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[[File:Sam Cappleman-Lynes.png|thumb|300px|right|Sam Cappleman-Lynes in [[Series 82]].]] | [[File:Sam Cappleman-Lynes.png|thumb|300px|right|Sam Cappleman-Lynes in [[Series 82]].]] | ||
'''Sam Cappleman-Lynes''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 82]]. He is a software developer from Rochdale. He is also an [[Apterite]] and a member of [[c4countdown]]. He has qualified to return to the series finals in December 2020 as the number 2 seed. | '''Sam Cappleman-Lynes''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 82]]. He is a software developer from Rochdale. He is also an [[Apterite]] and a member of [[c4countdown]]. He has qualified to return to the series finals in December 2020 as the number 2 seed. |
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Sam Cappleman-Lynes octochamp statistics | |
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Final position | — |
Seeding | 2 |
Points total | 939 |
Conundrums solved | 6 |
Sam Cappleman-Lynes was an octochamp in Series 82. He is a software developer from Rochdale. He is also an Apterite and a member of c4countdown. He has qualified to return to the series finals in December 2020 as the number 2 seed.
Sam made his debut on 26 August 2020 against two-time winner Pete Reynolds, where a spot of the nine-letter word LONICERAS helped Sam win with an impressive 114 points to Reynolds' 33. The following day, Sam reduced multiple gameshow contestant Bernie Kingston to the lowest ever score in a 15-round game with just 5 points. Sam won an additional six games on the trot, including a personal best of 124 points, and accumulated 939 points en route to becoming the sixth octochamp of the series and the first octochamp since the COVID-19 hiatus. He came up with some very obscure words along the way, such as MOWDIES, TAIHOAED and WINDIGO. Clips of his eighth win were shown on Gogglebox on 11 September.
On Apterous, as well as having already achieved a Top 10 position in the Pro Ranks[1], Sam has also won a game of 'Apto Fifteen to One', hosted and written by Philip Aston.[2]
Outside of Countdown, Sam is an active member of the world of competitive puzzles. In 2018, he won the UK Sudoku Championships on his first attempt, followed by a runner-up finish in the same event the following year. He also came 40th in the 2019 World Sudoku Championships in Germany.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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7331 | 26/08/2020 | P | Pete Reynolds | 33 – 114 | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7332 | 27/08/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 117 – 5 | Bernie Kingston | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7333 | 28/08/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 124 – 12 | Phil Savage | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7334 | 31/08/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 121 – 17 | Matt Duffy | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
7335 | 1/09/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 123 – 17 | Malcolm Slee | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7336 | 2/09/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 110 – 42 | Mike Spencer | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
7337 | 3/09/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 111 – 40 | Jay Brown | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
7338 | 4/09/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 119 – 37 | Anthony Podmore | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 140 |