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| # | Player | Region | Games | TUH | # Correct | % Correct | Average Correct Celerity | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Bollinger | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 48 | 96.0% | .550 | 798 |
| 2 | Jordan Brownstein | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 46 | 92.0% | .545 | 763 |
| 3 | Matthew Jackson | District of Columbia | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | .516 | 763 |
| 4 | Arthur Walden Lechner | North Carolina | 1 | 50 | 49 | 98.0% | .463 | 762 |
| 5 | Ankit Aggarwal | California | 1 | 50 | 48 | 96.0% | .474 | 751 |
| 6 | Eric Douglass | South Carolina | 1 | 50 | 46 | 92.0% | .501 | 740 |
| 7 | Mike Sorice | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 48 | 96.0% | .453 | 739 |
| 8 | Michael Laudermith | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 49 | 98.0% | .420 | 729 |
| 9 | Craig Barker | Michigan | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .518 | 724 |
| 10 | Jonathan Suh | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 48 | 96.0% | .429 | 724 |
| 11 | Dargan Ware | Alabama | 1 | 50 | 48 | 96.0% | .408 | 712 |
| 12 | Chris Borglum | Florida | 1 | 50 | 46 | 92.0% | .447 | 705 |
| 13 | Naveed Chowdhury | Georgia | 1 | 50 | 49 | 98.0% | .377 | 704 |
| 14 | Tejas Raje | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | .412 | 698 |
| 15 | Chris Romero | Texas | 1 | 50 | 49 | 98.0% | .356 | 696 |
| 16 | Aaron Flicker | Ohio | 1 | 50 | 46 | 92.0% | .416 | 686 |
| 17 | Neil Gurram | California | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .494 | 685 |
| 18 | Dylan Minarik | Wisconsin | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .445 | 685 |
| 19 | Stephen Liu | California | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .459 | 680 |
| 20 | Dan Puma | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .479 | 679 |
| 21 | Evan Nagler | New York | 1 | 50 | 49 | 98.0% | .326 | 674 |
| 22 | Lorin Burte | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | .373 | 673 |
| 23 | Jeff King | Maryland | 1 | 50 | 46 | 92.0% | .390 | 672 |
| 24 | Chris Miller | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .469 | 671 |
| 25 | Sean Smiley | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | .370 | 670 |
| 26 | Kenji Shimizu | Michigan | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .490 | 668 |
| 27 | Jean Cui | New York | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | .357 | 667 |
| 28 | Bruce Arthur | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .435 | 662 |
| 29 | Zach Watkins | Pennsylvania | 1 | 50 | 48 | 96.0% | .326 | 662 |
| 30 | Ryan Rosenberg | California | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .443 | 655 |
| 31 | Joey Goldman | United Kingdom | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | .335 | 653 |
| 32 | Nicholas Harding | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .409 | 649 |
| 33 | Jacob O'Rourke | Missouri | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .382 | 649 |
| 34 | David Kilbridge | Massachusetts | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .402 | 648 |
| 35 | Sam Blizzard | District of Columbia | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .373 | 645 |
| 36 | Brian Hight | Michigan | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .397 | 644 |
| 37 | Adam Escandell | Texas | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .389 | 643 |
| 38 | Chris White | New York | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | .322 | 642 |
| 39 | Scott Latchem | California | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .391 | 641 |
| 40 | Janet Berry | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .362 | 639 |
| 41 | Carl Tjo | California | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .492 | 638 |
| 42 | Ben Ingram | South Carolina | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .386 | 638 |
| 43 | Victor Pavao | Massachusetts | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .503 | 636 |
| 44 | Greg Peterson | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .381 | 634 |
| 45 | Alex Connor | Ohio | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .353 | 633 |
| 46 | Tyler Benedict | Ohio | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .423 | 630 |
| 47 | Aidan Mehigan | New Jersey | 1 | 50 | 46 | 92.0% | .305 | 624 |
| 48 | Jason Sterlacci | New Jersey | 1 | 50 | 48 | 96.0% | .264 | 622 |
| 49 | Michael Bentley | Washington | 1 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% | .493 | 620 |
| 50 | James E. Lasker | Texas | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .349 | 620 |
| 51 | Joshua Grischow | Ohio | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .372 | 619 |
| 52 | Benji Nguyen | Texas | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .371 | 618 |
| 53 | Eugene Hung | Asia | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .316 | 615 |
| 54 | Robert Diethrich | Texas | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .453 | 614 |
| 55 | John Krizel | Maryland | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .352 | 614 |
| 56 | Janice Paton | Massachusetts | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | .275 | 614 |
| 57 | Ben Hofstetter | Louisiana | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | .270 | 613 |
| 58 | Christopher Pagliaro | Connecticut | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .389 | 612 |
| 59 | Anthony Peek | Louisiana | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .363 | 611 |
| 60 | Shane Whitlock | Arkansas | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .380 | 610 |
| 61 | Matthew Grieco | New York | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .334 | 610 |
| 62 | Hidehiro Anto | California | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .339 | 609 |
| 63 | Jonathan Graham | Ohio | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .314 | 609 |
| 64 | Jessica Illingworth | New Jersey | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .351 | 607 |
| 65 | Josh Heit | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .349 | 604 |
| 66 | Aaron Lichtig | Maryland | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .320 | 604 |
| 67 | Ozzie Fallick | California | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .303 | 604 |
| 68 | Steve Bahnaman | North Carolina | 1 | 50 | 41 | 82.0% | .406 | 603 |
| 69 | Chris Ottolino | Missouri | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .376 | 603 |
| 70 | Brad Williams | Wisconsin | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .349 | 603 |
| 71 | Patrick Liao | Canada | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .344 | 603 |
| 72 | Jason Zhou | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% | .465 | 602 |
| 73 | Iain Thoms | United Kingdom | 1 | 50 | 48 | 96.0% | .223 | 602 |
| 74 | Matthew Marcotte | Texas | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .339 | 600 |
| 75 | Jennifer Quail | Michigan | 1 | 50 | 46 | 92.0% | .276 | 600 |
| 76 | Asher Curry | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .313 | 599 |
| 77 | Charlie Rosenthal | New York | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .339 | 598 |
| 78 | Adam Swift | New York | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .314 | 598 |
| 79 | Clifford Galiher | California | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .291 | 597 |
| 80 | Jesse Tow | Tennessee | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .337 | 596 |
| 81 | Jonathan Pinyan | New Jersey | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .336 | 596 |
| 82 | Anu Kashyap | California | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .288 | 596 |
| 83 | Kenny Peskin | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .268 | 594 |
| 84 | Andrew Dubay | Oregon | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | .221 | 586 |
| 85 | Julie Bratvold | California | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .313 | 585 |
| 86 | Michael Davies | Maryland | 1 | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | .211 | 584 |
| 87 | Nico Martinez | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 41 | 82.0% | .355 | 581 |
| 88 | John Hanna | North Carolina | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .327 | 581 |
| 89 | John Presloid | Ohio | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .279 | 579 |
| 90 | Drew Scheeler | Ohio | 1 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | .258 | 579 |
| 91 | Wesley Mathews | Arizona | 1 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% | .402 | 573 |
| 92 | Kelly Rabin | Washington | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .291 | 573 |
| 93 | Garrett Johnston | Alabama | 1 | 50 | 41 | 82.0% | .340 | 572 |
| 94 | Amanda Walker | Washington | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .314 | 572 |
| 95 | Deb Wells | Pennsylvania | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .309 | 572 |
| 96 | Joshua Levit | Massachusetts | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .289 | 572 |
| 97 | Samuel McCoy | Pennsylvania | 1 | 50 | 41 | 82.0% | .343 | 570 |
| 98 | Matt Aumann | Wisconsin | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .286 | 569 |
| 99 | Dan Passner | New Jersey | 1 | 50 | 38 | 76.0% | .411 | 566 |
| 100 | Jason Lai | New York | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .273 | 564 |
| 101 | Jonathan Mishory | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .250 | 564 |
| 102 | Andrew Dupont | California | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .274 | 562 |
| 103 | Stephanie Perkins | Missouri | 1 | 50 | 46 | 92.0% | .205 | 562 |
| 104 | Aayush Rajasekaran | Canada | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .343 | 560 |
| 105 | Henry Baer | California | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .296 | 559 |
| 106 | Bhanodai Pippala | Georgia | 1 | 50 | 36 | 72.0% | .463 | 558 |
| 107 | Tyler Miller | New York | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .261 | 556 |
| 108 | Teddy Knox | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .256 | 554 |
| 109 | John Monahan | United Kingdom | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .251 | 553 |
| 110 | JinAh Kim | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .328 | 551 |
| 111 | Michael Joy | Michigan | 1 | 50 | 41 | 82.0% | .295 | 551 |
| 112 | Nancy Hirsch | Georgia | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .231 | 551 |
| 113 | John Kocsis | District of Columbia | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .228 | 550 |
| 114 | McKinnie Lee Sizemore | Florida | 1 | 50 | 38 | 76.0% | .372 | 544 |
| 115 | Mark Tong | Massachusetts | 1 | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | .207 | 543 |
| 116 | Jeff Frank | Indiana | 1 | 50 | 38 | 76.0% | .370 | 542 |
| 117 | Robert Brice Russ | Alabama | 1 | 50 | 41 | 82.0% | .282 | 542 |
| 118 | Phil Castagna | Pennsylvania | 1 | 50 | 41 | 82.0% | .279 | 542 |
| 119 | Alex Knobel | District of Columbia | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .255 | 540 |
| 120 | Ryan Hemmel | California | 1 | 50 | 41 | 82.0% | .281 | 539 |
| 121 | Erik Nickels | Pennsylvania | 1 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% | .330 | 537 |
| 122 | Andy Strange | Kentucky | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .232 | 537 |
| 123 | Phil Bucska | Michigan | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .294 | 535 |
| 124 | Kyle Kahan | California | 1 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% | .319 | 532 |
| 125 | Randall Eng | New York | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .225 | 528 |
| 126 | Dylan McCormick | Wisconsin | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .277 | 527 |
| 127 | Alex Dzurick | Pennsylvania | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .274 | 526 |
| 128 | Daniel Galitsky | District of Columbia | 1 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% | .300 | 524 |
| 129 | Benjamin Livingston | Minnesota | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .270 | 523 |
| 130 | Dale McDaniel | Florida | 1 | 50 | 41 | 82.0% | .251 | 522 |
| 131 | Jason Palmer | Ohio | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .216 | 522 |
| 132 | Alan Kreisel | Florida | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .209 | 520 |
| 133 | Ann Gavaghan | United Kingdom | 1 | 50 | 37 | 74.0% | .343 | 518 |
| 134 | Cameron McDowell | Ohio | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .186 | 515 |
| 135 | Jimmy Li | California | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .260 | 514 |
| 136 | Bailey Angle | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 36 | 72.0% | .363 | 512 |
| 137 | Jake Stone | Georgia | 1 | 50 | 38 | 76.0% | .301 | 512 |
| 138 | Tim Crockett | Washington | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .201 | 512 |
| 139 | Alan Huang | Massachusetts | 1 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% | .266 | 511 |
| 140 | Garrett Marcotte | California | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .245 | 511 |
| 141 | James Heaney | Minnesota | 1 | 50 | 38 | 76.0% | .304 | 510 |
| 142 | Christopher Eyer | Massachusetts | 1 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% | .177 | 509 |
| 143 | Ben Koppel | New York | 1 | 50 | 35 | 70.0% | .382 | 506 |
| 144 | Matthew Hayes | Louisiana | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .192 | 506 |
| 145 | Kristin Pierce | Missouri | 1 | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | .188 | 506 |
| 146 | Moses Mwesigwa Kitakule | Maryland | 1 | 50 | 37 | 74.0% | .319 | 504 |
| 147 | Eric Adams | Georgia | 1 | 50 | 38 | 76.0% | .287 | 504 |
| 148 | Tommy Segi | Ohio | 1 | 50 | 41 | 82.0% | .201 | 499 |
| 149 | Craig Moysey | Canada | 1 | 50 | 37 | 74.0% | .305 | 498 |
| 150 | Bill Hart | Minnesota | 1 | 50 | 38 | 76.0% | .275 | 497 |
| 151 | Rudra Ranganathan | Massachusetts | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .227 | 497 |
| 152 | Parikshit Chauhan | California | 1 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% | .246 | 495 |
| 153 | Mindy Wong | New York | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .216 | 495 |
| 154 | Kaberi Chakrabarty | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% | .229 | 494 |
| 155 | Jack Brounstein | Texas | 1 | 50 | 37 | 74.0% | .281 | 487 |
| 156 | Brandon Miller | Utah | 1 | 50 | 41 | 82.0% | .168 | 485 |
| 157 | Ryan Kirby | Alabama | 1 | 50 | 33 | 66.0% | .386 | 481 |
| 158 | John Stewart | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .185 | 481 |
| 159 | Matthew Askins | Arizona | 1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% | .179 | 479 |
| 160 | Sam Ferguson | North Carolina | 1 | 50 | 37 | 74.0% | .267 | 478 |
| 161 | Mirza Ahmed | Connecticut | 1 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% | .207 | 478 |
| 162 | Trevor Nigus | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 37 | 74.0% | .245 | 470 |
| 163 | Ben Kopnick | Minnesota | 1 | 50 | 38 | 76.0% | .198 | 462 |
| 164 | Ethan Levine | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 37 | 74.0% | .224 | 461 |
| 165 | Jacob Shames | Minnesota | 1 | 50 | 37 | 74.0% | .211 | 454 |
| 166 | Greg Garbee | Florida | 1 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% | .154 | 452 |
| 167 | Rose Liu | United States Territories | 1 | 50 | 38 | 76.0% | .170 | 451 |
| 168 | Aaron Levine | Washington | 1 | 50 | 38 | 76.0% | .181 | 450 |
| 169 | Losha Ndemeno-Tegomoh | Minnesota | 1 | 50 | 36 | 72.0% | .208 | 440 |
| 170 | Anthony Walker-Pearson | Europe | 1 | 50 | 37 | 74.0% | .175 | 438 |
| 171 | Paddy Duffy | Europe | 1 | 50 | 32 | 64.0% | .312 | 436 |
| 172 | Andrew Wang | Illinois | 1 | 50 | 31 | 62.0% | .343 | 434 |
| 173 | Chuck Yu | Maryland | 1 | 50 | 35 | 70.0% | .215 | 431 |
| 174 | Stephen Ours | Virginia | 1 | 50 | 35 | 70.0% | .198 | 426 |
| 175 | Kerry Tubbs | Massachusetts | 1 | 50 | 33 | 66.0% | .248 | 423 |
| 176 | Earl Martin | Kentucky | 1 | 50 | 32 | 64.0% | .262 | 414 |
| 177 | Akosua Asante | Canada | 1 | 50 | 32 | 64.0% | .254 | 412 |
| 178 | Rachael Peters | Montana | 1 | 50 | 37 | 74.0% | .103 | 410 |
| 179 | Joshua Perry | Pennsylvania | 1 | 50 | 33 | 66.0% | .224 | 409 |
| 180 | Brian Morehouse | Connecticut | 1 | 50 | 34 | 68.0% | .189 | 408 |
| 181 | Ken Wong | Maryland | 1 | 50 | 31 | 62.0% | .275 | 407 |
| 182 | Owen Cooper | Alabama | 1 | 50 | 30 | 60.0% | .297 | 402 |
| 183 | Matthew Marcus | California | 1 | 50 | 35 | 70.0% | .110 | 390 |
| 184 | Leo Gil | New York | 1 | 50 | 31 | 62.0% | .207 | 382 |
| 185 | Andrew Fisher | United Kingdom | 1 | 50 | 32 | 64.0% | .172 | 378 |
| 186 | Dale Schenewerk | Missouri | 1 | 50 | 34 | 68.0% | .103 | 375 |
| 187 | Nicolas Rangel | New Mexico | 1 | 50 | 36 | 72.0% | .040 | 374 |
| 188 | Rob Brauner | Kentucky | 1 | 50 | 34 | 68.0% | .093 | 369 |
| 189 | James Carberry | Louisiana | 1 | 50 | 29 | 58.0% | .215 | 363 |
| 190 | Torri Martin | Kentucky | 1 | 50 | 32 | 64.0% | .110 | 358 |
| 191 | Howard Widra | Maryland | 1 | 50 | 27 | 54.0% | .273 | 352 |
| 192 | Heather Schnader | Pennsylvania | 1 | 50 | 28 | 56.0% | .211 | 348 |
| 193 | Nathan Hamer | United Kingdom | 1 | 50 | 29 | 58.0% | .129 | 329 |
| 194 | David Cruickshank | United Kingdom | 1 | 50 | 26 | 52.0% | .219 | 323 |
| 195 | Andrew Almas | Canada | 1 | 50 | 26 | 52.0% | .205 | 319 |
| 196 | Toby Cox | United Kingdom | 1 | 50 | 26 | 52.0% | .192 | 314 |
| 197 | Kenneth Lu | California | 1 | 50 | 24 | 48.0% | .241 | 306 |
Celerity is the fraction of the question that had not been read at the time of a buzz (for which a correct answer was provided). 1.000 is an immediate buzz, .500 is an answer given halfway through the question in terms of time on the sound recording, and .000 is an answer given at the very end.