Tom Vincent

Tom Vincent in Series 83.

Tom Vincent was a finalist in Series 83. He is a finance assistant from London. He is also an Apterite.

Vincent started off with a nine in his first ever round, and pulled out a 25-point lead after round 2. This put his opponent, Ruth Cappleman, on the back foot, leading to some unsuccessful gambles on her part which allowed Vincent to eventually win his debut game with a 34-point lead before the last numbers round. In his second game, he faced a tough opponent, Ian Simpson, who held Vincent to a crucial conundrum on level points, which neither solved. However, Vincent won his second game after buzzing in correctly on the second conundrum. In his third game, two nines helped him carve out a personal best of 115 points. In his seventh game, however – despite unravelling another nine-letter word at the start – he was overwhelmed by Series 51 returnee Luke Boynton, who achieved a perfect letters-round performance.

Vincent eventually qualified to return for the series finals in June as number 7 seed, where he played against number 2 seed James Burley. Burley stretched into an early lead, and despite Vincent clawing his way back in the second numbers round and with a spot of MUTINEER, he lost six letters rounds to the opposition and was eliminated in his second consecutive defeat. Vincent finished with an overall points total of 675 points.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
7462	11/03/2021	P	Ruth Cappleman	60 – 84	Tom Vincent	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	140
7463	12/03/2021	P	Tom Vincent	88* – 78	Ian Simpson	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	135
7464	15/03/2021	P	Tom Vincent	115 – 32	Connor Niblett	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	155
7465	16/03/2021	P	Tom Vincent	99 – 80	Jamie Jones	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	123
7466	17/03/2021	P	Tom Vincent	93 – 71	Robin R	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	156
7467	18/03/2021	P	Tom Vincent	83 – 64	Jane Bennett	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	145
7468	19/03/2021	P	Tom Vincent	57 – 138	Luke Boynton	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	144
7533	18/06/2021	QF	James Burley	100 – 66	Tom Vincent	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Rufus Hound	Susie Dent	135

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum