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Standings
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# | Player | Region | # Correct | % Correct | Average Correct Celerity |
Std. Dev. Celerity | Score |
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1 | Tejas Raje | Illinois | 48 | 96.0% | .534 | .227 | 786 |
2 | Stephen Liu | California | 47 | 94.0% | .514 | .233 | 757 |
3 | Kenji Shimizu | Michigan | 48 | 96.0% | .481 | .257 | 752 |
4 | Scott Latchem | California | 49 | 98.0% | .444 | .240 | 748 |
5 | Neil Gurram | California | 47 | 94.0% | .467 | .295 | 732 |
6 | Joey Goldman | United Kingdom | 46 | 92.0% | .493 | .256 | 728 |
7 | Iain Thoms | United Kingdom | 48 | 96.0% | .425 | .252 | 724 |
8 | Dargan Ware | Alabama | 48 | 96.0% | .425 | .239 | 720 |
9 | Aaron Dos Remedios | Canada | 49 | 98.0% | .390 | .255 | 713 |
10 | Janet Berry | Virginia | 48 | 96.0% | .407 | .236 | 709 |
11 | Arthur Walden Lechner | North Carolina | 49 | 98.0% | .387 | .246 | 709 |
12 | Andrew Wang | Illinois | 45 | 90.0% | .471 | .291 | 700 |
13 | Dan Puma | Illinois | 45 | 90.0% | .447 | .260 | 690 |
14 | Adam Escandell | Texas | 45 | 90.0% | .452 | .236 | 688 |
15 | Janice Paton | Massachusetts | 49 | 98.0% | .334 | .225 | 681 |
16 | Randall Eng | New York | 49 | 98.0% | .317 | .260 | 671 |
17 | James E. Lasker | Texas | 48 | 96.0% | .346 | .228 | 667 |
18 | Tom Kelso | New York | 47 | 94.0% | .350 | .231 | 664 |
19 | Carlos Hernandez Fisher | Canada | 48 | 96.0% | .326 | .244 | 661 |
20 | Ryan Rosenberg | California | 43 | 86.0% | .452 | .283 | 660 |
21 | Hidehiro Anto | California | 45 | 90.0% | .388 | .266 | 659 |
22 | Ethan Levine | Illinois | 49 | 98.0% | .289 | .276 | 657 |
23 | Carl Tjo | California | 47 | 94.0% | .335 | .268 | 656 |
24 | John Hanna | North Carolina | 46 | 92.0% | .353 | .242 | 655 |
25 | Michael Olson | Minnesota | 47 | 94.0% | .332 | .263 | 651 |
26 | Jack Rousseau | California | 49 | 98.0% | .280 | .231 | 648 |
27 | Steve Bahnaman | North Carolina | 44 | 88.0% | .395 | .258 | 647 |
28 | Amanda Walker | Washington | 45 | 90.0% | .361 | .263 | 644 |
29 | Benjamin Livingston | Minnesota | 45 | 90.0% | .364 | .247 | 642 |
30 | Alan Huang | Massachusetts | 49 | 98.0% | .270 | .218 | 640 |
31 | Jimmy Li | California | 48 | 96.0% | .283 | .220 | 638 |
32 | Matthew Grieco | New York | 47 | 94.0% | .307 | .257 | 634 |
33 | Craig Moysey | Canada | 48 | 96.0% | .274 | .241 | 634 |
34 | Aaron Lichtig | Maryland | 48 | 96.0% | .268 | .240 | 628 |
35 | Stephen Ours | Virginia | 49 | 98.0% | .247 | .218 | 626 |
36 | Stephanie Perkins | Missouri | 49 | 98.0% | .240 | .218 | 626 |
37 | Akosua Asante | Canada | 49 | 98.0% | .237 | .213 | 626 |
38 | Patrick Carthy | Europe | 47 | 94.0% | .282 | .227 | 623 |
39 | Toby Cox | United Kingdom | 44 | 88.0% | .348 | .267 | 622 |
40 | Garrett Johnston | Alabama | 48 | 96.0% | .254 | .257 | 622 |
41 | Jason Keller | New Jersey | 48 | 96.0% | .256 | .213 | 621 |
42 | Chuck Yu | Maryland | 45 | 90.0% | .317 | .273 | 619 |
43 | Kelly Rabin | Washington | 48 | 96.0% | .253 | .245 | 619 |
44 | John Monahan | Massachusetts | 42 | 84.0% | .395 | .251 | 615 |
45 | Julie Bratvold | California | 44 | 88.0% | .339 | .261 | 615 |
46 | Michael Joy | Michigan | 44 | 88.0% | .333 | .295 | 614 |
47 | Paddy Duffy | Europe | 48 | 96.0% | .244 | .232 | 614 |
48 | Andrey Goder | California | 49 | 98.0% | .214 | .229 | 611 |
49 | Jeff Frank | Indiana | 45 | 90.0% | .304 | .240 | 609 |
50 | Brad Williams | Wisconsin | 47 | 94.0% | .254 | .251 | 608 |
51 | Peter Schmidt | Pennsylvania | 43 | 86.0% | .336 | .244 | 605 |
52 | Michael McPartland | United Kingdom | 46 | 92.0% | .270 | .246 | 605 |
53 | Mike Malloy | Minnesota | 47 | 94.0% | .245 | .245 | 603 |
54 | Alan Kreisel | Florida | 47 | 94.0% | .246 | .208 | 601 |
55 | Deb Wells | Pennsylvania | 47 | 94.0% | .238 | .231 | 601 |
56 | Kaberi Chakrabarty | Illinois | 47 | 94.0% | .240 | .250 | 600 |
57 | Jared Kushner | New York | 46 | 92.0% | .257 | .251 | 598 |
58 | Sean Calhoun | South Dakota | 47 | 94.0% | .233 | .204 | 595 |
59 | Ann Gavaghan | United Kingdom | 45 | 90.0% | .273 | .266 | 592 |
60 | Sam Ferguson | North Carolina | 42 | 84.0% | .348 | .238 | 591 |
61 | Jonathan Graham | Ohio | 46 | 92.0% | .249 | .252 | 588 |
62 | Christopher Harris | Texas | 49 | 98.0% | .174 | .189 | 587 |
63 | Shannon Jamison | Virginia | 47 | 94.0% | .215 | .228 | 586 |
64 | Nick Matchen | Illinois | 45 | 90.0% | .261 | .233 | 585 |
65 | Sarah Benner | Indiana | 42 | 84.0% | .333 | .258 | 582 |
66 | Ozzie Fallick | California | 44 | 88.0% | .280 | .219 | 581 |
67 | Harish Mopur | Illinois | 44 | 88.0% | .269 | .266 | 579 |
68 | Joshua Levit | Massachusetts | 42 | 84.0% | .326 | .280 | 578 |
69 | Quinn McGarry | Missouri | 46 | 92.0% | .225 | .237 | 577 |
70 | Sam Sabulis | Georgia | 43 | 86.0% | .287 | .214 | 574 |
71 | Jason Palmer | Ohio | 45 | 90.0% | .238 | .224 | 574 |
72 | Jimmy Dunn | Michigan | 45 | 90.0% | .234 | .252 | 573 |
73 | Phil Castagna | Pennsylvania | 45 | 90.0% | .235 | .247 | 572 |
74 | Ryan Luptak | Illinois | 45 | 90.0% | .232 | .232 | 570 |
75 | Bailey Angle | Virginia | 43 | 86.0% | .278 | .238 | 569 |
76 | Andrew Almas | Canada | 44 | 88.0% | .255 | .257 | 569 |
77 | Joshua Grischow | Ohio | 42 | 84.0% | .304 | .281 | 568 |
78 | Ben Kopnick | Minnesota | 45 | 90.0% | .228 | .258 | 568 |
79 | Nihar Shah | Georgia | 41 | 82.0% | .328 | .246 | 566 |
80 | David Kiang | Illinois | 43 | 86.0% | .274 | .230 | 566 |
81 | Daniel DeFelippis | New York | 48 | 96.0% | .158 | .197 | 566 |
82 | Andrew Dupont | California | 45 | 90.0% | .227 | .224 | 564 |
83 | Nicholas Penner | Canada | 40 | 80.0% | .340 | .267 | 560 |
84 | Jennifer Quail | Michigan | 43 | 86.0% | .261 | .264 | 559 |
85 | James Dowd | Hawaii | 44 | 88.0% | .235 | .217 | 559 |
86 | Jenna Hull | California | 44 | 88.0% | .230 | .207 | 556 |
87 | James Carberry | Louisiana | 44 | 88.0% | .223 | .224 | 553 |
88 | Natalie Schermer | Washington | 46 | 92.0% | .179 | .221 | 551 |
89 | William Bostleman | Ohio | 46 | 92.0% | .174 | .206 | 551 |
90 | Eric Adams | Georgia | 39 | 78.0% | .346 | .244 | 548 |
91 | Elisabeth Evan | Ohio | 43 | 86.0% | .235 | .209 | 548 |
92 | Patrick Liao | Canada | 38 | 76.0% | .376 | .259 | 547 |
93 | Tyler Miller | New York | 46 | 92.0% | .169 | .194 | 546 |
94 | Dana Thurmond | Florida | 41 | 82.0% | .283 | .231 | 544 |
95 | Ken Wong | Maryland | 45 | 90.0% | .184 | .213 | 544 |
96 | Losha Ndemeno-Tegomoh | Minnesota | 47 | 94.0% | .143 | .179 | 544 |
97 | Michael Kettler | Ohio | 43 | 86.0% | .231 | .225 | 542 |
98 | Andrew Fisher | United Kingdom | 39 | 78.0% | .327 | .269 | 539 |
99 | Lars Melton | Virginia | 42 | 84.0% | .244 | .232 | 537 |
100 | Nic Mortimer | United Kingdom | 40 | 80.0% | .289 | .253 | 536 |
101 | Brian Lipinski | District of Columbia | 42 | 84.0% | .245 | .268 | 536 |
102 | Julie McDermitt | Illinois | 43 | 86.0% | .202 | .244 | 530 |
103 | Brock Stephenson | Canada | 40 | 80.0% | .269 | .262 | 526 |
104 | Siddharth Hariharan | Maryland | 40 | 80.0% | .267 | .247 | 522 |
105 | David Cruickshank | United Kingdom | 40 | 80.0% | .262 | .259 | 522 |
106 | Greg Garbee | Florida | 41 | 82.0% | .227 | .216 | 515 |
107 | Jason Lai | New York | 40 | 80.0% | .226 | .231 | 506 |
108 | Christopher Clough | United Kingdom | 42 | 84.0% | .190 | .219 | 506 |
109 | Nathan Hamer | United Kingdom | 42 | 84.0% | .171 | .251 | 502 |
110 | Nate Kane | Arizona | 38 | 76.0% | .262 | .243 | 495 |
111 | Anthony Walker-Pearson | Europe | 44 | 88.0% | .103 | .186 | 488 |
112 | Kevin McCabe | Colorado | 40 | 80.0% | .174 | .190 | 480 |
113 | Will Howells | United Kingdom | 41 | 82.0% | .150 | .206 | 480 |
114 | Mark Morris | Alabama | 42 | 84.0% | .125 | .157 | 478 |
115 | Aaron Cartwright | Pennsylvania | 41 | 82.0% | .139 | .172 | 474 |
116 | Kenneth Lu | California | 36 | 72.0% | .219 | .249 | 452 |
117 | Robert Malinak | Nevada | 38 | 76.0% | .167 | .198 | 450 |
118 | Rebecca Thomas | Georgia | 34 | 68.0% | .263 | .234 | 443 |
119 | Delano Barnes | Texas | 40 | 80.0% | .096 | .117 | 442 |
120 | Steven Gallen | New Jersey | 37 | 74.0% | .163 | .218 | 440 |
121 | Dakota Holloway | Oklahoma | 40 | 80.0% | .087 | .178 | 438 |
122 | Susan Corbus | Illinois | 34 | 68.0% | .202 | .230 | 417 |
123 | Javas Lal | New Jersey | 31 | 62.0% | .166 | .231 | 368 |
124 | Alex Li | Wisconsin | 28 | 56.0% | .153 | .252 | 329 |
125 | Ryan Fedewa | Illinois | 8 | 80.0% | .198 | .162 | 98 |
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.