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Revision as of 17:13, 12 December 2019
James Haughton was an octochamp in Series 81. He's a Maths PhD Student at the University of Manchester.
The Apterite began attending Co-events in 2018, and after rapid improvement, he won his first FOCAL event, CoNuT in 2019 — all prior to his run on the show in July of the same year, in which he began his run with a strong début score of 118 and a spot of the nine-letter word ROUTINISE. He then continued a strong run, scoring centuries in all his games, spotting impressive nine-letter words and getting 6 conundrums correct. He ultimately wrapped his run with 958 points to become the second octochamp of the series.
6 months later, Haughton returned for the finals against number 8 seed David Law. Haughton thundered off into a 46 point lead spotting two nines NEFARIOUS and MONRADITE and maxing the first numbers round. Another nine letter spot of the word UNROASTED helped him to finish the game with a strong 147 points – the third-highest score ever – therefore booking a spot in the semi-finals. Law did add an S to Haughton's offering of SAILING, though, denying Haughton from eclipsing the current highest-ever score of 152.
Outside of Countdown, Haughton previously appeared on University Challenge where he represented the University of Manchester in 2015. In 2017, he was a semi-finalist on Mastermind. He also partook in the 66th series of Brain of Britain in 2019.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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7118 | 16/07/2019 | P | James Haughton | 118 – 41 | Patrick Coombes | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michaela Strachan | Susie Dent | 158 | ||
7119 | 17/07/2019 | P | James Haughton | 103 – 50 | Darren Rampton | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
7120 | 18/07/2019 | P | James Haughton | 133 – 31 | Sonia Elston | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 156 | ||
7121 | 19/07/2019 | P | James Haughton | 125 – 20 | Ryan Williams | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
7122 | 22/07/2019 | P | James Haughton | 134 – 30 | Iain Sime | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 150 | ||
7123 | 23/07/2019 | P | James Haughton | 114 – 30 | Rob Payne | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
7124 | 24/07/2019 | P | James Haughton | 118 – 51 | Katrina Bond | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7125 | 25/07/2019 | P | James Haughton | 113 – 16 | Frank Coma | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
7225 | 12/12/2019 | QF | James Haughton | 147 – 60 | David Law | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 166 |