apterous history: February 2026

Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of February 2026.

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Pro Ranks

The top three players at the end of the month:-

  1. Unchanged 1st. Dylan Taylor
    Pro Rank: 1809 (+71)

  2. New entry 2nd. Zohaib Rehan
    Pro Rank: 1770 (+1770)

  3. Down 1 from 2nd 3rd. Tom Cappleman
    Pro Rank: 1705 (-27)

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Monthly Top Scores

FormatTop scorePopularity
15 Rounder151 by Ian Kinsella8,533 games with 226 players
9 Rounder107 by Hazel Drury1,103 games with 111 players
Conundrum Attack200 by Ross K ×46
200 by Zohaib Rehan ×7
200 by Ahmed M ×6
200 by Chris Hare ×2
200 by Chas Maxwell
200 by Gabriel Thallon
200 by Matt OC
200 by Nick W
200 by Tim Down
1,785 games with 90 players
Numbers Attack200 by Patrick Thompson
200 by Tim Down
200 by Tony Atkins
386 games with 39 players
5-rounder53 by Dave O'Donnell86 games with 23 players
Instant Letters Attack159 by Ahmed M
159 by Zohaib Rehan
142 games with 22 players
Letters Attack177 by Liam O232 games with 20 players
Nice Conundrum Attack200 by Anthony Endsor ×4
200 by Chris Hare ×2
200 by Ethan JM
200 by Jonathan Dyke
200 by Peter Marwood
200 by Ravi Choudhary
200 by Richard Barnett
200 by Tom Finn
240 games with 19 players
Omeletters Attack187 by David Holmes101 games with 19 players
Aegilops Letters Attack185 by Tom Cappleman67 games with 19 players

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

Facts and Figures

This month, apterous gained 59 new users, taking us to 15,691 in total. A total of 334,066 rounds were played over 21,225 games.

The Duel was won by Matthew Brockwell with 2674 points from 28 games. Second was Tom Cappleman with 2557 points from 28 games, and third Chris Hare with 2550 points from 28 games.

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