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Standings
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| # | Player | Region | # Correct | % Correct | Average Correct Celerity |
Std. Dev. Celerity | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Dos Remedios | Canada | 48 | 96.0% | .495 | .258 | 762 |
| 2 | Dan Burgess | Minnesota | 47 | 94.0% | .514 | .217 | 761 |
| 3 | Jack Rousseau | California | 46 | 92.0% | .523 | .244 | 750 |
| 4 | Jeff Frank | Indiana | 49 | 98.0% | .423 | .275 | 734 |
| 5 | Kenji Shimizu | Michigan | 47 | 94.0% | .468 | .207 | 732 |
| 6 | Kyle Kahan | California | 46 | 92.0% | .494 | .216 | 729 |
| 7 | Akosua Asante | Canada | 49 | 98.0% | .411 | .228 | 725 |
| 8 | Carlos Hernandez Fisher | Canada | 46 | 92.0% | .475 | .248 | 721 |
| 9 | Lawrence Simon | Maryland | 47 | 94.0% | .435 | .236 | 714 |
| 10 | Scott Latchem | California | 45 | 90.0% | .484 | .289 | 710 |
| 11 | Nicholas Penner | Canada | 48 | 96.0% | .399 | .246 | 707 |
| 12 | Stephen Liu | California | 45 | 90.0% | .456 | .233 | 696 |
| 13 | Bill Patschak | Maryland | 45 | 90.0% | .443 | .247 | 688 |
| 14 | James Dowd | Hawaii | 45 | 90.0% | .431 | .259 | 681 |
| 15 | Matthew LaMagna | Virginia | 45 | 90.0% | .433 | .218 | 680 |
| 16 | Sean Calhoun | South Dakota | 48 | 96.0% | .361 | .217 | 680 |
| 17 | Carl Tjo | California | 46 | 92.0% | .407 | .283 | 679 |
| 18 | Jason Palmer | Ohio | 47 | 94.0% | .367 | .255 | 674 |
| 19 | Michael Olson | Minnesota | 47 | 94.0% | .371 | .260 | 673 |
| 20 | Joey Goldman | United Kingdom | 46 | 92.0% | .391 | .244 | 671 |
| 21 | David Kiang | Illinois | 45 | 90.0% | .407 | .245 | 668 |
| 22 | Brian Lipinski | District of Columbia | 45 | 90.0% | .406 | .222 | 667 |
| 23 | Janice Paton | Massachusetts | 45 | 90.0% | .403 | .220 | 662 |
| 24 | Elisabeth Evan | Ohio | 45 | 90.0% | .400 | .248 | 659 |
| 25 | Nate Kane | Arizona | 44 | 88.0% | .406 | .253 | 652 |
| 26 | Jonathan Pinyan | New Jersey | 44 | 88.0% | .404 | .253 | 652 |
| 27 | Susannah Brooks | Wisconsin | 43 | 86.0% | .432 | .277 | 649 |
| 28 | Sam Ferguson | North Carolina | 47 | 94.0% | .330 | .231 | 648 |
| 29 | Ryan Friedman | New Hampshire | 45 | 90.0% | .368 | .240 | 646 |
| 30 | Dan Puma | Illinois | 42 | 84.0% | .445 | .266 | 641 |
| 31 | Sam Sabulis | Georgia | 45 | 90.0% | .368 | .228 | 641 |
| 32 | Ryan Rosenberg | California | 44 | 88.0% | .385 | .258 | 640 |
| 33 | Jimmy Dunn | Michigan | 45 | 90.0% | .358 | .287 | 637 |
| 34 | Craig Moysey | Canada | 43 | 86.0% | .406 | .220 | 634 |
| 35 | Michael Adelman | New York | 43 | 86.0% | .396 | .288 | 633 |
| 36 | Andrew Dupont | California | 45 | 90.0% | .347 | .220 | 633 |
| 37 | Stephanie Perkins | Missouri | 45 | 90.0% | .344 | .259 | 633 |
| 38 | John Hanna | North Carolina | 42 | 84.0% | .421 | .265 | 629 |
| 39 | Michael Patison | Texas | 45 | 90.0% | .349 | .231 | 629 |
| 40 | Ben Rothenberg | District of Columbia | 42 | 84.0% | .418 | .262 | 627 |
| 41 | Sarah Benner | Indiana | 43 | 86.0% | .393 | .225 | 627 |
| 42 | Joshua Grischow | Ohio | 45 | 90.0% | .326 | .210 | 623 |
| 43 | Iain Thoms | United Kingdom | 43 | 86.0% | .375 | .247 | 621 |
| 44 | Hidehiro Anto | California | 47 | 94.0% | .283 | .220 | 621 |
| 45 | Michael Kettler | Ohio | 41 | 82.0% | .427 | .276 | 620 |
| 46 | Jenna Hull | California | 45 | 90.0% | .326 | .240 | 619 |
| 47 | Chuck Yu | Maryland | 44 | 88.0% | .352 | .243 | 618 |
| 48 | Mark Morris | Alabama | 49 | 98.0% | .222 | .241 | 614 |
| 49 | Michael McPartland | United Kingdom | 46 | 92.0% | .282 | .228 | 609 |
| 50 | Kevin McCabe | Colorado | 43 | 86.0% | .343 | .225 | 605 |
| 51 | Losha Ndemeno-Tegomoh | Minnesota | 47 | 94.0% | .251 | .210 | 605 |
| 52 | Jimmy Li | California | 43 | 86.0% | .344 | .192 | 602 |
| 53 | Erik Eide | Canada | 41 | 82.0% | .390 | .258 | 601 |
| 54 | Kaberi Chakrabarty | Illinois | 44 | 88.0% | .307 | .244 | 598 |
| 55 | Benjamin Livingston | Minnesota | 40 | 80.0% | .409 | .302 | 596 |
| 56 | Amanda Walker | Washington | 40 | 80.0% | .411 | .264 | 593 |
| 57 | Ryan Luptak | Illinois | 42 | 84.0% | .356 | .242 | 592 |
| 58 | Gail Celio | Minnesota | 43 | 86.0% | .324 | .235 | 592 |
| 59 | Ozzie Fallick | California | 42 | 84.0% | .341 | .249 | 588 |
| 60 | Stephen Ours | Virginia | 44 | 88.0% | .289 | .228 | 587 |
| 61 | Paddy Duffy | Europe | 41 | 82.0% | .366 | .263 | 586 |
| 62 | Daniel DeFelippis | New York | 45 | 90.0% | .257 | .236 | 584 |
| 63 | Ann Gavaghan | United Kingdom | 40 | 80.0% | .387 | .236 | 583 |
| 64 | Andrew Fisher | United Kingdom | 41 | 82.0% | .368 | .219 | 583 |
| 65 | Robert Aitken Jr. | New Jersey | 41 | 82.0% | .362 | .245 | 583 |
| 66 | Dana Thurmond | Florida | 42 | 84.0% | .324 | .233 | 580 |
| 67 | Owen Cooper | Alabama | 39 | 78.0% | .407 | .266 | 577 |
| 68 | David Cruickshank | United Kingdom | 42 | 84.0% | .316 | .243 | 572 |
| 69 | Dargan Ware | Alabama | 41 | 82.0% | .332 | .258 | 571 |
| 70 | Myron Meyer | South Dakota | 39 | 78.0% | .381 | .266 | 568 |
| 71 | Ben Kopnick | Minnesota | 40 | 80.0% | .350 | .226 | 564 |
| 72 | Deb Wells | Pennsylvania | 42 | 84.0% | .298 | .207 | 563 |
| 73 | Joshua Levit | Massachusetts | 38 | 76.0% | .391 | .277 | 558 |
| 74 | Greg Garbee | Florida | 38 | 76.0% | .387 | .241 | 554 |
| 75 | Edward Sanfrey | Ohio | 40 | 80.0% | .329 | .253 | 553 |
| 76 | Ethan Levine | Illinois | 41 | 82.0% | .292 | .252 | 547 |
| 77 | Andrew Medlin | Louisiana | 41 | 82.0% | .287 | .267 | 547 |
| 78 | Eric Adams | Georgia | 38 | 76.0% | .362 | .257 | 541 |
| 79 | Chris Hale | Virginia | 40 | 80.0% | .311 | .237 | 541 |
| 80 | Lars Melton | Virginia | 37 | 74.0% | .387 | .266 | 540 |
| 81 | Kelly Rabin | Washington | 39 | 78.0% | .332 | .263 | 538 |
| 82 | Lewis Trinh | United Kingdom | 43 | 86.0% | .221 | .173 | 538 |
| 83 | Jason Lai | New York | 41 | 82.0% | .268 | .201 | 537 |
| 84 | Will Howells | United Kingdom | 41 | 82.0% | .266 | .222 | 537 |
| 85 | Bailey Angle | Virginia | 37 | 74.0% | .372 | .273 | 532 |
| 86 | Julie Bratvold | California | 39 | 78.0% | .318 | .237 | 532 |
| 87 | Quinn McGarry | Missouri | 37 | 74.0% | .366 | .237 | 530 |
| 88 | Erin Phair | Massachusetts | 41 | 82.0% | .249 | .227 | 526 |
| 89 | Ryan Fedewa | Illinois | 39 | 78.0% | .291 | .261 | 523 |
| 90 | Brad Williams | Wisconsin | 37 | 74.0% | .352 | .267 | 522 |
| 91 | Michael Joy | Michigan | 38 | 76.0% | .307 | .279 | 518 |
| 92 | Nick Matchen | Illinois | 38 | 76.0% | .312 | .247 | 517 |
| 93 | Matthew Grieco | New York | 39 | 78.0% | .288 | .214 | 515 |
| 94 | Toby Cox | United Kingdom | 38 | 76.0% | .305 | .230 | 514 |
| 95 | Natalie Schermer | Washington | 40 | 80.0% | .248 | .214 | 514 |
| 96 | James Carberry | Louisiana | 38 | 76.0% | .293 | .236 | 509 |
| 97 | Gabriel Baumgaertner | New York | 39 | 78.0% | .265 | .236 | 509 |
| 98 | Kenneth Lu | California | 38 | 76.0% | .287 | .198 | 505 |
| 99 | Alan Kreisel | Florida | 38 | 76.0% | .278 | .241 | 503 |
| 100 | James E. Lasker | Texas | 37 | 74.0% | .308 | .245 | 502 |
| 101 | Alan Huang | Massachusetts | 37 | 74.0% | .301 | .260 | 501 |
| 102 | Amy Parlapiano | New York | 38 | 76.0% | .280 | .224 | 499 |
| 103 | Christopher Shan | Pennsylvania | 39 | 78.0% | .228 | .202 | 491 |
| 104 | Neil Gurram | California | 37 | 74.0% | .262 | .234 | 483 |
| 105 | Andrew Almas | Canada | 34 | 68.0% | .327 | .237 | 473 |
| 106 | Delano Barnes | Texas | 39 | 78.0% | .178 | .219 | 467 |
| 107 | Nihar Shah | Georgia | 32 | 64.0% | .372 | .250 | 457 |
| 108 | Julie McDermitt | Illinois | 32 | 64.0% | .354 | .268 | 453 |
| 109 | Christopher Clough | United Kingdom | 34 | 68.0% | .263 | .231 | 441 |
| 110 | Andrey Goder | California | 35 | 70.0% | .187 | .185 | 421 |
| 111 | Nathan Hamer | United Kingdom | 33 | 66.0% | .192 | .197 | 398 |
| 112 | Harish Mopur | Illinois | 33 | 66.0% | .186 | .206 | 396 |
| 113 | Brock Stephenson | Canada | 30 | 60.0% | .245 | .206 | 384 |
| 114 | Kristin Pierce | Missouri | 30 | 60.0% | .226 | .247 | 378 |
| 115 | Aaron Lichtig | Maryland | 31 | 62.0% | .197 | .210 | 377 |
| 116 | Billy Celio | California | 26 | 52.0% | .326 | .251 | 357 |
| 117 | Robert Malinak | Nevada | 28 | 56.0% | .236 | .215 | 355 |
| 118 | Randall Eng | New York | 6 | 85.7% | .080 | .110 | 65 |
| 119 | John Van Maris | Europe | 1 | 50.0% | .000 | -1.000 | 10 |
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.