The Overall results are in for the Bidders Challenge 2022. Thanks to the thousands of you who took part over the course of the year, and for making the competition such a close run thing.
Special congratulations go to the players who made the podium!
Alexander Cook, who tied for the lead in the monthly competition with 79/80 in both of the last two months this year, ensures that none of the chasing pack can catch him, and he is the worthy winner of the 2022 annual competition. Alexander would also have led the pack if all 12 scores counted, totaling 863 (an impressive average of 71.9/80), just ahead of Francois Duffour, whose total of 860 means that he averaged 71.7. Indeed, it is a testament to the high quality of bidders entering this competition that three other players (Dave, Hanoi and Ian) also averaged 70/80 or higher over the 12 months.
The Top 10 all average more than 70/80 counting just their best nine scores. Particular kudos to Douglas, who makes the Top 10 despite missing two months.
With 70/80 this month, the front-runner throughout much of the year, Francois, does enough to hold on to second place, whilst Peter Law, who has twice scored a perfect 80/80 in the competition, leapfrogs those just ahead of him to claim the last place on the podium. Bad luck to last year’s bronze medalist, Dave, who misses a second podium finish by just one point.
It is worth noting that all of the top three from the 2021 competition finished in the top seven this year, along with Ian, who again just misses out, finishing in sixth place for the second consecutive year (actually up to fifth equal this year). Douglas also records a second consecutive Top 10 finish. Having been the leading North American last year, he is the leading USA player, with Canadian Ian the other North American in the Top 10.
Truly a worldwide competition, the Top 10 includes two North Americans, three Europeans, two Asians, two from Oceania, and one from South America. Come on Africa – if we can get an African into the Top 10 next year, we will then be truly global, covering all six occupied continents.
I suspect that all of the Top 10 will be competing for the top spots again in 2023. With more than 3,500 entries each month towards the back end of this year, perhaps there will be even more players who will join them to contest the 2023 title.
You need a running total of 495 (an average of 55 of more) to make the annual competition leader-board. Congratulations on scoring consistently well throughout the year to everyone who makes the leader-board!
Joueur | Score |
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Alexander Cook (spade7) de Sydney, Australie | 671 |
Francois Duffour (toutmo) de Paris, France | 663 |
Peter Law (petelaw) de Broadstairs | 661 |
David Williams (dave251164) de Llangollen, Pays de Galles | 660 |
Ian T Findlay (findles) de Banff AB Canada | 654 |
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) de Singapour | 654 |
Hanoi A Rondon (hanoi5) de Providencia | 653 |
Douglas Schmickrath (P0STM0RTEM) de San Francisco CA, USA | 646 |
Venkatesh Ramaratnam (rv) de Bengaluru, Karnataka, Inde | 645 |
Stephen Merriman (smerriman) de Nouvelle-Zélande | 644 |
Juliano Barbosa (JBarbosa) de Seixal Portugal | 625 |
Milko Slavov (milko_sl) de Varna, Bulgarie | 621 |
Michael van Gulik (Bananatree) de Belleville Canada | 617 |
Pär Ol-Mårs (olmar) de Suède | 616 |
Va Ena (fachiru) de Taos NM | 615 |
Dan Gheorghiu (DanG4503) de Victoria, BC, Canada | 615 |
peter lakatos (nyul11) de Budapest | 615 |
Laura Mancini (801dna) de Paris France | 614 |
Babs Giesbrecht (bABsG) du Canada | 610 |
Paul Dubois (pottsca) de El Cajon, CA USA | 609 |
Bert Hackney (toast1) des États-Unis | 607 |
Brad Theurer (batmanbrad) de Gaithersburg, MD USA | 605 |
Jon Cooke (Mugsmate) de Royaume-Uni | 605 |
Claude Candillier (capri13) de Peyrolles en Provence, France | 602 |
Patrick Shields (patr1cks) de Cheltenham | 600 |
John Stell (johnworf1) de Royaume-Uni | 600 |
Shahar Zack (shaharz) de kiryat motzkin | 598 |
Adrian Pang (MP7601) de Hong Kong, Chine | 597 |
Josh Sinnett (oshoj) de Bellingham, WA, États-Unis | 596 |
John R Mayne (JRMayne) de Modesto, CA, USA | 595 |
Enhao Du (diandian23) de Newbury Park, États-Unis | 593 |
John MacGregor (johnmacg) de Halifax, NS | 591 |
Mark Chen (Mark_Chen) De États-Unis | 590 |
Jarek Langer (jarek444) de Austin TX USA | 589 |
Stephen Goldstein (Sdvdg) De États-Unis | 589 |
Capri Bucci (atp13) de Rome Italie | 586 |
Robert Lavin (Bridgboy1) De États-Unis | 586 |
Leo Resk (Resker) De Canada | 583 |
Adam Magyar (Sundiszno) de Budapest | 579 |
Daniel Klein (drdnmnk) de Victoria, B.C., Canada | 579 |
Paul Sontag (Pgs58) Du Canada | 578 |
George Wang (ggnaw) from United States | 575 |
Tobias Bern (xtober) de Suède | 574 |
Chen-Dann Lu (CDLU) de Taïwan | 571 |
Lei Tsui (ltsui10) de États-Unis | 570 |
Manuel Oliveira (m oliveira) de Estoril - Portugal | 569 |
Mostafa Mohamed (therudy) de Fort Lee | 569 |
Howard Stern (hstern) des États-Unis | 566 |
Athanasiadis Alex (alati) de Thessaloniki, Grèce | 563 |
Gianni Hsieh (wakanari) de Sammamish | 561 |
Mani Gupta (Manig) des États-Unis | 560 |
Raj Agarwal (badesh) de Cambridge, MA, USA | 558 |
Luka Žunić (Behemont1) From Croatia | 558 |
Rasmus Maide (dst463) de Espoo, Finlande | 557 |
Earle Fergusson (Fergus) du Canada | 557 |
John C Osher (J5280) de Denver | 556 |
Alex Green (Galexy) de Sydney, Australie | 555 |
Kinpin Chu (xh2072) de Chine | 554 |
Niklas Carlsson (19niklas69) de Suède | 553 |
Stephen Kwan (sk1958) de Toronto/Canada | 552 |
Tufan Köse (Capycino) From Turkey | 552 |
Michael Fay (Mouse75) de Royaume-Uni | 548 |
Jean-Marie Arnaud (jmarnaud51) de France | 547 |
Nikolaos (nikrek) de Papamichalopoulos | 546 |
gaston mejane (decour) de France | 546 |
Rishabh Singh (rishabh) de San Jose | 545 |
Eddie Rose (EddieRose) des États-Unis | 545 |
David Johnson (davidmj) de Calgary Canada | 544 |
Yongjun Lu (ottawa2008) de Canada | 544 |
Dave Bugay (hikerdave1) de États-Unis | 541 |
Marian Tomov (Marit) de Bulgarie | 539 |
Ioannis Exarchos (Jexa_) de Grèce | 539 |
Jim Ritts (rtscracker) des États-Unis | 539 |
George Mattos (George Mat) De États-Unis | 539 |
Jean-Luc Lachance (jllachan) de Canada | 538 |
Ugis Jansons (ugisj) de Lettonie | 538 |
Timothy Prior (brimstone) de Royaume-Uni | 537 |
Karle Joys (kjoys) de Canada | 536 |
Dann Brunebjerg (b50911) de Danemark | 536 |
Benjamin Bomber (soccertoo) de Portland | 534 |
Eamon Galligan (eamongall) de l'Irlande | 534 |
Aymeric Lebatteux (Voldenuit) From France | 534 |
Iain Cundy (Icundy) From United Kingdom | 534 |
Rumen Georgiev (RBG) des États-Unis | 533 |
Andreas Persson (Rosengatan) de Mullsjö | 533 |
Andrzej Stankiewicz (sud66) de Pologne | 532 |
Rosaleen Glasheen (Remlagh) de l'Irlande | 532 |
John Leonard (jl07702) des États-Unis | 531 |
Sherif Noshy (Chiccco) From Egypt | 531 |
Richard Bickley (par pure chance) du Canada | 530 |
C Billiet (cbilliet) de Pays-Bas | 530 |
Brian DeLong (Goose231) de Canada | 530 |
Arto Kosonen (Aarrttoo) de Finlande | 529 |
peter hudson (p_t_red) de Coppell | 529 |
Charles Nudelman (soxguy) de Northbrook,IIllinois | 529 |
Jim Norton (jimnorton) des États-Unis | 525 |
Robert Donathan (Rdonathan) From United States | 525 |
Nick Roubeglis (Rglis) de Grèce | 524 |
Michael Aslett (mjaslett) de Royaume-Uni | 524 |
Lee Weinberger (shoonrah) des États-Unis | 523 |
Koichi Takahashi (takahasir) de Japon | 523 |
Gjivo Tikvica (KhazadDoom) de Croatie | 521 |
Ashot Harutunyan (ashoth_14) de Canada | 520 |
Gregory LeBlanc (gnlblnc151) des États-Unis | 517 |
Mark Bennett (upstate) des États-Unis | 516 |
Jan Spiess (JanDoko) de Allemagne | 516 |
Galtier Jean (eyquem) de France | 516 |
Thanassis Akylas (aakylas) de Grèce | 515 |
Christopher Howard (Chriscq1) From United Kingdom | 515 |
Peter Lipp (pio_magic) de l'Autriche | 514 |
Liz Senior (Pen9Jar) From United Kingdom | 513 |
Carlo Romani (Alextf45) De Italie | 513 |
Erez Zadik (erezz) de Israël | 511 |
Johanne Powell (Jopow) De l'Irlande | 511 |
Thouvignon Daniel (Danielth) From Thailand | 511 |
John Klayman (Thesqueeze) From United States | 511 |
Karen Barrett (Karenbbarr) From United States | 510 |
Özgür Sayın (Kayzer) From Turkey | 510 |
James Sampson (jtsamp1) de Lake Worth | 508 |
Judith Morissette (Juju4) From Canada | 507 |
Lovász Péter (ZsofiKrist) de Hongrie | 506 |
stuart carr (vanstu) du Canada | 506 |
Matt Weingarten (coolbeans) des États-Unis | 506 |
Elwindra Elwindra (Gabrialsew) De Indonésie | 506 |
Qiang Zhang (Olddragonz) From United States | 506 |
Jon Bessinger (Jonseas) From United States | 505 |
Carl Whicher (Carlhwh) From Canada | 505 |
Jacob Freeman (Jacob04) De Canada | 505 |
Yongdong Yang (Yangalbert) From United States | 504 |
Matt Rewinski (Mrew) From United States | 504 |
Philippe Blaevoet (Lebelabel) From France | 503 |
Ken Penton (Panoramak) From Canada | 503 |
borislav dobroykov (b_dobroyko) de Drogheda | 502 |
Hamish Mccracken (Hamishmccr) From Australia | 501 |
Andy Hsiao (Andyhsiao) From United States | 500 |
Frank Wharton (Acolf1551) From United Kingdom | 500 |
Mario Solomon (Mario_S) From Israel | 500 |
kresten kristensen (kesse) de Danemark | 499 |
Hamish Mccracken (Hamishmccr) From Australia | 499 |
Andy Hsiao (Andyhsiao) From United States | 498 |
Frank Wharton (Acolf1551) From United Kingdom | 498 |
Vanni Nozzoli (Gelindos6) De Italie | 498 |
Matteo Cleef (Matteovc) De Pays-Bas | 498 |
Bonny Waworuntu (Polcep) From Indonesia | 498 |
John Murphy (Jdm42) From Ireland | 497 |
Sridhar Vee (Aiz) From India | 497 |
Michel Leduc (Jlm53) From Canada | 497 |
Taavi Toomere (taavi) de Estonie | 497 |
Silvia Sacco (Sissi_It71) From Italy | 496 |
Örjan Törnblom (Unperfect) From Sweden | 496 |
Phil Grella (Yawker) From United States | 495 |