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Making his debut two days after [[Daniel Face]] secured [[octochamp]]dom, he had a very tough proposition in incumbent champ [[Nigel Marchington]]. It took a misdeclaration on a final six-small [[numbers]] round for Callum to officially pull clear, and he capped off earning his [[teapot]] by spotting {{word|RUBBISHED}} from {{word|HIDEBURBS}} to earn a [[century]] as well. He followed that up with seven further victories including two more [[centuries]]. Of particular note, he spotted six nine-letter-words throughout his heats; those included {{word|UNGODLIER}} twice within consecutive games, {{word|UNWAISTED}}, {{word|EQUATIONS}}, {{word|CUSTODIAL}}, and {{word|PRESUMING}} during his final preliminary versus challenger [[Kirsty Gamage]].  
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Making his debut two days after [[Daniel Face]] secured [[octochamp]]dom, he had a very tough proposition with [[Nigel Marchington]]. It took a misdeclaration on a final six-small [[numbers]] round for Callum to officially pull clear, and he capped off by spotting {{word|RUBBISHED}} from {{word|HIDEBURBS}} to earn a [[teapot]] as well as a [[century]]. He followed that up with seven further victories including two more [[centuries]]. Of particular note, he spotted six nine-letter-words throughout his heats: {{word|UNGODLIER}} twice within consecutive games, {{word|UNWAISTED}}, {{word|EQUATIONS}}, {{word|CUSTODIAL}} and {{word|PRESUMING}}.  
  
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He finished with 784 points to sneak ahead of [[Megel Barker]] as the No. 2 seed for the time being, while also being the third [[octochamp]] of the series within five weeks. He was then given his nickname "'''The Talent"''', as a short-form version of "'''The Talented Mr. Ridley"''' by [[Rachel Riley]], as a final acknowledgement of his achievements to date.
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He finished with 784 points to sneak ahead of [[Megel Barker]] as the No. 2 seed for the time being, while also being the third [[octochamp]] of the series within five weeks. He was then anointed the nickname of "'''The Talent"''' (as a short-form version of "'''The Talented Mr. Ridley"''') by [[Rachel Riley]], as a final acknowledgement of his achievements to date.
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Ridley became the first octochamp since [[Joe Dobinson]] in November 2022 to win eight consecutive games with more than one [[presenter]], as well as the second after [[Quinn Bartlett]] in August 2022 to win eight consecutive games with editions presented by [[Colin Murray]] and [[Les Dennis]].
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==

Revision as of 19:49, 6 February 2026

Callum Ridley
octochamp statistics
Final position TBC
Seeding TBC
Points total 784
Conundrums solved 4
Callum Ridley in Series 93.

Callum Ridley was an octochamp in Series 93. He was from Witham, Essex and noted to be a passionate follower of Witham Town F.C. He will almost certainly be back for the end-of-series finals in June.

Heat games

Making his debut two days after Daniel Face secured octochampdom, he had a very tough proposition with Nigel Marchington. It took a misdeclaration on a final six-small numbers round for Callum to officially pull clear, and he capped off by spotting RUBBISHED from HIDEBURBS to earn a teapot as well as a century. He followed that up with seven further victories including two more centuries. Of particular note, he spotted six nine-letter-words throughout his heats: UNGODLIER twice within consecutive games, UNWAISTED, EQUATIONS, CUSTODIAL and PRESUMING.

He finished with 784 points to sneak ahead of Megel Barker as the No. 2 seed for the time being, while also being the third octochamp of the series within five weeks. He was then anointed the nickname of "The Talent" (as a short-form version of "The Talented Mr. Ridley") by Rachel Riley, as a final acknowledgement of his achievements to date.

Ridley became the first octochamp since Joe Dobinson in November 2022 to win eight consecutive games with more than one presenter, as well as the second after Quinn Bartlett in August 2022 to win eight consecutive games with editions presented by Colin Murray and Les Dennis.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
8691 28/01/2026 P Nigel Marchington 86 – 109 Callum Ridley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Tom Read Wilson Susie Dent 141
8692 29/01/2026 P Callum Ridley 93 – 45 Nicky Peters Colin Murray Rachel Riley Tom Read Wilson Susie Dent 136
8693 30/01/2026 P Callum Ridley 94 – 49 Paul Kilius-Smith Colin Murray Rachel Riley Tom Read Wilson Susie Dent 133
8694 02/02/2026 P Callum Ridley 120 – 65 Leo Moore Les Dennis Rachel Riley Dr Ranj Singh Susie Dent 145
8695 03/02/2026 P Callum Ridley 92 – 54 Karen Newton Les Dennis Rachel Riley Dr Ranj Singh Susie Dent 132
8696 04/02/2026 P Callum Ridley 83 – 51 James Massey Les Dennis Rachel Riley Dr Ranj Singh Susie Dent 123
8697 05/02/2026 P Callum Ridley 76 – 26 Ammar Estwani Les Dennis Rachel Riley Dr Ranj Singh Susie Dent 120
8698 06/02/2026 P Callum Ridley 117 – 51 Kirsty Gamage Les Dennis Rachel Riley Dr Ranj Singh Susie Dent 134
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