Congratulations first and foremost to our top-ranked players:
1st Place: kowido wins Amazon.com US$250 Gift Card .
2nd Place: Justin Cave of United States wins Amazon.com US$175 Gift Card.
3rd Place: Frank Schrader of Germany wins Amazon.com US$100 Gift Card
In the Q1 2012 playoff, the highest % correct was 87. In this playoff, five players exceeded 90% accuracy, with our second-place winner actually getting every single choice correct! Nice work, Justin. You might then be asking yourself: "Why is Justin in second place if he got every choice correct?" That's because kowido, the first-place winner, was almost as correct (only 2 wrong out of 23 choices - a performance matched by three others) and he submitted his answers in about half the time of Justin.
Sometimes it pays to hurry - at least if you really know your stuff. And as you can see from the table below, kowido squeaked into first place with just one more point than Justin.
Congratulations to everyone who played in the playoff. I hope you found it entertaining, challenging and educational. And for those who were not able to participate in the playoff, you can take the quizzes next week through the Practice feature.
Steven Feuerstein
PS - Below the table of results for this playoff, you will find another list showing the playoff history of each of these players.
Playoff Results
| Rank | Name | Country | Total Time | % Correct | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kowido (6) | No Country Set | 16 mins 04 secs | 91% | 2879 |
| 2 | Justin Cave (6) | United States | 31 mins 06 secs | 100% | 2878 |
| 3 | Frank Schrader (8) | Germany | 19 mins 27 secs | 91% | 2811 |
| 4 | Frank Schmitt (2) | Germany | 15 mins 06 secs | 87% | 2748 |
| 5 | Niels Hecker (8) | Germany | 30 mins 42 secs | 91% | 2586 |
| 6 | Siim Kask (7) | Estonia | 25 mins 58 secs | 87% | 2531 |
| 7 | Giedrius Deveikis (1) | Lithuania | 17 mins 21 secs | 83% | 2518 |
| 8 | Dieter Kowalski (2) | Germany | 27 mins 16 secs | 87% | 2470 |
| 9 | Sean Stuber (5) | United States | 34 mins 57 secs | 91% | 2466 |
| 10 | Scott Wesley (2) | Australia | 15 mins 15 secs | 78% | 2410 |
| 11 | Anna Onishchuk (6) | Ireland | 33 mins 52 secs | 87% | 2373 |
| 12 | Viacheslav Stepanov (6) | Russia | 32 mins 38 secs | 87% | 2362 |
| 13 | Rakesh Dadhich (1) | India | 17 mins 34 secs | 74% | 2324 |
| 14 | Jerry Bull (5) | United States | 23 mins 49 secs | 78% | 2324 |
| 15 | Ivan Blanarik (2) | Slovakia | 34 mins 56 secs | 87% | 2316 |
| 16 | Vincent Malgrat (3) | French Republic | 25 mins 48 secs | 83% | 2274 |
| 17 | Sebastian Kolski (2) | Poland | 30 mins 18 secs | 83% | 2259 |
| 18 | james su (5) | Canada | 24 mins 36 secs | 74% | 2098 |
| 19 | mentzel.iudith (7) | Israel | 34 mins 52 secs | 78% | 2018 |
| 20 | Mike Pargeter (7) | United Kingdom | 20 mins 03 secs | 70% | 2014 |
| 21 | Kuzmin Konstanin (1) | No Country Set | 16 mins 59 secs | 70% | 2000 |
| 22 | Randy Gettman (7) | United States | 29 mins 30 secs | 74% | 1935 |
| 23 | _tiki_4_ (3) | Germany | 24 mins 23 secs | 70% | 1887 |
| 24 | swart260 (1) | Netherlands | 19 mins 26 secs | 65% | 1876 |
| 25 | Kevan Gelling (6) | Isle of Man | 31 mins 01 secs | 70% | 1870 |
| 26 | Chad Lee (5) | United States | 34 mins 28 secs | 74% | 1861 |
| 27 | Yuan Tschang (4) | United States | 34 mins 55 secs | 74% | 1827 |
| 28 | Syed Ariful Bari (4) | Bangladesh | 08 mins 05 secs | 57% | 1778 |
| 29 | Zoltan Fulop (2) | Hungary | 32 mins 43 secs | 65% | 1671 |
| 30 | Goran Stefanović (2) | Serbia | 34 mins 46 secs | 65% | 1620 |
| 31 | Anil Jha (1) | United States | 26 mins 18 secs | 57% | 1389 |
| 32 | Vinu (1) | India | 29 mins 38 secs | 48% | 1072 |
| 33 | Stelios Vlasopoulos (4) | Belgium | 29 mins 57 secs | 48% | 1041 |
Playoff Performance History
After each name, the quarter in which he or she played, and the ranking in that playoff.| Name | History |
|---|---|
| kowido | Q1 2011:25th, Q2 2011:9th, Q3 2011:16th, Q4 2011:20th, Q1 2012:4th, Q2 2012:1st |
| Justin Cave | Q3 2010:26th, Q4 2010:3rd, Q1 2011:5th, Q3 2011:3rd, Q1 2012:25th, Q2 2012:2nd |
| Frank Schrader | Q3 2010:12th, Q4 2010:30th, Q1 2011:1st, Q2 2011:5th, Q3 2011:1st, Q4 2011:1st, Q1 2012:13th, Q2 2012:3rd |
| Frank Schmitt | Q4 2011:23rd, Q2 2012:4th |
| Niels Hecker | Q2 2010:2nd, Q3 2010:1st, Q4 2010:15th, Q1 2011:7th, Q3 2011:7th, Q4 2011:10th, Q1 2012:2nd, Q2 2012:5th |
| Siim Kask | Q1 2011:29th, Q2 2011:7th, Q3 2011:10th, Q4 2011:3rd, Q1 2012:9th, Q2 2012:6th |
| Giedrius Deveikis | Q2 2012:7th |
| Dieter Kowalski | Q1 2012:21st, Q2 2012:8th |
| Sean Stuber | Q3 2010:5th, Q1 2011:21st, Q2 2011:11th, Q1 2012:16th, Q2 2012:9th |
| Scott Wesley | Q3 2010:30th, Q2 2012:10th |
| Anna Onishchuk | Q1 2011:6th, Q2 2011:22nd, Q3 2011:20th, Q4 2011:17th, Q1 2012:24th, Q2 2012:11th |
| Viacheslav Stepanov | Q1 2011:9th, Q2 2011:4th, Q3 2011:13th, Q4 2011:19th, Q1 2012:19th, Q2 2012:12th |
| Rakesh Dadhich | Q2 2012:13th |
| Jerry Bull | Q2 2011:33rd, Q3 2011:8th, Q1 2012:14th, Q2 2012:14th |
| Ivan Blanarik | Q1 2012:3rd, Q2 2012:15th |
| Vincent Malgrat | Q4 2011:9th, Q1 2012:15th, Q2 2012:16th |
| Sebastian Kolski | Q1 2012:22nd, Q2 2012:17th |
| james su | Q3 2010:56th, Q2 2011:8th, Q3 2011:11th, Q4 2011:14th, Q2 2012:18th |
| mentzel.iudith | Q4 2010:4th, Q1 2011:17th, Q2 2011:24th, Q3 2011:5th, Q4 2011:4th, Q1 2012:8th, Q2 2012:19th |
| Mike Pargeter | Q4 2010:22nd, Q1 2011:15th, Q2 2011:10th, Q4 2011:5th, Q1 2012:6th, Q2 2012:20th |
| Kuzmin Konstanin | Q2 2012:21st |
| Randy Gettman | Q3 2010:8th, Q1 2011:26th, Q2 2011:12th, Q3 2011:4th, Q4 2011:11th, Q1 2012:20th, Q2 2012:22nd |
| _tiki_4_ | Q4 2011:27th, Q1 2012:18th, Q2 2012:23rd |
| swart260 | Q2 2012:24th |
| Kevan Gelling | Q2 2011:21st, Q3 2011:2nd, Q4 2011:6th, Q1 2012:7th, Q2 2012:25th |
| Chad Lee | Q2 2011:27th, Q3 2011:18th, Q4 2011:12th, Q1 2012:1st, Q2 2012:26th |
| Yuan Tschang | Q2 2012:27th |
| Syed Ariful Bari | Q3 2011:19th, Q4 2011:28th, Q1 2012:32nd, Q2 2012:28th |
| Zoltan Fulop | Q1 2012:17th, Q2 2012:29th |
| Goran Stefanović | Q1 2012:34th, Q2 2012:30th |
| Anil Jha | Q2 2012:31st |
| Vinu | Q2 2012:32nd |
| Stelios Vlasopoulos | Q4 2010:38th, Q4 2011:21st, Q1 2012:30th, Q2 2012:33rd |
