Daniel Face - Revision history

DaaniyalAli at 18:13, 23 June 2026

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GTh: /* Finals */

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‎Finals

GTh at 17:59, 23 June 2026

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CountdownChloe at 09:48, 23 June 2026

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GTh at 17:26, 9 June 2026

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GTh at 22:14, 8 May 2026

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GTh at 16:24, 8 May 2026

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GTh: /* Heat games */

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‎Heat games

GTh at 21:24, 26 January 2026

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GTh at 20:55, 26 January 2026

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 ====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 {{word|DETONATES}} during his [[Episode 8688|7th game]].
+He wrapped up with a personal best of 123 in his eighth victory; despite being only nine points ahead after Round 6, he maxed the remaining nine rounds of which one of them was his second nine-letter word of {{word|IRRIGATED}}. This made him the second octochamp in the first sixteen episodes of Series 93, and he was also the first non-[[returning contestants|returning contestant]] since [[Rob Barkess]] in August 2024 to average '''over''' 100 points across eight heat games.
 ===Finals===
+Just under five months later and as part of a very strong [[series]], he returned as the fourth seed to play Ian Kinsella for a very evenly matched affair. Daniel broke first when he cracked the first [[numbers round]] although Kinsella was closer in the next one and later, both of them pulled out an excellent nine-letter-word spot of {{word|ESTUARINE}}. The critical moment came just after [[Origins of Words]] where Daniel took an unfortunate punt on {{word|{{x}} optioners}}, while Kinsella had {{word|TROOPIES}} to take a five-point lead. This was preserved until the crucial conundrum of {{word|DAVESCENE}} which neither of them unscrambled to {{word|EVANESCED}}. Despite scoring a sixth century and maxing ten rounds, Daniel was therefore knocked out of Series 93 with a grand total of 956 points from his nine appearances.
 ==Episodes==

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 ===Finals===
-Just under five months later, as part of a very strong series, he returned as the fourth seed to play [[Ian Kinsella]], for on paper a very evenly matched affair. Daniel broke first when he cracked the first [[numbers round]], although Kinsella was closer in the next [[numbers round|one]], and later both of them pulled out an excellent nine-letter-word spot in {{word|ESTUARINE}}. The critical moment came just after [[Origins of Words]], where Daniel took an unfortunate punt on {{word|{{x}} optioners}}, while Kinsella played {{word|TROOPIES}} to take a five-point-lead. This was preserved until the very crucial [[conundrum]] {{word|DAVESCENE}}, which neither of them unscrambled to {{word|EVANESCED}}. Despite scoring a sixth [[century]] and maxing 10 rounds, Daniel was knocked out of [[Series 93]], with a grand total of 956 points from his nine appearances.
+Just under five months later, as part of a very strong series, he returned as the fourth seed to play [[Ian Kinsella]], for on paper a very evenly matched affair. Daniel broke first when he cracked the first [[numbers round]], although Kinsella was closer in the next [[numbers round|one]], and later both of them pulled out an excellent nine-letter-word spot in {{word|ESTUARINE}}. The critical moment came just after [[Origins of Words]], where Daniel took an unfortunate punt on {{word|{{x}} optioners}}, while Kinsella played {{word|TROOPIES}} to take a five-point-lead. This was preserved until the very crucial [[conundrum]] {{word|DAVESCENE}}, which neither of them unscrambled to {{word|EVANESCED}}. Despite scoring a sixth [[century]] and maxing 10 rounds, Daniel was therefore knocked out of [[Series 93]], with a grand total of 956 points from his nine appearances.
 ==Episodes==

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-{{octostats|TBC|4|854|5}}
+{{octostats|Quarter-finalist|4|854|5}}
 [[File:Daniel Face.png|thumb|200px|right|Daniel Face in Series 93.]]
-'''Daniel Face''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 93]]. He was a senior reporter specialising in digital news from Wokingham, Berkshire and is also an [[Apterous|Apterite]]. He has now qualified for the quarter-finals in June 2026.
+'''Daniel Face''' was an [[octochamp]] and quarter-finalist in [[Series 93]]. He was a senior reporter specialising in digital news from Wokingham, Berkshire and is also an [[Apterous|Apterite]].
 ====Heat games====
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 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 {{word|DETONATES}} during his [[Episode 8688|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 {{word|IRRIGATED}}. This made him the second [[octochamp]] in the first 16 episodes of Series 93, and he is also the first non-[[returning contestants|returning contestant]] since [[Rob Barkess]] in August 2024 to average '''over''' 100 points across 8 heat games.
+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 {{word|IRRIGATED}}. This made him the second [[octochamp]] in the first 16 episodes of Series 93, and he was also the first non-[[returning contestants|returning contestant]] since [[Rob Barkess]] in August 2024 to average '''over''' 100 points across 8 heat games.
 ==Episodes==
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 {{ep | 8688 | 23/01/2026 | P |Daniel Face|111 – 76|[[Steve Barry (Series 93)|Steve Barry]]|Jo Good|Susie Dent|143}}
 {{ep | 8689 | 26/01/2026 | P |Daniel Face|123 – 49|[[Shane Sivagnanam]]|[[Tom Read Wilson]]|Susie Dent|141}}
 {{episode table end}}
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 [[Category:Teapot owners]]
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 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 {{word|DETONATES}} during his [[Episode 8688|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 {{word|IRRIGATED}}. This made him the second [[octochamp]] in the first 16 episodes of Series 93, and he is also the first non-[[returning contestants|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.
+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 {{word|IRRIGATED}}. This made him the second [[octochamp]] in the first 16 episodes of Series 93, and he is also the first non-[[returning contestants|returning contestant]] since [[Rob Barkess]] in August 2024 to average '''over''' 100 points across 8 heat games.
 ==Episodes==

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-{{octostats|TBC|TBC|854|5}}
+{{octostats|TBC|4|854|5}}
 [[File:Daniel Face.png|thumb|200px|right|Daniel Face in Series 93.]]
 '''Daniel Face''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 93]]. He was a senior reporter specialising in digital news from Wokingham, Berkshire and is also an [[Apterous|Apterite]]. He has now qualified for the quarter-finals in June 2026.

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