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− | A '''max game''' is a game in which the maximum possible score is achieved in every single round. This is indicated by bolding the score, max, and name in episode tables. | + | A '''max game''' is a game in which the maximum possible score is achieved in every single round. This is indicated by bolding the score, max, and name in episode tables. Whether or not a numbers round with the max score but not the closest possible solution to the target is considered a max is a matter of debate in the community. [[Allan Saldanha]]'s win against [[Joyce Cansfield]], and [[Ronan Higginson]]'s win against [[Adam Dexter]] are the two instances of this in the list below, and are considered by some to not be true max games. |
− | Some games from the early years of Countdown are not known, so it is possible that Haldane's max game was not the first. | + | A '''double max game''' is a game where the two players achieve the maximum possible joint score. This results from both players maxing all [[Letters game|letters]] and [[Numbers game|numbers]] rounds, and one then solving the [[conundrum]]. This has never been achieved on televised ''Countdown'', with Episodes 5649 and 5653 below each being one maxed letters round short of the achievement. |
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+ | Some games from the early years of ''[[Countdown]]'' are not known, so it is possible that [[Jenny Haldane|Haldane]]'s max game was not the first. | ||
==List of max games== | ==List of max games== | ||
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{{ep | 6054 | 17/12/2014 | SF |'''[[Dan McColm]]'''| '''123''' - 77 |[[George Ford]]|[[David Baddiel]]|Susie Dent|'''123'''}} | {{ep | 6054 | 17/12/2014 | SF |'''[[Dan McColm]]'''| '''123''' - 77 |[[George Ford]]|[[David Baddiel]]|Susie Dent|'''123'''}} | ||
{{ep | 7407 | 10/12/2020 | QF |'''[[Luke Johnson-Davies]]'''| '''136''' - 89 |[[David Kempshall]]|[[John Inverdale]]|Susie Dent|'''136'''}} | {{ep | 7407 | 10/12/2020 | QF |'''[[Luke Johnson-Davies]]'''| '''136''' - 89 |[[David Kempshall]]|[[John Inverdale]]|Susie Dent|'''136'''}} | ||
+ | {{ep | 7860 | 29/09/2022 | P |'''[[Tom Stevenson]]'''|'''154''' – 28|[[Lauren Bowley]]|[[Eve Muirhead]]|Susie Dent|'''154'''}} | ||
+ | {{ep | 8023 | 23/05/2023 | P |'''[[Ronan Higginson]]'''|'''135''' – 27|[[Martin Peirce]]|[[Vick Hope]]|Susie Dent|'''135'''}} | ||
+ | {{ep | 8048 | 27/06/2023 | SF |'''Ronan Higginson'''|'''122''' – 98|[[Adam Dexter]]|[[Maggie Aderin-Pocock]]|Susie Dent|'''122'''}} | ||
{{episode table end}} | {{episode table end}} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
− | *[[Jos]] | + | *[[Jos game]] |
[[Category:Terminology]] | [[Category:Terminology]] |
Latest revision as of 21:07, 27 June 2023
A max game is a game in which the maximum possible score is achieved in every single round. This is indicated by bolding the score, max, and name in episode tables. Whether or not a numbers round with the max score but not the closest possible solution to the target is considered a max is a matter of debate in the community. Allan Saldanha's win against Joyce Cansfield, and Ronan Higginson's win against Adam Dexter are the two instances of this in the list below, and are considered by some to not be true max games.
A double max game is a game where the two players achieve the maximum possible joint score. This results from both players maxing all letters and numbers rounds, and one then solving the conundrum. This has never been achieved on televised Countdown, with Episodes 5649 and 5653 below each being one maxed letters round short of the achievement.
Some games from the early years of Countdown are not known, so it is possible that Haldane's max game was not the first.
List of max games
The list is sorted chronologically.