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Daniel Face
| Daniel Face octochamp statistics | |
|---|---|
| Final position | TBC |
| Seeding | TBC |
| Points total | 854 |
| Conundrums solved | 5 |
Daniel Face was an octochamp in Series 93. He was a senior reporter specialising in digital news from Wokingham, Berkshire and is also an Apterite. He will almost certainly return for the quarter-finals in June 2026.
Heat games
Daniel unseated Sean Haughey on his debut, winning by 35 points, and then followed this with seven further victories, which included five centuries among them. Of particular note, while he fell behind in the opening round of his fifth game, he clawed his way back by winning seven of the rounds after that, to escape a crucial conundrum. He found excellent form in his 6th game by maxing 11 rounds, and spotted his first nine-letter word of DETONATES during his 7th game.
He wrapped up with a personal best of 123 in his eighth victory; despite being only nine points ahead after round six, he maxed the remaining nine rounds, of which one of them was his second nine-letter word IRRIGATED. This made him the second octochamp in the first 16 episodes of Series 93, and he is also the first non-returning contestant since Rob Barkess in August 2024 to average over 100 points across 8 heat games. His final total of 854 points put him in the provisional No. 1 position in the seed table ahead of Megel Barker, but with nearly five months of heats to still be filmed and broadcast.
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8682 | 15/01/2026 | P | Sean Haughey | 58 – 93 | Daniel Face | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Mark Durden-Smith | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
| 8683 | 16/01/2026 | P | Daniel Face | 110 – 62 | David Jackson | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Mark Durden-Smith | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
| 8684 | 19/01/2026 | P | Daniel Face | 114 – 40 | Maggie O'Brien | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Good | Susie Dent | 139 | ||
| 8685 | 20/01/2026 | P | Daniel Face | 95 – 56 | Jamie Gray | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Good | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
| 8686 | 21/01/2026 | P | Daniel Face | 90 – 63 | Stuart Tarrant | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Good | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
| 8687 | 22/01/2026 | P | Daniel Face | 118 – 48 | Chris Scragg | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Good | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
| 8688 | 23/01/2026 | P | Daniel Face | 111 – 76 | Steve Barry | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Good | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
| 8689 | 26/01/2026 | P | Daniel Face | 123 – 49 | Shane Sivagnanam | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Tom Read Wilson | Susie Dent | 141 | ||
