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Notes from the organizer: Round twelve will be played in Instant format against Apterous Nude. No thinking time, it's straight to the input interface with every round being solvable and only exact solves counting. Nude will pick 1 large number and will struggle to score. With only exact solves counting, Nude's performance can't cost you any points.

Some stats for this round:
Expected competitors: 44
Weakest Links required: 4
Historic average score: 149.24
Most max games: 1 - Dave Robjohns, Ian Wray, Jack Worsley
Highest average score (3+ games): 177.5 - Chris Hare (4 games)
Highest scoring Instant Weakest Link: 140 - Wesley Barton (2023)
Previous rounds vs this bot: 2018 - Round 13 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=2136 )
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 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
Good luck!

Runs from: 17 – 30 October 2025. Format: Instant Numbers Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Fixtures: 31. Completed: 22.

Results and fixtures

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