 | Elwin Carlos Velvet had a blinder, and 15 targets above 1000. Seems a bit unfair but I suppose my luck had to run out some time. Thanks for organising as always, Matthew! |
 | Matthew Tassier Two max games this round, with Jon registering his first Duck max while overcoming Velvet's new PB, and experienced Duck-master Chris B. earning himself the Strongest Link title. |
| Matthew Tassier For the third round in a row the final spot in the next round was decided on tiebreaks, with Neil's victory edging him through ahead of Dan S who found himself up against a strong Velvet performance. Adrian and Elwin were a little behind after taking on tricky games, and Owen fell short after his strongest WL Numbers tournament yet. So, Dan, Adrian, Elwin & Owen you are the Weakest Links. Goodbye! |
Tourney round: Weakest Link Numbers Tournament 2025: Round 13 - Duckdown
Notes from the organizer: In round thirteen the top 40 players will play a Duckdown game against Apterous Velvet. In Duckdown possible targets are 101-1999 and you get 7 numbers to use rather than the usual 6, but you must "duck" (not use) one of them. Velvet will pick the possibly simplest 2 large option, and probably solve quite a lot of rounds while not winning more than a game or two.
Some stats for this round:
Expected competitors: 40
Weakest Links required: 4
Most Duckdown Strongest Links: 4 - Tom Cappleman
Highest Duckdown WL score vs. this bot: 200 - Elliott Mellor, Thomas Carey, Tom Cappleman
Highest average Duckdown WL score (3+ games): 188 - Florence C-L (4 games)
Lowest scoring Duckdown survivor: 107 - Alex Williamson (2024)
Previous rounds vs this bot: 2022 Round 16 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=4465 ), 2021 Round 14 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=3839 ), 2019 Round 14 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=2351 ), 2016 Round 11 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=1674 )
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 duck!
Ran from: 20 October – 2 November 2025. Format: Duckdown Numbers Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.
Fixtures: 40. Completed: 40.
Results and fixtures
Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)
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