Paul Nixon

Paul Nixon octochamp statistics
Final position	Semi-finalist
Seeding	3
Points total	893
Conundrums solved	7

Paul Nixon in Series 81, 22 years after his first appearance.

Paul Nixon was a contestant in Series 34 and an octochamp in Series 81. As of his second set of appearances, he was an Actuary from Surbiton in Surrey.

His father, David, also appeared in both those series.

Nixon first appeared in February 1997 and won his first game against eventual semi-finalist, Paul Peters. He then won his second game but lost his third against Roger Hayward in a low-scoring game.

He returned to the show in Autumn 2019 and started his second run against Pauline Creer with a strong 107 points to Creer's 45. He followed this with sensational performances, by achieving six centuries from seven games. He ultimately wrapped up his octorun with 893 points.

In his quarter-final match against John Osmond, it was very close; Nixon took an early lead with his word spot of ADUSTION. But his number gamble selections of six small went against him and he found himself two points behind, going into the third half. Nixon beat Osmond in one more letters round to lead by five points, going into the crucial conundrum with both players over 100 points. With half a second left, Nixon buzzed in with the correct answer to book his place in the semi-final.

Nixon then took on Jamie Wing in his semi-final match, keeping the game neck-and-neck until very near the end when Wing broke away with two quality solves in the last letters and last numbers round to relegate Nixon to his second defeat.

Since appearing on the show, he became a member of Apterous.

He also participated in ZoomDown by appearing in Series 1 and Series 2, and became a tetrachamp in Series 4 as he won against James Burley in his quarter-final but lost against Rachael Montgomery after an unsolved crucial conundrum in his semi-final.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1937	7/02/1997	P	Paul Nixon	60 – 32	Paul Peters	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Rob Scriven	71
1938	10/02/1997	P	Paul Nixon	57 – 28	John Blackburn	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent	74
1939	11/02/1997	P	Paul Nixon	29 – 31	Roger Hayward	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent	71
7172	30/09/2019	P	Pauline Creer	45 – 107	Paul Nixon	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	154
7173	1/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	93 – 48	Harry Robinson	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	122
7174	2/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	107 – 44	Dave Richardson	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	129
7175	3/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	126 – 45	Martyn Willmore	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	147
7176	4/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	136 – 45	Helen Millington	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	167
7177	7/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	109 – 32	Peter Williams	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	154
7178	8/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	112 – 58	Elliot Black	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	135
7179	9/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	103 – 30	Lorraine Davis	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	124
7227	16/12/2019	QF	Paul Nixon	117 – 102	John Osmond	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	158
7230	19/12/2019	SF	Jamie Wing	91 – 77	Paul Nixon	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	125