apterous history: October 2025

Links: < September 2025

Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of October 2025.

In the news...

6th October. Owen Carroll has been crowned champion of Royal Rumble (2025 Battle Royal Repechage)!
14th October. Tom Cappleman has been crowned champion of Aegilopsists (2025)!
25th October. Tom Cappleman has been crowned champion of AptoLeague (S34 League)!
25th October. Tom Cappleman has been crowned champion of AptoLeague (S35 League)!
28th October. Matt OC has been crowned champion of Royal Rumble (Battle Royal 2025)!

Pro Ranks

No Pro Ranks this month.

Monthly Top Scores

Format	Top score	Popularity
15 Rounder	157 by Edward Prentice	13,613 games with 242 players
Conundrum Attack	200 by Hazel Drury ×22 200 by Chas Maxwell ×17 200 by Tom Cappleman ×9 200 by Matt OC ×6 200 by Gabriel Thallon ×4 200 by Nick W ×3 200 by Elwin Carlos ×2 200 by Ross K ×2 200 by Chris Hare 200 by Ethan JM 200 by Matthew Brockwell 200 by Ray Wilding 200 by Rob Foster 200 by Tony Williams	2,065 games with 91 players
Lockdown Numbers Attack	200 by Mike Lee ×2	108 games with 61 players
Bullet Numbers Attack	190 by Elizabeth Beer ×2 190 by Ben H 190 by Ronan M Higginson 190 by Tom Cappleman	102 games with 57 players
Letters Attack	177 by Dave Robjohns	334 games with 55 players
Omelette Numbers Attack	200 by Ay Oh Ess 200 by Mike Lee 200 by Tom Cappleman 200 by Tom Finn	71 games with 53 players
Aegilops Numbers Attack	200 by Chris Butler 200 by Dave Robjohns 200 by Elliott Mellor 200 by Tal Lessner 200 by Tom Finn	100 games with 51 players
Numbers Attack	200 by Tal Lessner ×6 200 by Elizabeth Beer ×2 200 by Sam Shepherd ×2 200 by Ian Wray	601 games with 46 players
Instant Numbers Attack	200 by Adam Nicholas Jones 200 by Elizabeth Beer	177 games with 46 players
Duckdown Numbers Attack	200 by Chris Butler 200 by Jon Elmer	114 games with 42 players

Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.

Facts and Figures

This month, apterous gained 38 new users, taking us to 15,384 in total. A total of 381,909 rounds were played over 25,480 games.

The Duel was won by Tom Cappleman with 3187 points from 31 games. Second was Matt Hamer with 3148 points from 31 games, and third Ray Wilding with 3141 points from 31 games.

Links: < September 2025

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