Congratulations first and foremost to our top-ranked players:
1st Place: Stelios Vlasopoulos of Belgium wins: Amazon.com US$250 Gift Card .
2nd Place: Frank Schrader of Germany wins: Amazon.com US$175 Gift Card.
3rd Place: Niels Hecker of Germany wins: Amazon.com US$100 Gift Card.
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
Note 1: Looking at the results below, you may wonder how two players can achieve the same % correct and yet the player with the slower time is ranked ahead of a person with a faster time. This can happen due to the fact that the % correct is cumulative across all quizzes in the competition, but you receive a higher score for correct answers on advanced quizzes, compared to intermediate and beginner quizzes.
Note 2: Below the table of results for this playoff, you will find another list showing the playoff history of each of these players.
| Rank | Name | Country | Total Time | % Correct | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stelios Vlasopoulos (5) | Belgium | 13 mins 53 secs | 96% | 3072 |
| 2 | Frank Schrader (9) | Germany | 25 mins 06 secs | 100% | 2998 |
| 3 | Niels Hecker (9) | Germany | 22 mins 14 secs | 87% | 2840 |
| 4 | Tobias Stark (2) | Germany | 28 mins 53 secs | 91% | 2777 |
| 5 | Patrick Barel (1) | Netherlands | 12 mins 35 secs | 78% | 2698 |
| 6 | Mike Pargeter (8) | United Kingdom | 13 mins 40 secs | 83% | 2672 |
| 7 | Viacheslav Stepanov (7) | Russia | 33 mins 05 secs | 96% | 2653 |
| 8 | Marco Siefert (2) | Germany | 30 mins 15 secs | 91% | 2595 |
| 9 | kowido (7) | No Country Set | 28 mins 51 secs | 87% | 2593 |
| 10 | Sean Stuber (6) | United States | 33 mins 06 secs | 91% | 2583 |
| 11 | Giedrius Deveikis (2) | Lithuania | 33 mins 24 secs | 87% | 2537 |
| 12 | Jeroen Rutte (2) | Netherlands | 31 mins 58 secs | 91% | 2526 |
| 13 | Markus Langlotz (2) | Switzerland | 25 mins 00 secs | 83% | 2520 |
| 14 | Justin Cave (7) | United States | 27 mins 11 secs | 83% | 2476 |
| 15 | Jerry Bull (6) | United States | 21 mins 29 secs | 83% | 2475 |
| 16 | Michal Cvan (6) | Slovakia | 31 mins 57 secs | 87% | 2456 |
| 17 | Jens Petersen (2) | Germany | 26 mins 42 secs | 78% | 2451 |
| 18 | Ivan Blanarik (3) | Slovakia | 31 mins 20 secs | 83% | 2428 |
| 19 | Jason H (1) | United States | 31 mins 37 secs | 83% | 2423 |
| 20 | macabre (3) | Russia | 34 mins 00 secs | 87% | 2415 |
| 21 | Gary Myers (5) | Australia | 13 mins 59 secs | 74% | 2400 |
| 22 | Chris Saxon (4) | United Kingdom | 20 mins 38 secs | 74% | 2387 |
| 23 | Frank Schmitt (3) | Germany | 17 mins 55 secs | 83% | 2307 |
| 24 | Zoltan Fulop (3) | Hungary | 33 mins 44 secs | 87% | 2275 |
| 25 | Janis Baiza (5) | Latvia | 15 mins 03 secs | 74% | 2269 |
| 26 | Yuan Tschang (5) | United States | 30 mins 44 secs | 83% | 2210 |
| 27 | swart260 (2) | Netherlands | 17 mins 26 secs | 70% | 2201 |
| 28 | puchtec (1) | Germany | 16 mins 37 secs | 70% | 2198 |
| 29 | Peter Schmidt (3) | Germany | 27 mins 39 secs | 74% | 2127 |
| 30 | Chad Lee (6) | United States | 20 mins 29 secs | 70% | 2100 |
| 31 | Kim Berg Hansen (4) | Denmark | 15 mins 25 secs | 61% | 1967 |
| 32 | Randy Gettman (8) | United States | 23 mins 16 secs | 70% | 1905 |
| 33 | Siim Kask (8) | Estonia | 32 mins 44 secs | 74% | 1890 |
| 34 | Sebastian Kolski (3) | Poland | 18 mins 09 secs | 65% | 1782 |
| 35 | mentzel.iudith (8) | Israel | 34 mins 52 secs | 70% | 1753 |
| 36 | Goran Stefanović (3) | Serbia | 33 mins 44 secs | 74% | 1705 |
| 37 | Vijay Mahawar (1) | India | 34 mins 51 secs | 70% | 1598 |
| 38 | Karel Prech (1) | Czech Republic | 34 mins 55 secs | 65% | 1422 |
| 39 | mark kavalaris (1) | No Country Set | 18 mins 10 secs | 48% | 1132 |
| 40 | koko (1) | Ukraine | 32 mins 12 secs | 52% | 1016 |
Playoff Performance History
After each name, the quarter in which he or she played, and the ranking in that playoff.| Name | History |
|---|---|
| Stelios Vlasopoulos | Q4 2010:38th, Q4 2011:22nd, Q1 2012:30th, Q2 2012:33rd, Q3 2012:1st |
| 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, Q3 2012:2nd |
| Niels Hecker | Q2 2010:2nd, Q3 2010:1st, Q4 2010:15th, Q1 2011:7th, Q3 2011:8th, Q4 2011:11th, Q1 2012:2nd, Q2 2012:5th, Q3 2012:3rd |
| Tobias Stark | Q1 2012:35th, Q3 2012:4th |
| Patrick Barel | Q3 2012:5th |
| Mike Pargeter | Q4 2010:22nd, Q1 2011:16th, Q2 2011:10th, Q4 2011:6th, Q1 2012:6th, Q2 2012:20th, Q3 2012:6th |
| Viacheslav Stepanov | Q1 2011:9th, Q2 2011:4th, Q3 2011:14th, Q4 2011:20th, Q1 2012:19th, Q2 2012:12th, Q3 2012:7th |
| Marco Siefert | Q1 2012:31st, Q3 2012:8th |
| kowido | Q1 2011:26th, Q2 2011:9th, Q3 2011:17th, Q4 2011:21st, Q1 2012:4th, Q2 2012:1st, Q3 2012:9th |
| Sean Stuber | Q3 2010:5th, Q1 2011:22nd, Q2 2011:11th, Q1 2012:16th, Q2 2012:9th, Q3 2012:10th |
| Giedrius Deveikis | Q2 2012:7th, Q3 2012:11th |
| Jeroen Rutte | Q3 2010:20th, Q3 2012:12th |
| Markus Langlotz | Q4 2010:11th, Q3 2012:13th |
| Justin Cave | Q3 2010:26th, Q4 2010:3rd, Q1 2011:5th, Q3 2011:3rd, Q1 2012:25th, Q2 2012:2nd, Q3 2012:14th |
| Jerry Bull | Q2 2011:34th, Q3 2011:9th, Q1 2012:14th, Q2 2012:14th, Q3 2012:15th |
| Michal Cvan | Q3 2010:23rd, Q4 2010:25th, Q3 2011:23rd, Q1 2012:12th, Q3 2012:16th |
| Jens Petersen | Q3 2012:17th |
| Ivan Blanarik | Q1 2012:3rd, Q2 2012:15th, Q3 2012:18th |
| Jason H | Q3 2012:19th |
| macabre | Q2 2011:17th, Q3 2011:27th, Q3 2012:20th |
| Gary Myers | Q3 2010:7th, Q4 2010:2nd, Q1 2011:2nd, Q2 2011:1st, Q3 2012:21st |
| Chris Saxon | Q4 2010:16th, Q2 2011:2nd, Q4 2011:8th, Q3 2012:22nd |
| Frank Schmitt | Q4 2011:24th, Q2 2012:4th, Q3 2012:23rd |
| Zoltan Fulop | Q1 2012:17th, Q2 2012:29th, Q3 2012:24th |
| Janis Baiza | Q2 2010:3rd, Q4 2010:7th, Q3 2011:10th, Q4 2011:2nd, Q3 2012:25th |
| Yuan Tschang | Q2 2012:27th, Q3 2012:26th |
| swart260 | Q2 2012:24th, Q3 2012:27th |
| puchtec | Q3 2012:28th |
| Peter Schmidt | Q3 2010:2nd, Q4 2010:14th, Q3 2012:29th |
| Chad Lee | Q2 2011:28th, Q3 2011:19th, Q4 2011:13th, Q1 2012:1st, Q2 2012:26th, Q3 2012:30th |
| Kim Berg Hansen | Q3 2010:34th, Q4 2010:6th, Q1 2011:8th, Q3 2012:31st |
| Randy Gettman | Q3 2010:8th, Q1 2011:27th, Q2 2011:12th, Q3 2011:4th, Q4 2011:12th, Q1 2012:20th, Q2 2012:22nd, Q3 2012:32nd |
| Siim Kask | Q1 2011:30th, Q2 2011:7th, Q3 2011:11th, Q4 2011:4th, Q1 2012:9th, Q2 2012:6th, Q3 2012:33rd |
| Sebastian Kolski | Q1 2012:22nd, Q2 2012:17th, Q3 2012:34th |
| mentzel.iudith | Q4 2010:4th, Q1 2011:18th, Q2 2011:25th, Q3 2011:6th, Q4 2011:5th, Q1 2012:8th, Q2 2012:19th, Q3 2012:35th |
| Goran Stefanović | Q1 2012:34th, Q2 2012:30th, Q3 2012:36th |
| Vijay Mahawar | Q3 2012:37th |
| Karel Prech | Q3 2012:38th |
| mark kavalaris | Q3 2012:39th |
| koko | Q3 2012:40th |
