Weekly summary: Episodes 171 to 175

A full monty from David on Monday kept me from equalling there, and although I got close a couple of times later on I just was not able to bridge the gap.  Top quality solving from David and Lily, as ever.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Me	78	84	64	76	65
Champion	34	22	13	10	7
Challenger	7	16	23	35	37
David + Lily	88	86	77	77	76
Me (solo)	78	84	64	76	72

As predicted, Tamara won her last two games to become the third champion to successfully retire this series.  Her consistent high scoring -- only once below fifty, and that was with a forty-eight -- gets her a well-deserved top spot, edging out Barry, while Bretty drops off the leaderboard.  The challengers won each game in the rest of the week, but maybe next week will bring a bit more longevity to the champion.

Tamara McMahon	54	64	63	52	54	48	335
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
Richard Hartley	56	53	57	42	42	32	282
Jack Dell	59	73	40	50	36		258
Greg Beers	35	59	46	38	33		211
Kannan Sethuraman	42	53	45	41	29		210

There were two full monties on offer this week, with Tuesday's one having three possible nines from the same letter mix.  Monday's one was hard to spot, at least for me, but David did well to find it.

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

My letters performance dropped a bit this week, while my numberwork was better -- just the one maximum dropped on those.  Wednesday continues to be my trouble day, substantially below my results from the other days.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Maximums: L	4	3	2	4	3
N	3	3	3	3	2
C	1	1	0	1	1

Contestants sorted by average score:

	Total	Games	Average
Tamara McMahon	335	6	55.83
Barry Harridge	323	6	53.83
Oli Bryant	318	6	53.00
Peter Kougi	52	1	52.00
Matthew Thomason	310	6	51.67
Jack Dell	258	5	51.60
Rohan Long	153	3	51.00
Jason Dunn	102	2	51.00
Colwyn Buckland	51	1	51.00
Brian Morgan	151	3	50.33
Luke Brattoni	149	3	49.67
Mel Cox	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
Jeremy Rosen	95	2	47.50
Richard Hartley	282	6	47.00
Samuel Hastings	186	4	46.50
Daniel Drumm	92	2	46.00
Victor Tung*	44	1	44.00
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
Paula Messer	77	2	38.50
Brett Chaiyawat	188	5	37.60
Janine Huan	37	1	37.00
Had Thomas	37	1	37.00
Aram Kalyanasundaram	36	1	36.00
Luke Warden	72	2	36.00
Pat Sincock	71	2	35.50
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
Chris Cincotta	32	1	32.00
Everson Kandare	32	1	32.00
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
Howard Smith	62	2	31.00
John Marsiglio	31	1	31.00
Alex Ford	30	1	30.00
Bryce Lawrence	30	1	30.00
Matt Pitcher	29	1	29.00
Tim Shiel	28	1	28.00
Graham Smith	55	2	27.50
Anna Gunn	27	1	27.00
David 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
Richard King	21	1	21.00
Rob Carter	20	1	20.00
Rosemary Stafford	20	1	20.00
Nicky Betts	19	1	19.00
Liam Murphy	18	1	18.00
Basil Theophilos	18	1	18.00
Jenni Bradford	17	1	17.00
Seb Dworkin	17	1	17.00
Frank Rice	15	1	15.00
Vanessa Rule	15	1	15.00
Dane Watkins	15	1	15.00
Cathy Henry	14	1	14.00
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
Kym Logan	6	1	6.00