George Ford

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

Mike Lee Its available in the stats section George:

https://www.apterous.org/viewformat.php?format=77&section=4

Matthew Tassier

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.

By the way, in my notes it should read CTRL+UP and CTRL+DOWN, in case I've confused anyone!

George Ford

George Ford Thanks both :)

Owen  Carroll

Owen Carroll If people don’t play a round before the deadline, are they automatically weakest link?

Tal Lessner

Tal Lessner Yes

Tlou Laz

Tlou Laz deffo out now. oh well :)

Owen  Carroll

Owen Carroll Don’t worry Tlou, you’re not

Owen  Carroll

Owen Carroll I am sorry if I’ve upset you Tlou

Tlou Laz

Tlou Laz Why would I be upset?!

Owen  Carroll

Owen Carroll I just worry I’ve upset people sometimes

Tlou Laz

Tlou Laz be assured you've not upset me :)

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Owen  Carroll

Owen Carroll Ok thank you!

Matthew Tassier

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

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

Maria Chandler Phew!

Tlou Laz

Tlou Laz laters! GL for the rest!

Tourney round: Weakest Link Numbers Tournament 2025: Round 9 - Bullet

<< Round 8 - Lockdown | Round 10 - Omelette >>

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. Approved.

Organizers: Matthew Tassier.

Fixtures: 56. Completed: 56.

Results and fixtures

NotesPlayer 1Player 2Status
1525Apterous PruneSam Shepherd0 – 170
1505Apterous PruneMatthew Brockwell0 – 150
1502Apterous PruneMartin Hurst0 – 180
1494Apterous PruneMike Lee0 – 170
1494Apterous PruneMatt OC0 – 147
1493Apterous PruneRonan M Higginson0 – 190
1492Apterous PruneFlorence C-L0 – 161
1489Apterous PruneBrendan Whitehurst0 – 170
1489Apterous PruneElizabeth Beer0 – 190
1487Apterous PruneChris Hare0 – 180
1478Apterous PruneGevin Chapwell0 – 160
1476Apterous PruneKeith C Williams0 – 134
1470Apterous PruneGeorge Armstrong0 – 187
1468Apterous PruneBen H0 – 190
1467Apterous PruneJamie French0 – 150
1465Apterous PruneAdrian Fletcher0 – 150
1458Apterous PruneMartin Thomas0 – 150
1453Apterous PruneColin Thompson0 – 140
1451Apterous PruneNick W0 – 157
1449Apterous PruneMarcus Hares0 – 127
1445Apterous PruneSean D0 – 170
1443Apterous PruneIan Wray0 – 160
1442Apterous PruneDave O'Donnell0 – 136
1440Apterous PruneRobin M0 – 90
1429Apterous PruneIan Volante0 – 150
1429Apterous PruneGeorge Ford0 – 170
1413Apterous PruneWesley Barton0 – 140
1411Apterous PruneTrevor MacEoin0 – 127
1403Apterous PruneHazel Drury0 – 147
1394Apterous PruneMark O'Regan0 – 150
1388Apterous PruneAnthony Endsor0 – 90
1373Apterous PruneLuke S0 – 135
1371Apterous PruneRavi Choudhary0 – 130
1356Apterous PruneJason Turner0 – 150
1332Apterous PruneRichard Barnett0 – 160
1318Apterous PruneOwen Carroll0 – 120
1538Apterous PruneDan Byrom0 – 170
1512Apterous PruneTom Cappleman0 – 190
1455Apterous PruneAdam Nicholas Jones0 – 160
1329Apterous PruneElwin Carlos0 – 120
1515Apterous PruneChris Butler0 – 180
1512Apterous PruneTal Lessner0 – 180
1343Apterous PruneDan Spinks0 – 150
1352Apterous PruneTony Atkins0 – 110
1449Apterous PruneJon Elmer0 – 137
1373Apterous PruneMaria Chandler0 – 120
1551Apterous PruneDave Robjohns0 – 160
1378Apterous PruneAdam Peel0 – 130
1469Apterous PruneAy Oh Ess0 – 150
1346Apterous PruneJonathan Addison0 – 127
1484Apterous PruneTom Finn0 – 170
1432Apterous PruneThomas Carey0 – 127
1428Apterous PruneNeil Collins0 – 140
1380Apterous PruneDamian McEvoy0 – 120
1562Apterous PruneElliott Mellor0 – 180
1308Apterous PruneTlou Laz0 – 120

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)

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