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Standings
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| # | Player | Region | # Correct | % Correct | Average Correct Celerity |
Std. Dev. Celerity | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur Walden Lechner | North Carolina | 50 | 100.0% | .528 | .176 | 821 |
| 2 | Neil Gurram | California | 48 | 96.0% | .514 | .202 | 776 |
| 3 | Dan Puma | Illinois | 48 | 96.0% | .482 | .188 | 754 |
| 4 | Stephen Liu | California | 46 | 92.0% | .507 | .187 | 737 |
| 5 | Jean Cui | New York | 50 | 100.0% | .386 | .200 | 730 |
| 6 | Craig Barker | Michigan | 48 | 96.0% | .433 | .233 | 727 |
| 7 | Hidehiro Anto | California | 50 | 100.0% | .386 | .207 | 726 |
| 8 | Joey Goldman | United Kingdom | 45 | 90.0% | .473 | .264 | 703 |
| 9 | Dargan Ware | Alabama | 47 | 94.0% | .410 | .190 | 695 |
| 10 | Kenji Shimizu | Michigan | 44 | 88.0% | .473 | .199 | 693 |
| 11 | Iain Thoms | United Kingdom | 45 | 90.0% | .426 | .256 | 678 |
| 12 | Aaron Cartwright | Pennsylvania | 47 | 94.0% | .356 | .185 | 663 |
| 13 | Janice Paton | Massachusetts | 47 | 94.0% | .353 | .197 | 659 |
| 14 | Zach Watkins | Pennsylvania | 49 | 98.0% | .298 | .228 | 659 |
| 15 | Lorin Burte | Illinois | 43 | 86.0% | .431 | .226 | 648 |
| 16 | Jesse Tow | Tennessee | 48 | 96.0% | .292 | .230 | 645 |
| 17 | Michael Joy | Michigan | 47 | 94.0% | .313 | .260 | 642 |
| 18 | Joshua Levit | Massachusetts | 46 | 92.0% | .334 | .205 | 639 |
| 19 | Ozzie Fallick | California | 46 | 92.0% | .334 | .213 | 637 |
| 20 | Michael McPartland | United Kingdom | 45 | 90.0% | .347 | .240 | 633 |
| 21 | Ryan Rosenberg | California | 42 | 84.0% | .431 | .219 | 632 |
| 22 | Aaron Lichtig | Maryland | 45 | 90.0% | .349 | .181 | 630 |
| 23 | Julie Bratvold | California | 47 | 94.0% | .291 | .232 | 628 |
| 24 | Jennifer Quail | Michigan | 46 | 92.0% | .313 | .235 | 624 |
| 25 | Alan Huang | Massachusetts | 47 | 94.0% | .286 | .205 | 623 |
| 26 | Joshua Grischow | Ohio | 45 | 90.0% | .330 | .224 | 622 |
| 27 | John Monahan | Massachusetts | 48 | 96.0% | .247 | .222 | 614 |
| 28 | Garrett Johnston | Alabama | 42 | 84.0% | .393 | .240 | 613 |
| 29 | Michael Olson | Minnesota | 46 | 92.0% | .291 | .198 | 613 |
| 30 | Erik Eide | Canada | 46 | 92.0% | .289 | .217 | 611 |
| 31 | Allan Hutchison-Maxwell | Massachusetts | 46 | 92.0% | .276 | .214 | 605 |
| 32 | Scott Latchem | California | 45 | 90.0% | .302 | .206 | 603 |
| 33 | James E. Lasker | Texas | 45 | 90.0% | .282 | .220 | 598 |
| 34 | John Hanna | North Carolina | 43 | 86.0% | .338 | .220 | 597 |
| 35 | Jonathan Graham | Ohio | 47 | 94.0% | .238 | .192 | 595 |
| 36 | Andrew Dubay | Oregon | 44 | 88.0% | .305 | .211 | 593 |
| 37 | Jason Lai | New York | 45 | 90.0% | .277 | .211 | 593 |
| 38 | Nick Matchen | Illinois | 46 | 92.0% | .247 | .200 | 588 |
| 39 | Eric Adams | Georgia | 41 | 82.0% | .365 | .207 | 586 |
| 40 | Elisabeth Evan | Ohio | 47 | 94.0% | .206 | .192 | 580 |
| 41 | Dale McDaniel | Florida | 45 | 90.0% | .252 | .168 | 578 |
| 42 | Anthony Walker-Pearson | Europe | 45 | 90.0% | .245 | .207 | 578 |
| 43 | Craig Moysey | Canada | 47 | 94.0% | .207 | .222 | 576 |
| 44 | Patrick Carthy | Europe | 42 | 84.0% | .318 | .214 | 575 |
| 45 | Jimmy Li | California | 43 | 86.0% | .296 | .217 | 574 |
| 46 | Deb Wells | Pennsylvania | 44 | 88.0% | .254 | .186 | 564 |
| 47 | Tyler Miller | New York | 46 | 92.0% | .208 | .206 | 564 |
| 48 | Randall Eng | New York | 45 | 90.0% | .217 | .224 | 560 |
| 49 | Kelly Rabin | Washington | 46 | 92.0% | .198 | .166 | 560 |
| 50 | Benjamin Livingston | Minnesota | 44 | 88.0% | .234 | .193 | 558 |
| 51 | Amanda Walker | Washington | 41 | 82.0% | .305 | .211 | 551 |
| 52 | Myron Meyer | South Dakota | 44 | 88.0% | .226 | .187 | 551 |
| 53 | Stephanie Perkins | Missouri | 44 | 88.0% | .225 | .199 | 551 |
| 54 | Sam Ferguson | North Carolina | 42 | 84.0% | .269 | .208 | 547 |
| 55 | Jonathan Pinyan | New Jersey | 42 | 84.0% | .252 | .234 | 544 |
| 56 | Brad Williams | Wisconsin | 43 | 86.0% | .232 | .222 | 543 |
| 57 | Peter Schmidt | Pennsylvania | 37 | 74.0% | .386 | .228 | 538 |
| 58 | Carl Tjo | California | 39 | 78.0% | .321 | .281 | 535 |
| 59 | Jason Palmer | Ohio | 42 | 84.0% | .238 | .187 | 534 |
| 60 | Bailey Angle | Virginia | 40 | 80.0% | .283 | .211 | 533 |
| 61 | Ethan Levine | Illinois | 43 | 86.0% | .217 | .202 | 532 |
| 62 | Christopher Shan | Pennsylvania | 43 | 86.0% | .210 | .174 | 531 |
| 63 | Kaberi Chakrabarty | Illinois | 43 | 86.0% | .204 | .190 | 529 |
| 64 | Andrew Dupont | California | 43 | 86.0% | .202 | .190 | 528 |
| 65 | Alan Kreisel | Florida | 44 | 88.0% | .176 | .197 | 527 |
| 66 | Kevin McCabe | Colorado | 44 | 88.0% | .166 | .229 | 523 |
| 67 | Toby Cox | United Kingdom | 38 | 76.0% | .320 | .280 | 521 |
| 68 | Andrew Medlin | Louisiana | 45 | 90.0% | .149 | .165 | 521 |
| 69 | Matthew Grieco | New York | 43 | 86.0% | .189 | .192 | 519 |
| 70 | Andrew Fisher | United Kingdom | 40 | 80.0% | .251 | .214 | 515 |
| 71 | Jared Kushner | New York | 41 | 82.0% | .225 | .237 | 514 |
| 72 | Ann Gavaghan | United Kingdom | 39 | 78.0% | .270 | .216 | 512 |
| 73 | Andrey Goder | California | 43 | 86.0% | .165 | .179 | 509 |
| 74 | Mark Morris | Alabama | 44 | 88.0% | .142 | .186 | 508 |
| 75 | David Cruickshank | United Kingdom | 39 | 78.0% | .253 | .230 | 499 |
| 76 | Christopher Harris | Texas | 40 | 80.0% | .216 | .223 | 498 |
| 77 | Harish Mopur | Illinois | 40 | 80.0% | .201 | .190 | 488 |
| 78 | Edward Sanfrey | Ohio | 41 | 82.0% | .177 | .222 | 488 |
| 79 | Christopher Clough | United Kingdom | 38 | 76.0% | .241 | .219 | 487 |
| 80 | Dana Thurmond | Florida | 41 | 82.0% | .168 | .193 | 485 |
| 81 | Brian Lipinski | District of Columbia | 40 | 80.0% | .186 | .169 | 483 |
| 82 | Akosua Asante | Canada | 38 | 76.0% | .236 | .226 | 481 |
| 83 | Stephen Ours | Virginia | 42 | 84.0% | .142 | .113 | 479 |
| 84 | Jack Rousseau | California | 38 | 76.0% | .215 | .190 | 472 |
| 85 | Nathan Hamer | United Kingdom | 37 | 74.0% | .188 | .191 | 444 |
| 86 | Will Howells | United Kingdom | 36 | 72.0% | .211 | .195 | 443 |
| 87 | Losha Ndemeno-Tegomoh | Minnesota | 37 | 74.0% | .147 | .161 | 429 |
| 88 | Brock Stephenson | Canada | 33 | 66.0% | .255 | .259 | 425 |
| 89 | Alex Li | Wisconsin | 34 | 68.0% | .202 | .255 | 417 |
| 90 | Quinn McGarry | Missouri | 37 | 74.0% | .120 | .155 | 415 |
| 91 | Jimmy Dunn | Michigan | 36 | 72.0% | .132 | .193 | 409 |
| 92 | Jie Yi Sun | Canada | 34 | 68.0% | .179 | .218 | 407 |
| 93 | Andrew Almas | Canada | 34 | 68.0% | .172 | .226 | 405 |
| 94 | James Dowd | Hawaii | 34 | 68.0% | .141 | .173 | 391 |
| 95 | Greg Garbee | Florida | 36 | 72.0% | .075 | .141 | 387 |
| 96 | Ben Kopnick | Minnesota | 33 | 66.0% | .158 | .166 | 385 |
| 97 | Nate Kane | Arizona | 29 | 58.0% | .222 | .229 | 362 |
| 98 | Chuck Yu | Maryland | 31 | 62.0% | .137 | .152 | 355 |
| 99 | James Carberry | Louisiana | 30 | 60.0% | .160 | .187 | 351 |
| 100 | Kenneth Lu | California | 28 | 56.0% | .179 | .223 | 336 |
| 101 | Natalie Schermer | Washington | 31 | 62.0% | .056 | .081 | 327 |
| 102 | Jenna Hull | California | 29 | 58.0% | .060 | .114 | 309 |
| 103 | Paddy Duffy | Europe | 9 | 56.2% | .310 | .205 | 122 |
| 104 | Phil Castagna | Pennsylvania | 6 | 100.0% | .212 | .156 | 75 |
| 105 | Javas Lal | New Jersey | 0 | 0.0% | -1.000 | .323 | 0 |
| 106 | Billy Celio | California | 0 | 0.0% | -1.000 | -1.000 | 0 |
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.