5 | 45.00 | 64 | HU | Hungary | 5
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| 6 | 44.50 | 60 | BG | Bulgaria | 10
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| 7 | 44.00 | 158 | IT | Italy | 7
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| 8 | 43.67 | 1 | ES | Spain | 6
|
| 9 | 43.64 | 48 | FR | France | 11
|
| 10 | 43.21 | 3 | NL | Netherlands | 29
|
| 11 | 43.21 | 9 | UKen | England | 53
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| 12 | 42.86 | 14 | USin | Indiana | 7
|
| 13 | 42.86 | 149 | USmn | Minnesota | 7
|
| 14 | 42.80 | 11 | USoh | Ohio | 15
|
| 15 | 42.74 | 33 | UStx | Texas | 23
|
| 16 | 42.63 | 24 | USwa | Washington | 8
|
| 17 | 42.50 | 113 | IE | Ireland | 6
|
| 18 | 42.43 | 83 | SG | Singapore | 7
|
| 19 | 42.00 | 163 | RO | Romania | 15
|
| 20 | 41.88 | 21 | USil | Illinois | 17
|
| 21 | 41.67 | 65 | FI | Finland | 12
|
| 22 | 41.19 | 91 | USma | Massachusetts | 16
|
| 23 | 41.00 | 20 | CAbc | British Columbia | 15
|
| 24 | 40.71 | 30 | PT | Portugal | 24
|
| 25 | 40.68 | 37 | TR | Turkey | 19
|
| 26 | 40.52 | 29 | IN | India | 21
|
| 27 | 40.47 | 13 | CAon | Ontario | 38
|
| 28 | 40.46 | 4 | USca | California | 65
|
| 29 | 40.30 | 12 | USny | New York | 30
|
| 30 | 40.23 | 27 | USmd | Maryland | 13
|
| 31 | 40.09 | 38 | AU | Australia | 32
|
| 32 | 40.08 | 57 | CAns | Nova Scotia | 12
|
| 33 | 40.00 | 72 | USnc | North Carolina | 8
|
| 34 | 40.00 | 79 | USpa | Pennsylvania | 17
|
| 35 | 39.78 | 35 | SE | Sweden | 9
|
| 36 | 39.64 | 134 | HK | Hong Kong | 11
|
| 37 | 39.14 | 43 | USco | Colorado | 7
|
| 38 | 39.00 | 100 | USga | Georgia | 7
|
| 39 | 39.00 | 131 | NO | Norway | 10
|
| 40 | 38.83 | 52 | NZ | New Zealand | 12
|
| 41 | 38.17 | 126 | USct | Connecticut | 6
|
| 42 | 38.17 | 258 | BE | Belgium | 12
|
| 43 | 38.05 | 128 | USfl | Florida | 40
|
| 44 | 37.33 | 98 | IL | Israel | 6
|
| 45 | 37.20 | 130 | USva | Virginia | 5
|
| 46 | 37.14 | 199 | USnj | New Jersey | 22
|
| 47 | 37.05 | 181 | CApq | Quebec | 20 |
| Rank | Average | Best | LC | Location | Entries
|
|---|
| 48 | 59.00 | 6 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 1
|
| 49 | 51.00 | 95 | CAnb | New Brunswick | 1
|
| 50 | 50.00 | 107 | CD | Congo (Dem Republic) | 1
|
| 51 | 49.67 | 36 | CAab | Alberta | 3
|
| 52 | 47.00 | 164 | USme | Maine | 1
|
| 53 | 47.00 | 167 | GT | Guatemala | 1
|
| 54 | 46.67 | 121 | UKwa | Wales | 3
|
| 55 | 46.50 | 26 | USnv | Nevada | 2
|
| 56 | 46.00 | 58 | LV | Latvia | 3
|
| 57 | 46.00 | 188 | LB | Lebanon | 1
|
| 58 | 46.00 | 207 | MY | Malaysia | 1
|
| 59 | 46.00 | 220 | BA | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1
|
| 60 | 45.00 | 105 | USsc | South Carolina | 4
|
| 61 | 44.50 | 76 | HR | Croatia | 4
|
| 62 | 44.00 | 281 | USde | Delaware | 1
|
| 63 | 44.00 | 285 | USdc | Washington DC | 1
|
| 64 | 44.00 | 301 | MZ | Mozambique | 1
|
| 65 | 43.25 | 45 | USmo | Missouri | 4
|
| 66 | 43.00 | 89 | USwv | West Virginia | 2
|
| 67 | 43.00 | 328 | AR | Argentina | 1
|
| 68 | 43.00 | 349 | CZ | Czech Republic | 1
|
| 69 | 42.50 | 59 | TW | Taiwan | 4
|
| 70 | 42.25 | 140 | SI | Slovenia | 4
|
| 71 | 42.00 | 169 | USky | Kentucky | 4
|
| 72 | 42.00 | 347 | USok | Oklahoma | 2
|
| 73 | 42.00 | 365 | CAmb | Manitoba | 1
|
| 74 | 41.67 | 182 | ID | Indonesia | 3
|
| 75 | 41.50 | 399 | USmt | Montana | 2
|
| 76 | 41.33 | 152 | UKsc | Scotland | 3
|
| 77 | 41.00 | 292 | SK | Slovakia | 2
|
| 78 | 41.00 | 467 | UY | Uruguay | 1
|
| 79 | 40.50 | 213 | RS | Serbia | 2
|
| 80 | 40.50 | 219 | BR | Brazil | 2
|
| 81 | 40.00 | 487 | USid | Idaho | 1
|
| 82 | 40.00 | 497 | USar | Arkansas | 1
|
| 83 | 40.00 | 500 | USne | Nebraska | 1
|
| 84 | 39.33 | 241 | GR | Greece | 3
|
| 85 | 39.33 | 307 | USnh | New Hampshire | 3
|
| 86 | 39.00 | 243 | USaz | Arizona | 4
|
| 87 | 38.50 | 355 | EE | Estonia | 4
|
| 88 | 38.33 | 150 | AT | Austria | 3
|
| 89 | 38.33 | 460 | USal | Alabama | 3
|
| 90 | 38.00 | 146 | EG | Egypt | 2
|
| 91 | 38.00 | 306 | DK | Denmark | 2
|
| 92 | 38.00 | 341 | ZA | South Africa | 3
|
| 93 | 37.00 | 532 | CL | Chile | 3
|
| 94 | 37.00 | 558 | USla | Louisiana | 3
|
| 95 | 37.00 | 603 | CApe | Prince Edward Island | 1
|
| 96 | 36.50 | 425 | UStn | Tennessee | 2
|
| 97 | 36.00 | 438 | USwi | Wisconsin | 4
|
| 98 | 36.00 | 658 | CO | Colombia | 1
|
| 99 | 36.00 | 663 | USsd | South Dakota | 1
|
| 100 | 36.00 | 681 | USnm | New Mexico | 1
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| 101 | 36.00 | 684 | RU | Russia | 1
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| 102 | 35.00 | 274 | USwy | Wyoming | 3
|
| 103 | 35.00 | 699 | PK | Pakistan | 1
|
| 104 | 35.00 | 727 | AM | Armenia | 1
|
| 105 | 34.25 | 485 | USmi | Michigan | 4
|
| 106 | 34.00 | 368 | CH | Switzerland | 4
|
| 107 | 33.67 | 534 | TH | Thailand | 3
|
| 108 | 32.00 | 693 | USks | Kansas | 3
|
| 109 | 32.00 | 815 | UShi | Hawaii | 1
|
| 110 | 31.00 | 824 | AE | United Arab Emirates | 1
|
| 111 | 31.00 | 828 | IS | Iceland | 1
|
| 112 | 30.00 | 835 | JP | Japan | 1
|
| 113 | 30.00 | 848 | VE | Venezuela | 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 3.4 GHz CPU with 512 MB RAM, running Windows 98.
Congratulations to Bridge Baron (US) which topped the bots with a respectable 47 on this tricky problem set. Only two other bots beat the average human score (40.99): GIB (US) with 44, and Blue Chip Bridge (UK) with 42.
As usual, some of the choices went off my chart, since bots are not equipped to cope with multiple-choice quizzes. Only Problem 3 produced deviations that deserved merit: GIB won two clubs, 
K, 
A and ducked a heart; Bridge Buff won three clubs but cashed the K in between. Both of these lines (indicated as G) are flawed, but a lock is lost only about 15 percent of the time. I felt an award of 6 was in line with my scoring model. The remaining aberrations on Problems 1-3 (indicated as H for hopeless) were clearly without merit and scored the same as the worst listed option.
Problem 6 was interesting with the winkle squeeze, and two bots found the correct start. I was curious whether this was a true understanding of the position, or just an intelligent guess, so I let them play it out. The results: GIB got it right and made 5 , but Bridge Buff went astray. Remind me never to double GIB again.
HAL was pissed with the resurgence of GIB and vowed to make giblets out of it next time. When I asked HAL how it expected to do this, being barely able to follow suit on its own, it threatened me with a Pavlov dog experiment. Sigh. What I have to put up with around here. Bang, zoom — free computer parts!
August 2005 Rankings
| Rank | Score | LC | Program version | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 47 | US | Bridge Baron 15.0 | A | C | H | F | F | B
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| 2 | 44 | US | GIB 6.1.3 | B | B | G | B | E | D
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| 3 | 42 | UK | Blue Chip Bridge 4.2.5 | B | F | D | E | F | E
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| 4 | 40 | CA | Bridge Buff 11.0 | A | H | G | E | F | D
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| 5 | 40 | NL | Jack 3.01 | B | F | A | C | E | B
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| 6 | 30 | JP | Micro Bridge 11.00 | H | D | H | E | E | A
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| 7 | 27 | DE | Q-plus Bridge 7.1 | A | B | H | E | D | A
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| 8 | 12 | US | HAL 9003 | F | B | F | C | A | F |
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 |
© 2005 Richard Pavlicek
by Richard Pavlicek
