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Maxes in Normal games in Russian currently earn a pencil pencil.

Pencil colour is based on the rate of pencils recently awarded in this variant and dictionary per round played. The rarer the pencils become, the higher the award (from normal to bronze to silver to gold).

FromToPencil
3 February 201012 August 2010pencil pencil
13 August 20101 November 2010bronze pencil bronze pencil
2 November 201018 February 2011pencil pencil
19 February 201115 April 2011bronze pencil bronze pencil
16 April 20111 February 2013pencil pencil
2 February 201324 April 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 April 201310 July 2014pencil pencil
11 July 20145 November 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
6 November 201422 March 2015pencil pencil
23 March 20159 July 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
10 July 201515 February 2016pencil pencil
16 February 201610 June 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 June 201620 July 2016pencil pencil
21 July 201626 December 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
27 December 201629 July 2017pencil pencil
30 July 201726 October 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
27 October 201725 August 2018pencil pencil
26 August 201821 September 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
22 September 20184 July 2019pencil pencil
5 July 201925 July 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
26 July 201928 October 2021pencil pencil
29 October 20214 March 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
5 March 202231 March 2022pencil pencil
1 April 20223 August 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
4 August 202221 August 2022pencil pencil
22 August 202224 February 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 February 202310 April 2023pencil pencil
11 April 202312 May 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
13 May 20244 July 2024pencil pencil
5 July 202429 November 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
30 November 202429 July 2025pencil pencil
30 July 202529 October 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
30 October 2025Nowpencil pencil

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