Alan Duval

Alan Duval Octochamp Statistics
Final position	Semi-finalist
Seeding	6
Points total	674
Conundrums solved	6

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