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Chris Cummins
Chris Cummins Octochamp Statistics | |
Final position | Champion |
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Seeding | 1 |
Points total | 858 |
Conundrums solved | 7 |
Chris Cummins was an octochamp in and the champion of Series 50, and a participant in Championship of Champions XII. He was a Cambridge mathematics undergraduate from Sussex.
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Appearances on the programme
Heat games
Cummins made his debut on 21 July 2003, scoring a solid 95 to get into the champion's chair. He cruised through the next seven games with little opposition, scoring six centuries and an impressive 123 against Richard Redman. This game was particular memorable for Cummins' double nine of DEPILATES and GASOMETER/MEGASTORE.
Series finals
His quarter-final was another one-sided affair, as Cummins posted 107 to Brian McKeon's 58, before despatching Adam Laws with similar ease in his semi-final. The grand final, against Eamonn Timmins, was his first serious challenge, but winning spots of HOMAGES, CENSORED and TADPOLES opened a substantial lead by the end of the second half, which also included 18-pointer REGIMENTS for both players. Dropping only one point in the third half, Cummins ran out comfortable winner by 122 – 86.
Championship of Champions XII
Like all series winners, he was invited back for Championship of Champions XII, and was drawn against Matthew Shore. Both players made good finds in BALLETIC and ODDMENTS, despite missing NOURISHES, and Cummins was two points ahead going into the conundrum. However, Shore solved RUMPIZETA in 2.5 seconds to snatch the game, with the final score at 109 – 101. This was the ninth century of Cummins' career, in which he had never scored below 91, but his run was over.
Away from Countdown
After winning Series 50, Cummins played a charity game over two legs with Series 48 champion Julian Fell, and lost two legs to nil.
In 2004, Cummins captained the Trinity College, Cambridge team on University Challenge. He then appeared on four episodes of Only Connect in 2010 as a member of the "Strategists" team – a team of three strategy game enthusiasts who ultimately finished as runners-up of that series. His game show career continued with an appearance on Mastermind on 24 February 2012. Cummins' next quiz appearance was on Fifteen to One in July 2016, coming third. He reappeared on Mastermind in July 2017, winning his heat and qualifying for the semi-finals, where he finished second.
He is also a competitive Scrabble player.
Preceded by John Davies |
Series winner Series 50 |
Followed by Stewart Holden |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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3527 | 21/07/2003 | P | Jim Cantle | 81 – 95 | Chris Cummins | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Wilson | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
3528 | 22/07/2003 | P | Chris Cummins | 105 – 47 | May Fullegar | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Wilson | Susie Dent | 140 | ||
3529 | 23/07/2003 | P | Chris Cummins | 103 – 69 | Graham Tonkin | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Wilson | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
3530 | 29/07/2003 | P | Chris Cummins | 108 – 38 | Andrea Needham | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
3531 | 30/07/2003 | P | Chris Cummins | 117 – 32 | Ron Squire | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
3532 | 05/08/2003 | P | Chris Cummins | 91 – 63 | June Knott | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
3533 | 06/08/2003 | P | Chris Cummins | 123 – 32 | Richard Redman | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
3534 | 08/08/2003 | P | Chris Cummins | 116 – 65 | Peter Twydell | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
3608 | 11/12/2003 | QF | Brian McKeon | 58 – 107 | Chris Cummins | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Tim Rice | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
3612 | 17/12/2003 | SF | Adam Laws | 59 – 97 | Chris Cummins | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 111 | ||
3614 | 19/12/2003 | GF | Chris Cummins | 122 – 86 | Eamonn Timmins | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
4120 | 07/06/2006 | CP | Matthew Shore | 109 – 101 | Chris Cummins | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Ann Widdecombe | Susie Dent | 131 |