Notes from the organizer: Round two will be played in Nice format against Apterous Velvet. With targets (51-500) in Nice guaranteed to be gettable without needing to use all the available numbers, this format is fairly friendly. Velvet will favour 2 large numbers and should correctly solve the majority of rounds.
Some stats for this round:
Expected competitors: 76+
Weakest Links required: 2
Historic Nice average score: 188.58
Previous Nice max games: 184
Most previous Nice max games: 8 - Sean D, Tom Cappleman, Elliott Mellor
Highest scoring Nice Weakest Link: 170 - Thomas Carey & Elizabeth Beer (2019)
Previous Nice rounds vs. this bot: 2017 - Round 2 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=1853 )
For more stats see spreadsheet linked below.
TWO lowest scoring Weakest Links will be removed from the tournament this round. If there is a tie for lowest scores then margin of victory/defeat will be taken into account amongst tied players followed, if necessary, by total score in the tournament so far (see notes by matches).
Tournament progress can be followed here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nqXFt20TYWIgYR9W_ZHqE1XVsHlVYOMlY7dLflGOSbc/edit?usp=sharing
Have a lovely game!
Runs from: 12 – 25 September 2025. Format: Nice Numbers Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.
Fixtures: 75. Completed: 72.
Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)
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