apterous history: September 2026

Links: < August 2026

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

In the news...

1st September. Eileen Woulfe joined.
2nd September. A total of 39 Duel Necklaces were awarded for August 2026.
4th September. Classic Games have been brought up to date (everything since 2019).
5th September. Mark Labbett is now a Dictionary Corner guest.
14th September. There's now a link at the end of each Top Dog or Ascension game to immediately start the next one.
17th September. Ian Volante has been crowned champion of Royal Rumble (2026 Battle Royal Repechage)!
18th September. Pencils are now only announced in chat to players who have that dictionary enabled.
18th September. Harry FL joined.

Pro Ranks

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

1st. Zohaib Rehan
Pro Rank: 1835 (-41)
2nd. Dylan Taylor
Pro Rank: 1756 (+115)
3rd. Arthur P
Pro Rank: 1621 (+75)

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Monthly Top Scores

Format	Top score	Popularity
15 Rounder	160 by Gabriel Thallon	11,698 games with 272 players
Conundrum Attack	200 by Ross K ×10 200 by Florence C-L ×6 200 by Gabriel Thallon ×3 200 by Arthur P 200 by Chris Hare 200 by Nick W	1,720 games with 101 players
Junior Numbers Attack	200 by Andy SC ×34 200 by Paul Talmey ×2 200 by Adam Latchford 200 by Adam Nicholas Jones 200 by Ay Oh Ess 200 by Ben H 200 by Benj Cooke 200 by Brad Hill 200 by Brendan Whitehurst 200 by Chris Butler 200 by Chris Hare 200 by Dan Spinks 200 by Dave Robjohns 200 by Elizabeth Beer 200 by Elliott Mellor 200 by Eoin Jackson 200 by Gav Grace 200 by George Armstrong 200 by Harry FL 200 by Hazel Drury 200 by Ian Volante 200 by Jason Turner 200 by Jonathan Addison 200 by Joshua McCune 200 by Keith C Williams 200 by Luke S 200 by Marcus Hares 200 by Martin Hurst 200 by Martin Thomas 200 by Matthew Brockwell 200 by Matthew Tassier 200 by Matty Artell 200 by Mike Lee 200 by Neil Collins 200 by Owen Carroll 200 by Ravi Choudhary 200 by Rhys Benjamin 200 by Richard Barnett 200 by Thomas Carey 200 by Tom B 200 by Tony Atkins	165 games with 80 players
Nice Numbers Attack	200 by Jamie French ×4 200 by Harry FL ×2 200 by Adam Latchford 200 by Adam Nicholas Jones 200 by Ay Oh Ess 200 by Brendan Whitehurst 200 by Charli Juggs 200 by Chris Butler 200 by Chris Hare 200 by Dan Byrom 200 by Dave Kempshall 200 by Dave Robjohns 200 by Elliott Mellor 200 by Florence C-L 200 by Gevin Chapwell 200 by Ian Wray 200 by Jon Elmer 200 by Jonny D 200 by Keith C Williams 200 by Maria Chandler 200 by Martin Hurst 200 by Martin Thomas 200 by Matthew Brockwell 200 by Matthew Tassier 200 by Neil Collins 200 by Nick W 200 by Richard Barnett 200 by Robin M 200 by Tal Lessner 200 by Tom Finn 200 by Trevor Bissett	83 games with 74 players
Unlimited Jnr Numbers Attack	200 by Ay Oh Ess ×2 200 by Harry FL ×2 200 by Brad Hill 200 by Chris Hare 200 by Dave Kempshall 200 by Dave Robjohns 200 by George Armstrong 200 by Jon Elmer 200 by Jonny D 200 by Keith C Williams 200 by Luke S 200 by Marcus Hares 200 by Martin Hurst 200 by Matthew Tassier 200 by Nick W 200 by Robin M 200 by Sean D 200 by Tom Cappleman	74 games with 64 players
Lockdown Numbers Attack	200 by Harry FL ×2 200 by Florence C-L 200 by Robin M	80 games with 57 players
Numbers Attack	200 by Tal Lessner ×2	566 games with 53 players
9 Rounder	95 by Gabriel Thallon	383 games with 48 players
Touchdown Jnr Numbers Attack	200 by Elwin Carlos ×2 200 by Adam Latchford 200 by Benj Cooke 200 by Chris Butler 200 by Chris Hare 200 by Damian McEvoy 200 by Dave Kempshall 200 by Elizabeth Beer 200 by George Armstrong 200 by Harry FL 200 by Keith C Williams 200 by Martin Hurst 200 by Matthew Tassier 200 by Ravi Choudhary 200 by Tal Lessner	55 games with 48 players
Letters Attack	181 by Charlie Harrison	148 games with 37 players

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

Game of the Week

Week	Winner
w/c 31 August 2026	Fiona T 133 - 92 Damo Banks
w/c 7 September 2026	Jonny D 123 - 73 John Beresford
w/c 14 September 2026	Zohaib Rehan 21 - 0 The Duellist
w/c 21 September 2026	Patrick Thompson 351 - 361 Apterous Rex
w/c 28 September 2026	Matthew Tassier 120 - 0 The Duellist

Facts and Figures

This month, apterous gained 62 new users, taking us to 16,134 in total. A total of 395,086 rounds were played over 26,620 games, by 339 different players.

The Duel was won by Tom Cappleman with 3496 points from 30 games. Second was Matt Hamer with 3407 points from 30 games, and third Matthew Brockwell with 3402 points from 30 games.

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