apterous history: June 2026
Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of June 2026.
In the news...
- 1st June. Callum Ridley joined.
- 2nd June. A total of 38 Duel Necklaces were awarded for May 2026.
- 7th June. Florence C-L has been crowned champion of Reach your rating 2026!
- 15th June. Revamped the Related sites page.
- 17th June. In-game chat messages should now be more conspicuous to mobile players.
- 17th June. Declaring the exact target or something close to it should now be simpler.
- 21st June. Touchdown Jnr. now supports conundrums in all languages.
- 22nd June. The rules for all variants (also shown in the Rules tab next to each game) have been significantly rewritten and clarified.
- 23rd June. Made the full functionality of the Notes box more discoverable during numbers rounds.
- 24th June. Duplicate high-score and high-maximum announcements on the homepage are compacted into one.
- 24th June. Tom Cappleman has been crowned champion of AptoLeague (S36 League)!
- 25th June. Your Superstats now include valid anagrams of your frequently-offered invalid words.
- 25th June. Superstats charts now show the date on the horizontal axis, not just "days ago".
- 26th June. After a short break, bot bashing is back! Leader boards are available for all high-score-eligible formats e.g. 15 Rounder: Bot Bashing.
- 27th June. Aptomail has been fully revamped and also has several new features.
- 28th June. The dictionary has been updated with the deletion of various plurals (and a few additions).
- 28th June. A small treat has been released for those who play carefully.
- 29th June. The About page has been updated with current credits, and the long-requested In memoriam section for former players no longer with us.
- 29th June. Chat Points are now shown on your user page, and after solving a chat teaser.
- 30th June. Most missed +S words and related pages are back after a brief vacation.
- 30th June. The format of the Duel is now shown on the results page.
- 30th June. Players are now shown the expected way around in tournament results [example], along with various small tweaks to legibility of this page.
Pro Ranks
The top three players at the end of the month:-
1st. Zohaib Rehan
2nd. Dylan Taylor
3rd. Tom Cappleman
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Monthly Top Scores
| Format | Top score | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Rounder | 155 by Arthur P | 10,410 games with 245 players |
| Conundrum Attack | 200 by Chris Hare ×371 200 by Tom Cappleman ×75 200 by Stephen R ×44 200 by Florence C-L ×5 200 by Charlie Harrison ×4 200 by Matt OC ×4 200 by Gabriel Thallon ×2 200 by Ross K ×2 200 by Elwin Carlos 200 by Nick W | 2,429 games with 86 players |
| 9 Rounder | 96 by Tom Cappleman | 810 games with 66 players |
| Goat Attack | 232 by Matthew Brockwell | 139 games with 55 players |
| Numbers Attack | 200 by Tal Lessner ×3 200 by Elizabeth Beer ×2 200 by Ay Oh Ess | 359 games with 52 players |
| Aegilops Numbers Attack | 199 by Ravi Choudhary | 153 games with 48 players |
| Octorock Numbers Attack | 160 by Martin Hurst | 77 games with 48 players |
| German 9 | 59 by Ethan JM | 71 games with 46 players |
| Berserk 9 | 74 by Ethan JM | 117 games with 44 players |
| Speed Numbers Attack | 181 by Mike Lee | 62 games with 44 players |
Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.
Facts and Figures
This month, apterous gained 78 new users, taking us to 15,920 in total. A total of 339,238 rounds were played over 22,654 games.
The Duel was won by Tom Cappleman with 2745 points from 29 games. Second was Matthew Brockwell with 2698 points from 29 games, and third Chris Hare with 2642 points from 29 games.
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