apterous history: May 2026

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

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Pro Ranks

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

  1. Up 1 from 2nd 1st. Zohaib Rehan
    Pro Rank: 1766 (+94)

  2. Up 2 from 4th 2nd. Dylan Taylor
    Pro Rank: 1595 (-32)

  3. Up 4 from 7th 3rd. Adam Latchford
    Pro Rank: 1566 (+85)

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Monthly Top Scores

FormatTop scorePopularity
15 Rounder153 by Matthew Brockwell
153 by Patrick Thompson
9,489 games with 239 players
Numbers Attack197 by Elizabeth Beer ×3
197 by Tal Lessner ×3
454 games with 95 players
Conundrum Attack200 by Stephen R ×88
200 by Tom Cappleman ×59
200 by Ross K ×25
200 by Ahmed M ×12
200 by Charlie Harrison ×7
200 by Gabriel Thallon ×3
200 by Elwin Carlos ×2
200 by Arthur P
200 by Chris Hare
2,073 games with 91 players
9 Rounder93 by Liam O ×2437 games with 81 players
Beanstalk Letters Attack186 by Matt OC
186 by Tom Cappleman
139 games with 73 players
Bullet Letters Attack164 by Kevin Harrison165 games with 71 players
Spanish Letters Attack126 by Joshua Mccune148 games with 66 players
Spoilage Letters Attack511 by Florence C-L334 games with 65 players
Instant Conundrum Attack189 by Ross K239 games with 64 players
Latin 987 by Tom Cappleman ×2125 games with 64 players

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

Facts and Figures

This month, apterous gained 58 new users, taking us to 15,842 in total. A total of 360,333 rounds were played over 23,816 games.

The Duel was won by Tom Cappleman with 2836 points from 31 games. Second was Matt Hamer with 2747 points from 31 games, and third Matt OC with 2741 points from 31 games.

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