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Standings
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| # | Player | Region | # Correct | % Correct | Average Correct Celerity |
Std. Dev. Celerity | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Burgess | Minnesota | 48 | 96.0% | .540 | .216 | 790 |
| 2 | Paul Secrest | Washington | 48 | 96.0% | .515 | .222 | 775 |
| 3 | Aaron Dos Remedios | Canada | 47 | 94.0% | .533 | .211 | 772 |
| 4 | David Kiang | Illinois | 49 | 98.0% | .473 | .228 | 769 |
| 5 | Drew Scheeler | Ohio | 46 | 92.0% | .557 | .241 | 764 |
| 6 | Kenji Shimizu | Michigan | 47 | 94.0% | .519 | .186 | 762 |
| 7 | Akosua Asante | Canada | 48 | 96.0% | .480 | .191 | 756 |
| 8 | Craig Barker | Michigan | 49 | 98.0% | .457 | .259 | 756 |
| 9 | Scott Latchem | California | 47 | 94.0% | .499 | .238 | 753 |
| 10 | David Seal | Delaware | 47 | 94.0% | .478 | .216 | 740 |
| 11 | Steven Oppenheim | Ohio | 47 | 94.0% | .485 | .228 | 738 |
| 12 | Joseph Langas | Massachusetts | 49 | 98.0% | .419 | .204 | 736 |
| 13 | Dan Puma | Illinois | 48 | 96.0% | .442 | .236 | 735 |
| 14 | Jeff King | Maryland | 47 | 94.0% | .469 | .207 | 734 |
| 15 | Craig Moysey | Canada | 49 | 98.0% | .415 | .210 | 734 |
| 16 | Janice Paton | Massachusetts | 49 | 98.0% | .414 | .216 | 733 |
| 17 | Michael Davies | Maryland | 49 | 98.0% | .417 | .223 | 732 |
| 18 | Josh Heit | Virginia | 49 | 98.0% | .415 | .235 | 729 |
| 19 | Jeff Frank | Indiana | 46 | 92.0% | .485 | .221 | 728 |
| 20 | Randall Eng | New York | 48 | 96.0% | .432 | .249 | 724 |
| 21 | Sean Calhoun | South Dakota | 50 | 100.0% | .385 | .173 | 723 |
| 22 | Anu Kashyap | California | 48 | 96.0% | .412 | .196 | 712 |
| 23 | Brian Lipinski | District of Columbia | 46 | 92.0% | .463 | .230 | 711 |
| 24 | Ryan Luptak | Illinois | 49 | 98.0% | .385 | .222 | 708 |
| 25 | Lawrence Simon | Maryland | 47 | 94.0% | .427 | .231 | 706 |
| 26 | Mark Morris | Alabama | 50 | 100.0% | .358 | .218 | 705 |
| 27 | Jack Rousseau | California | 44 | 88.0% | .506 | .237 | 703 |
| 28 | Tejas Raje | Illinois | 47 | 94.0% | .414 | .238 | 698 |
| 29 | John Hanna | North Carolina | 44 | 88.0% | .482 | .185 | 697 |
| 30 | Benjamin Livingston | Minnesota | 45 | 90.0% | .451 | .236 | 697 |
| 31 | Charlie Rosenthal | New York | 47 | 94.0% | .409 | .220 | 697 |
| 32 | Shannon Jamison | Virginia | 48 | 96.0% | .380 | .257 | 696 |
| 33 | Nic Mortimer | United Kingdom | 47 | 94.0% | .405 | .200 | 695 |
| 34 | Amanda Walker | Washington | 45 | 90.0% | .462 | .256 | 693 |
| 35 | Ali Filipowicz | Virginia | 47 | 94.0% | .406 | .258 | 693 |
| 36 | Andrew Dupont | California | 46 | 92.0% | .425 | .238 | 692 |
| 37 | Sam Sabulis | Georgia | 47 | 94.0% | .401 | .227 | 690 |
| 38 | Erik Nickels | Pennsylvania | 47 | 94.0% | .397 | .196 | 689 |
| 39 | Erik Eide | Canada | 44 | 88.0% | .468 | .274 | 687 |
| 40 | Dana Thurmond | Florida | 46 | 92.0% | .419 | .229 | 687 |
| 41 | Lee Henry | Alabama | 44 | 88.0% | .466 | .253 | 683 |
| 42 | Jesse Tow | Tennessee | 46 | 92.0% | .405 | .251 | 682 |
| 43 | Owen Cooper | Alabama | 44 | 88.0% | .463 | .242 | 681 |
| 44 | Tom Kelso | New York | 45 | 90.0% | .429 | .245 | 681 |
| 45 | Jason Palmer | Ohio | 43 | 86.0% | .479 | .201 | 680 |
| 46 | Anthony Peek | Louisiana | 44 | 88.0% | .456 | .211 | 680 |
| 47 | Gary Morris | New York | 46 | 92.0% | .406 | .242 | 679 |
| 48 | Quinn McGarry | Missouri | 45 | 90.0% | .422 | .211 | 678 |
| 49 | Stephanie Perkins | Missouri | 46 | 92.0% | .402 | .258 | 677 |
| 50 | Michael Olson | Minnesota | 44 | 88.0% | .452 | .238 | 676 |
| 51 | Dylan McCormick | Wisconsin | 48 | 96.0% | .338 | .220 | 671 |
| 52 | Ozzie Fallick | California | 45 | 90.0% | .413 | .236 | 670 |
| 53 | Joshua Grischow | Ohio | 46 | 92.0% | .390 | .206 | 670 |
| 54 | Nate Kane | Arizona | 43 | 86.0% | .464 | .239 | 669 |
| 55 | Joshua Levit | Massachusetts | 44 | 88.0% | .431 | .266 | 666 |
| 56 | Ryan Rosenberg | California | 46 | 92.0% | .381 | .236 | 666 |
| 57 | Christopher Gismondi | Michigan | 44 | 88.0% | .431 | .225 | 665 |
| 58 | Ben Kopnick | Minnesota | 47 | 94.0% | .356 | .203 | 664 |
| 59 | Sam Ferguson | North Carolina | 45 | 90.0% | .404 | .208 | 663 |
| 60 | Alex Dzurick | Pennsylvania | 45 | 90.0% | .398 | .230 | 661 |
| 61 | Elisabeth Evan | Ohio | 47 | 94.0% | .346 | .218 | 660 |
| 62 | Myron Meyer | South Dakota | 41 | 82.0% | .493 | .264 | 652 |
| 63 | Stephen Ours | Virginia | 44 | 88.0% | .404 | .230 | 650 |
| 64 | Ryan Fedewa | Illinois | 46 | 92.0% | .359 | .206 | 649 |
| 65 | Christopher Pennant | Illinois | 42 | 84.0% | .449 | .226 | 648 |
| 66 | Daniel DeFelippis | New York | 46 | 92.0% | .351 | .203 | 648 |
| 67 | Matthew Grieco | New York | 43 | 86.0% | .428 | .251 | 646 |
| 68 | Alan Kreisel | Florida | 46 | 92.0% | .349 | .218 | 646 |
| 69 | Matthew Hayes | Louisiana | 45 | 90.0% | .369 | .205 | 644 |
| 70 | Brian Hight | Michigan | 46 | 92.0% | .339 | .246 | 641 |
| 71 | Jenna Hull | California | 42 | 84.0% | .441 | .222 | 639 |
| 72 | Eric Douglass | South Carolina | 41 | 82.0% | .464 | .257 | 636 |
| 73 | Siddharth Hariharan | Maryland | 44 | 88.0% | .377 | .205 | 635 |
| 74 | Andrew Medlin | Louisiana | 43 | 86.0% | .388 | .260 | 628 |
| 75 | Jason Lai | New York | 45 | 90.0% | .336 | .195 | 628 |
| 76 | Neil Gurram | California | 44 | 88.0% | .346 | .216 | 617 |
| 77 | Nathaniel Hatfield | Kentucky | 42 | 84.0% | .394 | .213 | 616 |
| 78 | Julie Bratvold | California | 43 | 86.0% | .362 | .239 | 614 |
| 79 | Joey Goldman | United Kingdom | 40 | 80.0% | .449 | .210 | 613 |
| 80 | Robert Kilner | Ohio | 42 | 84.0% | .393 | .252 | 612 |
| 81 | Iain Thoms | United Kingdom | 41 | 82.0% | .417 | .213 | 611 |
| 82 | Greg Garbee | Florida | 42 | 84.0% | .378 | .204 | 609 |
| 83 | Gail Celio | Minnesota | 41 | 82.0% | .398 | .224 | 602 |
| 84 | John Stewart | Virginia | 44 | 88.0% | .316 | .193 | 602 |
| 85 | Deb Wells | Pennsylvania | 43 | 86.0% | .345 | .220 | 600 |
| 86 | Kevin McCabe | Colorado | 44 | 88.0% | .310 | .246 | 596 |
| 87 | Bailey Angle | Virginia | 40 | 80.0% | .409 | .233 | 594 |
| 88 | Ben Chametzky | Illinois | 38 | 76.0% | .465 | .260 | 592 |
| 89 | Rebecca Thomas | Georgia | 41 | 82.0% | .375 | .200 | 590 |
| 90 | Arlo Lyle | Minnesota | 39 | 78.0% | .432 | .243 | 589 |
| 91 | Losha Ndemeno-Tegomoh | Minnesota | 42 | 84.0% | .339 | .182 | 589 |
| 92 | Andrew Fisher | United Kingdom | 39 | 78.0% | .421 | .223 | 587 |
| 93 | David Cruickshank | United Kingdom | 40 | 80.0% | .394 | .199 | 586 |
| 94 | Lars Melton | Virginia | 38 | 76.0% | .417 | .227 | 569 |
| 95 | Nicholas Palczak | New York | 39 | 78.0% | .389 | .230 | 568 |
| 96 | Lauren Cusitello | California | 40 | 80.0% | .357 | .254 | 568 |
| 97 | John Monahan | Europe | 38 | 76.0% | .415 | .284 | 565 |
| 98 | Eric Adams | Georgia | 38 | 76.0% | .407 | .253 | 565 |
| 99 | Andrey Goder | California | 39 | 78.0% | .375 | .252 | 559 |
| 100 | Brock Stephenson | Canada | 38 | 76.0% | .373 | .231 | 548 |
| 101 | James Carberry | Louisiana | 37 | 74.0% | .381 | .234 | 537 |
| 102 | Brian Morehouse | Connecticut | 38 | 76.0% | .349 | .230 | 534 |
| 103 | Andrew Almas | Canada | 40 | 80.0% | .288 | .191 | 532 |
| 104 | Tyler Miller | New York | 41 | 82.0% | .263 | .190 | 532 |
| 105 | Alyssia Higgs | Kentucky | 38 | 76.0% | .345 | .207 | 531 |
| 106 | Robert Diethrich | Texas | 34 | 68.0% | .462 | .244 | 529 |
| 107 | Steven Gallen | New Jersey | 38 | 76.0% | .339 | .247 | 529 |
| 108 | Zosha Winegar-Schultz | Minnesota | 38 | 76.0% | .305 | .200 | 515 |
| 109 | Delano Barnes | Texas | 38 | 76.0% | .306 | .223 | 513 |
| 110 | Kristin Pierce | Missouri | 34 | 68.0% | .376 | .277 | 490 |
| 111 | Christopher Clough | United Kingdom | 33 | 66.0% | .395 | .240 | 485 |
| 112 | Billy Celio | California | 35 | 70.0% | .303 | .188 | 471 |
| 113 | Nathan Hamer | United Kingdom | 34 | 68.0% | .319 | .205 | 467 |
| 114 | Nancy Hirsch | Georgia | 33 | 66.0% | .339 | .219 | 458 |
| 115 | Kacie Van Horn | Texas | 30 | 60.0% | .113 | .101 | 331 |
| 116 | Jack Thompson | Florida | 11 | 22.0% | .290 | .229 | 147 |
Celerity is the fraction of the question that had not been read at the time of a buzz (for which a correct answer was provided). 1.000 is an immediate buzz, .500 is an answer given halfway through the question in terms of time on the sound recording, and .000 is an answer given at the very end.