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James Rowan
James Rowan was a contestant in Series 73. He is also an Apterite, formerly under the name James Roper.
Rowan's first tournament was COLIN X in 2014, pitted against Jeff Clayton, Rob Foster, Michelle Nevitt, Mike Brown, Andy Platt and Thomas Carey. He finished 20th out of 48, on 3/6 wins and 355 points. This was followed up later in the year by 7th/40 in CoStAl.
On 5 October 2020, Rowan set the highest ever score in a standard human v human game of Countdown on Apterous, by virtue of the highest ever scoreline of 176 – 166 against Hazel Drury. [1] A week later, on 12 October, he recorded the first maximum-scoring game on Paul Anderson's Countdown-based YouTube show ZoomDown; in the penultimate round, Rowan made a spectacular solve in a 6-small numbers pick, featuring two 10s, in which he produced a four-digit number before cancelling down to reach the target.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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6224 | 8/10/2015 | P | John Hardie | 104 – 97 | James Rowan | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Charlie Stayt | Susie Dent | 145 |