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'''Timothy 'Tim' James''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 91]]. He was a betting shop market place manager, and {{w|University of East Anglia}} climate science graduate from Norwich. He is also an [[Apterite]] and has now qualified for the end-of-series finals in June.
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'''Timothy 'Tim' James''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 91]]. He was a betting shop market place manager, [[Apterite]] and {{w|University of East Anglia}} climate science graduate from Norwich.
  
 
====Heat games====
 
====Heat games====
  
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Tim marked his debut with a [[century]] against incumbent champ [[Gary Fisher]] and followed that up with seven further victories, albeit not all comfortable; the best example of this was his needing of a crucial [[conundrum]] solve against returning contestant [[Diane Pratesi]] in his fourth match, where he also mentioned that his brother appeared on the show 'a couple of years ago', however it was not clarified who or when this was. He scored a personal best of 114 in his [[Episode 8465|fifth game]] which also saw him spot the 9-letter-word {{word|PONDERING}}, and finished his [[octochamp]] run by maxing 10 rounds alongside a third [[century]] against another returnee [[Nanette Swain]]. This put Tim at the top of the seeding table at the time, but still with just over half the series to still be aired.
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Tim marked his debut with a [[century]] against incumbent champ [[Gary Fisher]] and followed that up with seven further victories, albeit not all comfortable; the best example of this was his needing of a crucial [[conundrum]] solve against returning contestant [[Diane Pratesi]] in his fourth match, where he also mentioned that his brother appeared on the show 'a couple of years ago'; it was eventually clarified that this was [[Series 77]] contestant [[Dan Cartwright]]. He scored a personal best of 114 in his [[Episode 8465|fifth game]] which also saw him spot the 9-letter-word {{word|PONDERING}}, and finished his [[octochamp]] run by maxing 10 rounds alongside a third [[century]] against another returnee [[Nanette Swain]]. This put Tim at the top of the seeding table at the time, but still with just over half the series to still be aired.
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===Finals===
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Ultimately coming back as the third seed, fellow [[Apterite]] and No. 6 seed [[Matt Fife]] was waiting for him. In a see-saw battle where the lead changed hands a number of times, it quite literally came down to letters vs numbers; Fife beat James with {{word|MIAOWS}} and {{word|DAIGOU}} after two gambles backfired, but Tim took maximum points on the 2nd and 4th [[numbers]] games, while Matt scored nothing. This left Tim with a five-point-lead going into the [[conundrum]], but after neither of them turned {{word|NIGELVOID}} into {{word|EVILDOING}}, it was James who advanced into a 'battle of the Tims' against No. 2 seed [[Tim Bridgstock]] in the semi-finals.  
  
 
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==Episodes==
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{{ep | 8467 | 06/03/2025 | P |Tim James|88 – 38|[[Simon Higson]]|Jenny Powell|Susie Dent|144}}
 
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{{ep | 8468 | 07/03/2025 | P |Tim James|109 – 57|[[Nanette Swain]]|Jenny Powell|Susie Dent|125}}
 
{{ep | 8468 | 07/03/2025 | P |Tim James|109 – 57|[[Nanette Swain]]|Jenny Powell|Susie Dent|125}}
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{{ep | 8544 | 23/06/2025 | QF |Tim James|75 – 70|[[Matt Fife]]|[[Bob Harris]]|Susie Dent|117}}
 
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Revision as of 22:55, 23 June 2025

Tim James
octochamp statistics
Final position TBC
Seeding 3
Points total 781
Conundrums solved 3
Tim James in Series 91.

Timothy 'Tim' James was an octochamp in Series 91. He was a betting shop market place manager, Apterite and University of East Anglia climate science graduate from Norwich.

Heat games

Tim marked his debut with a century against incumbent champ Gary Fisher and followed that up with seven further victories, albeit not all comfortable; the best example of this was his needing of a crucial conundrum solve against returning contestant Diane Pratesi in his fourth match, where he also mentioned that his brother appeared on the show 'a couple of years ago'; it was eventually clarified that this was Series 77 contestant Dan Cartwright. He scored a personal best of 114 in his fifth game which also saw him spot the 9-letter-word PONDERING, and finished his octochamp run by maxing 10 rounds alongside a third century against another returnee Nanette Swain. This put Tim at the top of the seeding table at the time, but still with just over half the series to still be aired.

Finals

Ultimately coming back as the third seed, fellow Apterite and No. 6 seed Matt Fife was waiting for him. In a see-saw battle where the lead changed hands a number of times, it quite literally came down to letters vs numbers; Fife beat James with MIAOWS and DAIGOU after two gambles backfired, but Tim took maximum points on the 2nd and 4th numbers games, while Matt scored nothing. This left Tim with a five-point-lead going into the conundrum, but after neither of them turned NIGELVOID into EVILDOING, it was James who advanced into a 'battle of the Tims' against No. 2 seed Tim Bridgstock in the semi-finals.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
8461 26/02/2025 P Gary Fisher 56 – 105 Tim James Colin Murray Dr Tom Crawford Stephen Fry Susie Dent 122
8462 27/02/2025 P Tim James 93 – 45 Alan York Colin Murray Dr Tom Crawford Stephen Fry Susie Dent 123
8463 28/02/2025 P Tim James 94 – 49 Rob Grant Colin Murray Dr Tom Crawford Stephen Fry Susie Dent 119
8464 03/03/2025 P Tim James 87 – 70 Diane Pratesi Colin Murray Dr Tom Crawford Jenny Powell Susie Dent 131
8465 04/03/2025 P Tim James 114 – 52 Lydia Hardy Colin Murray Dr Tom Crawford Jenny Powell Susie Dent 133
8466 05/03/2025 P Tim James 91 – 54 Martin Chan Colin Murray Dr Tom Crawford Jenny Powell Susie Dent 123
8467 06/03/2025 P Tim James 88 – 38 Simon Higson Colin Murray Dr Tom Crawford Jenny Powell Susie Dent 144
8468 07/03/2025 P Tim James 109 – 57 Nanette Swain Colin Murray Dr Tom Crawford Jenny Powell Susie Dent 125
8544 23/06/2025 QF Tim James 75 – 70 Matt Fife Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 117
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