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Revision as of 15:07, 18 December 2023
Ben Bazzard Octochamp Statistics | |
Final position | TBC |
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Seeding | 3 |
Points total | 822 |
Conundrums solved | 5 |
Ben Bazzard was an octochamp in Series 88. He was Head of Maths at a preparatory school near Bristol, teaching Years 7 and 8, and is also an Apterite who joined after the recording of his heat games.
Contents
Appearances
Heat games
Bazzard began his heat run the very next show after fellow teacher Paul O'Brien became an octochamp himself. Dispatching former Series 28 contestant Richard Hendron to start his run, Bazzard completed his run with 7 further winning performances, which included 5 centuries in his tally. Of particular note, in his third game, despite scoring his lowest total and getting an unfortunate miss with endtimes ☓, he did well to recover from a 17-point deficit to confirm victory after the final numbers round.
Bazzard's personal best of 119 points in his seventh victory was helped by spotting his first 9-letter word in a letters game with GROWLIEST. He added a second 9 to his run via the spot of PARENTING in the following match to wrap up with a final octotal of 822, which made him the second member of the 800 club member in Series 88 after Harry Savage, and the 109th member in the 15 round format.
Finals
Entering the finals as the No. 3 seed, Bazzard faced off fellow maths teacher and octochamp Caroline McManus. Although the game was close early on, and a couple of numbers targets were missed, Bazzard was on excellent form, scoring points in every round, and eventually accelerating off to finish on an impressive personal best of 124 points, thanks to spotting QUESTIONS for 9 and unraveling GETMEDUNG into NUTMEGGED. This setup an intriguing semi-final against fellow unbeaten player Viraj Seelam.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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8112 | 25/09/2023 | P | Richard Hendron | 72 – 93 | Ben Bazzard | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Grace Dent | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
8113 | 26/09/2023 | P | Ben Bazzard | 110 – 55 | Alex Gordon | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Grace Dent | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
8114 | 27/09/2023 | P | Ben Bazzard | 83 – 69 | Jenny Best | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Grace Dent | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
8115 | 28/09/2023 | P | Ben Bazzard | 100 – 55 | Karl Niklas | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Grace Dent | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
8116 | 29/09/2023 | P | Ben Bazzard | 99 – 70 | Pat Arnold | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Grace Dent | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
8117 | 02/10/2023 | P | Ben Bazzard | 107 – 38 | David Ashton | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
8118 | 03/10/2023 | P | Ben Bazzard | 119 – 73 | Joanna Neville | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
8119 | 04/10/2023 | P | Ben Bazzard | 111 – 54 | David Whittington-Bradley | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
8172 | 18/12/2023 | QF | Ben Bazzard | 124 – 61 | Caroline McManus | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Christopher Biggins | Susie Dent | 143 |