Weekly summary: Episodes 151 to 155

I did not manage to equal (or exceed) David and Lily in the solo totals this week, but I came close throughout.  There were generally only a couple of rounds difference each game; my best chance came on Thursday, where I was briefly ahead before I came unstuck on the numbers.  This was a much more consistently good week than last week, despite the highs then, and I am happy about that.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Me	69	75	74	74	76
Champion	32	27	15	20	30
Challenger	22	6	7	34	34
David + Lily	73	76	78	76	77
Me (solo)	69	75	74	74	76

Greg managed to get to a fifth game before Rob ended his run.  Greg just barely pips Kannan for fifth place, but the totals are low enough that both could easily miss out on the finals.  Jack, sitting above them in fourth place, is looking fairly secure.  Richard put Rob out in a close game on Friday, starting off with a good total.

Barry Harridge	75	51	45	54	39	59	323
Matthew Thomason	46	64	49	44	52	65	310
Oli Bryant	71	46	60	55	54	32	318
Jack Dell	59	73	40	50	36		258
Greg Beers	35	59	46	38	33		211
Kannan Sethuraman	42	53	45	41	29		210
Brett Chaiyawat	25	59	28	42	34		188
Samuel Hastings	46	58	58	24			186

A couple of tough full monties this week eluded David's eagle eye.  Lily continues to be in fine form -- this is the third week in a row that she has solved every numbers round.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Full Monties						0
Missed Full Monties			1	1		2
Tough Numbers						0
Impossible Numbers						0

My maximum count is the same as last week, in the main rounds at any rate.  I picked up one letters maximum but dropped one in the numbers.  I did solve all conundrums this week, so that's a small improvement over last week.  My performance was much more consistent this week.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Maximums: L	3	4	4	4	4
N	2	3	2	2	3
C	1	1	1	1	1

Contestants sorted by average score:

	Total	Games	Average
Richard Hartley*	56	1	56.00
Barry Harridge	323	6	53.83
Oli Bryant	318	6	53.00
Matthew Thomason	310	6	51.67
Jack Dell	258	5	51.60
Jason Dunn	102	2	51.00
Colwyn Buckland	51	1	51.00
Brian Morgan	151	3	50.33
Luke Brattoni	149	3	49.67
Rob Hunt	99	2	49.50
Raf Goodens	98	2	49.00
Gary Beer	49	1	49.00
Ryan Turk	48	1	48.00
Samuel Hastings	186	4	46.50
Daniel Drumm	92	2	46.00
Jonathan Goodman	44	1	44.00
Greg Beers	211	5	42.20
Kannan Sethuraman	210	5	42.00
Kathryn James	123	3	41.00
Jodi Knight	82	2	41.00
Avi Chanales	163	4	40.75
Margaret Frangos	79	2	39.50
Peter Stephenson	78	2	39.00
Brett Chaiyawat	188	5	37.60
Janine Huan	37	1	37.00
Aram Kalyanasundaram	36	1	36.00
Luke Warden	72	2	36.00
David Waddell	71	2	35.50
Damien Chua	35	1	35.00
Jayden Spudvilas-Powell	34	1	34.00
Michael Bakker	66	2	33.00
Nathan Boadle	33	1	33.00
Cameron Ling	32	1	32.00
Neil McInnes	32	1	32.00
Ben Ripley	32	1	32.00
Felix Johnson	95	3	31.67
Mike Vitale	63	2	31.50
John Marsiglio	31	1	31.00
Bryce Lawrence	30	1	30.00
Matt Pitcher	29	1	29.00
Anna Gunn	27	1	27.00
Glen Chandler	26	1	26.00
Nicky Henderson	24	1	24.00
Louise Kuchmar	23	1	23.00
Vikas Ahuja	22	1	22.00
Rob Carter	20	1	20.00
Rosemary Stafford	20	1	20.00
Liam Murphy	18	1	18.00
Basil Theophilos	18	1	18.00
Seb Dworkin	17	1	17.00
Frank Rice	15	1	15.00
Vanessa Rule	15	1	15.00
Dane Watkins	15	1	15.00
Susan Bee	13	1	13.00
Mali Konda	13	1	13.00
Rhys McCaig	13	1	13.00
Matthew Ball	12	1	12.00
Matt Bolton	12	1	12.00