 | Eoin Jackson "Highest average score (3+ games): 199.4 - Ben H (5 games), Eoin Jackson (5 games)"
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 | Ben H Winning the tourney with excellent Spoilage skills is overrated, it's all about that Round 1 Junior record |
| Eoin Jackson Take what you can get, Ben. 😎 |
 | Jon Pinyan Not if Elliott M earns his third 200 and enters the ranking ahead of Ben! |
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 | Matthew Tassier Sadly for Elliott, his miss in the 5th round of his 2017 game is holding down his average and keeping him from contention for this accolade.
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 | Thomas Carey max streak ruined :( |
| Eoin Jackson 27x3! Come on like... |
| Matthew Tassier Among the 78 entrants this year we have 13 new players entering the fray, and 9 ever-presents who are taking part in their 10th tournament. Exactly half the players managed to max the first round, including Elliott who is the Strongest Link for a record 30th time. |
| Matthew Tassier Sadly, of course, the nature of the tournament means we have to lose a player at this early stage, and here it's one of the debutants who was playing his first ever numbers attack of any format. Mark aThomas, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! |
Notes from the organizer: The bots have been randomly allocated to the variants and the round order optimised, so let's go! As usual we will be starting off relatively easily, with round one being a repeat of last year's first round, played in Junior format against Apterous Nude. Nude will pick 1 large and should find the max about half of the time.
Some stats for this round:
Competitors: 76+
Weakest Links required: 1
Historic average Junior score: 193.33
Highest score: 200 (97 different players)
Most Junior max games: 8 - Thomas Carey
Highest average score (3+ games): 199.4 - Ben H (5 games), Eoin Jackson (5 games)
Previous rounds vs. this bot: 2016 Round 1 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=1640 ), 2021 Round 1 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=3751 ), 2024 Round 1 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=6029 )
For more stats see spreadsheet linked below.
Just ONE lowest scoring Weakest Link will be removed from the tournament this round and if there is a tie for lowest score then I shall allow the tied players through as it's the first round. However, any players failing to play their game within the time limit will definitely be eliminated, taking the Weakest Link spot.
The numbers by each fixture below are the total points each player has scored in the history of Weakest Link Numbers tournaments. They have no bearing on the outcome of this round.
Tournament progress can be followed here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nqXFt20TYWIgYR9W_ZHqE1XVsHlVYOMlY7dLflGOSbc/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks all for entering!
Ran from: 8 – 21 September 2025. Format: Junior Numbers Attack. Matches: One-off. Level scores: Drawn. Approved.
Fixtures: 78. Completed: 78.
Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Bold: max game.
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