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Alan Duval

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Alan Duval
Octochamp Statistics
Final positionSemi-finalist
Seeding6
Points total674
Conundrums solved6
Alan Duval in Series 79.

Alan Duval was an octochamp in Series 79. He is an Entrepreneur from London, but is originally from New Zealand. He is also an Apterite.

Duval made his debut on 6 November 2018 against Chris Sturdy. He won the game on a crucial conundrum and went on to win with another crucial conundrum on his second day. He also outran his opponents thanks to his preferred 3 large and 3 small number picks during the numbers rounds. In his last game, he ran ahead early but his opponent Lewis Jones made a strong comeback by spotting the nine letter word TELESCOPE, which Duval missed as he had the six letter word CLOSET. However, Duval outran Jones and became the seventh octochamp of the series. He was ranked No. 6 seed, for the series finals in December 2018.

When the New Zealander returned for the series finals, he was pitted against No. 3 seed Andrew Jackson. The pair fought hard with Duval taking the lead early on but Jackson fought back, thanks to his number skills and eventually took the lead. However, the game eventually went to a crucial conundrum, and Duval, who was 8 points behind, successfully unravelled EVENDURST to take the win and played in the semi-finals.

In his semi-final, he was pitted against No. 2 seed Mike Daysley. The pair started level until the second half when Duval took a seven point lead thanks to a tricky 1 large numbers game. However, in the third half, Duval slowed down and eventually Daysley ran ahead and solved the conundrum, and Duval took his first defeat.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
6946 6/11/2018 P Chris Sturdy 80 – 84 Alan Duval Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent 130
6947 7/11/2018 P Alan Duval 68 – 67 Bethan Lycett Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent 122
6948 8/11/2018 P Alan Duval 82 – 63 Rich Murray Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent 119
6949 9/11/2018 P Alan Duval 93 – 40 Peter Wilkes Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Adrian Chiles Susie Dent 121
6950 12/11/2018 P Alan Duval 89 – 41 Ian Kennedy Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Adrian Chiles Susie Dent 132
6951 13/11/2018 P Alan Duval 82 – 19 Lisa Skidmore Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Adrian Chiles Susie Dent 124
6952 14/11/2018 P Alan Duval 87 – 64 Jane Capie Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Adrian Chiles Susie Dent 135
6953 15/11/2018 P Alan Duval 89 – 62 Lewis Jones Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Adrian Chiles Susie Dent 133
6975 17/12/2018 QF Andrew Jackson 60 – 62 Alan Duval Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Phill Jupitus Susie Dent 131
6978 20/12/2018 SF Mike Daysley 97 – 69 Alan Duval Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Phill Jupitus Susie Dent 121