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Jack Hurst

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See also : Josh Hurst
Jack Hurst, the Countdown record holder.

Jack Hurst was the winner of Series 63.

He won all 8 of his preliminary matches, achieving 8 centuries and accrued 946 points, more than twice the amount of his opponents put together and the highest total for any octochamp in the history of the show, beating the previous record set by Andrew Hulme in Series 61. Hurst was also the fifth player in history to score centuries in all eight of his heat games, and the only player to score above 110 in all eight heat games. Jack appeared only a few weeks after the previous player to achieve eight centuries, Eoin Monaghan, and it was to prove coincidental that these 2 would play each other in the final.

However, feeling confident after his quarter-final, he was brought up against Marcus Hares, and Hares was no pushover. It took a mistake from Hares when he declared UNTITLED as a 7, and a truly amazing numbers game from Hurst, reminiscent of that of James Martin. The grand final against Eoin Monaghan was a close game, with Hurst only beating Monaghan in one letters and one numbers game, but it was enough to duck out of a crucial conundrum, and he finished off with a flourish by solving SMARTIACE in 0.25 seconds, the fastest ever conundrum spot in a final (beating even Jeffrey Hansford). Hurst racked up a total of 1276 points, scored at least 108 in every game he played (averaging 116), and is still undefeated.

Before appearing on the show, Jack attended the unofficial Countdown tournaments COLIN 2010, CoLei Summer Special and was due to appear at CoLei3, which was happening during the time his shows were broadcast but pulled out with a few days to go. He then made up for this by attending COLIN 2011 and later winning CoLei4.

Preceded by
Oliver Garner
Series winner
Series 63
Followed by
Edward McCullagh

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
5131 13/10/2010 P Andrew Greenway 66 – 114 Jack Hurst Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley David Lloyd Susie Dent 124
5132 14/10/2010 P Jack Hurst 120 – 57 Ailsa Jensen Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley David Lloyd Susie Dent 136
5133 15/10/2010 P Jack Hurst 112 – 46 David Smith Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley David Lloyd Susie Dent 115
5134 18/10/2010 P Jack Hurst 122 – 44 Charlie Clarke Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 141
5135 19/10/2010 P Jack Hurst 120 – 56 Phil Bishop Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 131
5136 20/10/2010 P Jack Hurst 115 – 29 Joseph Bartram Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 119
5137 21/10/2010 P Jack Hurst 133 – 65 Alex Curran Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 134
5138 22/10/2010 P Jack Hurst 110 – 49 Jonathan Welti Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 131
5172 9/12/2010 QF Jack Hurst 108 – 40 Peter Godwin Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Amanda Lamb Susie Dent 114
5176 15/12/2010 SF Marcus Hares 80 – 109 Jack Hurst Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Paul Zenon Susie Dent 118
5178 17/12/2010 GF Jack Hurst 113 – 85 Eoin Monaghan Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Paul Zenon Susie Dent 114

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