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Robin McKay
Robin McKay was an octochamp in Series 74, and one of a very few contestants to have made eight century scores in their heat games. He is an Apterite and a passionate Wigan Athletic fan (the only one in the world).
His début score of 129 is the joint-highest by any contestant in the history of the show (along with Giles Hutchings in Series 68 and Jamie Ilett-Jones in Series 71). He is known for his catchphrase "What you do is..." at the start of any numbers solution.
A total of 1119 points were available to McKay during his octochamp run, the highest total ever available to a player who did in fact go on to become an octochamp.
McKay returned for the finals as number 2 seed, and defeated Sean Cooke in the quarter-final to set up a semi-final with number 3 seed Ann Dibben. With only four points separating them in their octoruns, this was always going to be a tight game, and viewers were not disappointed as McKay and Dibben equalled each other in 12 of the first 14 rounds, with Dibben going into the crucial conundrum with a 1 point advantage. Neither player solved MEMYSHAPE, and so McKay was defeated, but finished with an impressive record of 10 centuries in 10 games.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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6362 | 18/05/2016 | P | Tony Lock | 42 – 129 | Robin McKay | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Janet Street-Porter | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
6363 | 19/05/2016 | P | Robin McKay | 102 – 54 | Kevin Dixon | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Janet Street-Porter | Susie Dent | 140 | ||
6364 | 20/05/2016 | P | Robin McKay | 107 – 52 | Mel Mills | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Janet Street-Porter | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6365 | 23/05/2016 | P | Robin McKay | 111 – 40 | Si Prendergast | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Buerk | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
6366 | 24/05/2016 | P | Robin McKay | 112 – 8 | Struan Charters | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Buerk | Susie Dent | 166 | ||
6367 | 25/05/2016 | P | Robin McKay | 109 – 49 | John Goodall | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Buerk | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
6368 | 26/05/2016 | P | Robin McKay | 107 – 23 | Jason Vincent | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Buerk | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
6369 | 27/05/2016 | P | Robin McKay | 111 – 44 | Aden Brooks | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Buerk | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
6379 | 13/06/2016 | QF | Robin McKay | 107 – 72 | Sean Cooke | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Madeley | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
6383 | 23/06/2016 | SF | Robin McKay | 112 – 113 | Ann Dibben | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 144 |