 | George Ford Matthew I’m wondering if you know what the lowest available max has been in Bullet rounds in your tourney? Pure curiosity! |
 | Mike Lee Its available in the stats section George:
|
 | Matthew Tassier In terms of specifically in WL Numbers, I'm not sure, I don't keep a record of the available maxes. However there was a 181 one year when Plum was the bot.
|
| George Ford Thanks both :) |
 | Owen Carroll If people don’t play a round before the deadline, are they automatically weakest link? |
 | Tal Lessner Yes |
| Tlou Laz deffo out now. oh well :) |
| Owen Carroll Don’t worry Tlou, you’re not |
| Owen Carroll I am sorry if I’ve upset you Tlou |
| Tlou Laz Why would I be upset?! |
| Owen Carroll I just worry I’ve upset people sometimes |
| Tlou Laz be assured you've not upset me :) |
| Show all comments | |
| Owen Carroll Ok thank you! |
| Matthew Tassier As the rounds get trickier, there were no max games for the first time this year. But 4 players tied for highest score with 190s, and among them Ronan picked up his first Strongest Link title. |
| Matthew Tassier At the other end, there were 5 players tied in the battle to avoid the 4th WL spot with Damian, Maria, Elwin and Owen escaping thanks to more tournament points than unfortunate Tlou, and Owen just a single solve ahead after 180 numbers rounds. Also, we must sadly say goodbye for this year to 3 WL stalwarts. So, Tlou, Tony, Robin and Anthony you are the Weakest Links. Goodbye! |
 | Maria Chandler Phew! |
| Tlou Laz laters! GL for the rest! |
Tourney round: Weakest Link Numbers Tournament 2025: Round 9 - Bullet
Notes from the organizer: Time to speed things up now, with round 9 being a Bullet Numbers Attack against Apterous Prune. Prune hasn't solved a Bullet numbers round in 16 years, so he's not the problem here. With only 3 seconds per round, be ready to either click on the target number or hit CTRL+SPACE to declare the exact target. There's just enough time for a well judged declaration away from the exact target too if you are efficiently using the CTRL+ and CTRL- shortcuts. I'd recommend a practice game if you need to try this out.
Some stats for this round:
Expected competitors: 56
Weakest Links required: 4
Highest score: 200 - Chris Hare, Tom Cappleman, Elliott Mellor, Zarte Siempre
Highest average score (3+ games): 180.67 - Jack Worsley (3 games)
Most Bullet Weakest Links: 2 - Dan Byrom, Jamie French, Tal Lessner, Alex Williamson
Lowest scoring survivors: 130 - Ben H, Chris Butler, Sam Shepherd (2020), Thomas Carey (2016)
For more stats see spreadsheet linked below.
FOUR lowest scoring Weakest Links will be leaving the tournament this round. If there is a tie for lowest scores then those players will be split 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
Gooooo!
Ran from: 6 – 19 October 2025. Format: Bullet Numbers Attack. Matches: One-off. Level scores: Drawn. Approved.
Fixtures: 56. Completed: 56.
Results and fixtures
Key. Green: winner. Red: loser.
This website is not endorsed by or affiliated with Channel 4, the makers of Countdown, or any person associated with the aforementioned in any way whatsoever at all, never has been, never will be, and moreover is proud not to be. Yep.
Page generated in 0.0794 seconds. It's 22:03:24 on Monday 17 August 2026 here at Apterous Towers. Design and all good stuff copyright © Charles Reams 2008–2026. In memory of Phillip Harcort Collinge, never forgotten. Some graphical and aesthetic elements by Matt Morrison and Jon O'Neill.