John Hardie

John Hardie octochamp statistics
Final position	Quarter-finalist
Seeding	4
Points total	845
Conundrums solved	6

John Hardie in Series 53...

...and 10 years later in Series 73.

John Hardie was a contestant in Series 53 and an octochamp in Series 73. At the time of his second set of appearances, he was working as a Maths Tutor.

He started his second run against former Premier League footballer Matt Le Tissier, followed by a convincing win against Ben Dempster during which he saw OUTSPREAD.

Two more centuries followed especially when he faced Apterite, James Rowan, as he unscrambled the crucial conundrum of SPAWNPEER in under a second to barely stay in the champion's chair.

He achieved two more centuries after that, spotting APTEROUS in his game against Fiona Currie. He reached octochampdom, by scoring a century in all but one of them.

As a result of octochampdom, Hardie became the 200th octochamp in the history of Countdown; treating viscounts as honorary octochamps.

In his quarter-final, he lost to Matthew Tassier as the latter impressively spotted ADDICTIVE and confirmed victory before the last numbers round. But as a consolation, he got the last word by solving the conundrum of RIPEGREEN before the clock music had even started.

Hardie is also a competitive Scrabble player, and he qualified for the National Scrabble Championship Finals in 2017.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
3881	1/03/2005	P	John Hardie	65 – 108	Chris Hunt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	128
6221	5/10/2015	P	Matt Le Tissier	51 – 102	John Hardie	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Graeme Le Saux	Susie Dent	133
6222	6/10/2015	P	John Hardie	109 – 48	Ben Dempster	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Graeme Le Saux	Susie Dent	134
6223	7/10/2015	P	John Hardie	104 – 32	Kris Jack	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Charlie Stayt	Susie Dent	120
6224	8/10/2015	P	John Hardie	104 – 97	James Rowan	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Charlie Stayt	Susie Dent	145
6225	12/10/2015	P	John Hardie	109 – 51	Fiona Currie	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Charlie Stayt	Susie Dent	122
6226	13/10/2015	P	John Hardie	108 – 76	Philip Leonard	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Charlie Stayt	Susie Dent	122
6227	14/10/2015	P	John Hardie	99 – 76	Chris Barstow	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Charlie Stayt	Susie Dent	119
6228	15/10/2015	P	John Hardie	110 – 24	David Cumming	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	153
6274	18/12/2015	QF	John Hardie	107 – 122	Matthew Tassier	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Susie Dent	146