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'''Kirk Bevins''', a recent Maths graduate, appeared on Countdown near the start of [[Series 51]]. He played reasonably well, though not brilliantly, and was beaten by octochamp [[Richard Pay]]. In one round he went blank as he could only see {{word|SHAGMAN}}, and comically guessed {{word|TURROTING}} for the conundrum instead of {{word|TORTURING}}. | '''Kirk Bevins''', a recent Maths graduate, appeared on Countdown near the start of [[Series 51]]. He played reasonably well, though not brilliantly, and was beaten by octochamp [[Richard Pay]]. In one round he went blank as he could only see {{word|SHAGMAN}}, and comically guessed {{word|TURROTING}} for the conundrum instead of {{word|TORTURING}}. | ||
− | He has been a prominent member of the online scene for several years, participating in numerous major tournaments and winning the first ever [[Goatdown]] Championship against [[Conor Travers]]. He has yet to win a COLIN or COBRIS event, despite turning up to every one thus far; however he is ranked #1 on [[Apterous]] including a top score of 149, the highest ever for a 15-round game on the site. | + | He has been a prominent member of the online scene for several years, participating in numerous major tournaments and winning the first ever [[Goatdown]] Championship against [[Conor Travers]]. He has yet to win a {{word|COLIN}} or {{word|COBRIS}} event, despite turning up to every one thus far; however he is ranked #1 on [[Apterous]] including a top score of 149, the highest ever for a 15-round game on the site. |
Due to his success at Countdown tournaments and online, Bevins appeared on the show again in [[Series 60]]. In his first show he set the record for the [[Episode 4768|highest score for a challenger]] of 127, beating [[Jonathan Coles]]'s earlier 124 record. His next show was not a [[century]] - he fell to 97 including only solving one of the numbers games correctly. His [[Episode 4770|third show]] is widely believed to be the first ever 'perfect game' in the 15-round format, meaning no potential points were lost in any of the fifteen rounds. In his fourth game, he produced 3 nine-letter words and was not far off break [[Julian Fell]]'s record of 146. However he missed behove, then his opponent [[Peter Bennett]] controversially chose four large in the final numbers game. This left Bevins on 130 before the conundrum. Although he couldn't beat Fell's record, solving the conundrum would give him only the second ever score of 140 or more - the second best ever scores being 138 by Fell and Mark Tournoff. However it was Bennett that got the conundrum and lost [[episode 4771|130 - 55]]. | Due to his success at Countdown tournaments and online, Bevins appeared on the show again in [[Series 60]]. In his first show he set the record for the [[Episode 4768|highest score for a challenger]] of 127, beating [[Jonathan Coles]]'s earlier 124 record. His next show was not a [[century]] - he fell to 97 including only solving one of the numbers games correctly. His [[Episode 4770|third show]] is widely believed to be the first ever 'perfect game' in the 15-round format, meaning no potential points were lost in any of the fifteen rounds. In his fourth game, he produced 3 nine-letter words and was not far off break [[Julian Fell]]'s record of 146. However he missed behove, then his opponent [[Peter Bennett]] controversially chose four large in the final numbers game. This left Bevins on 130 before the conundrum. Although he couldn't beat Fell's record, solving the conundrum would give him only the second ever score of 140 or more - the second best ever scores being 138 by Fell and Mark Tournoff. However it was Bennett that got the conundrum and lost [[episode 4771|130 - 55]]. |
Revision as of 18:23, 17 March 2009
Kirk Bevins, a recent Maths graduate, appeared on Countdown near the start of Series 51. He played reasonably well, though not brilliantly, and was beaten by octochamp Richard Pay. In one round he went blank as he could only see SHAGMAN, and comically guessed TURROTING for the conundrum instead of TORTURING.
He has been a prominent member of the online scene for several years, participating in numerous major tournaments and winning the first ever Goatdown Championship against Conor Travers. He has yet to win a COLIN or COBRIS event, despite turning up to every one thus far; however he is ranked #1 on Apterous including a top score of 149, the highest ever for a 15-round game on the site.
Due to his success at Countdown tournaments and online, Bevins appeared on the show again in Series 60. In his first show he set the record for the highest score for a challenger of 127, beating Jonathan Coles's earlier 124 record. His next show was not a century - he fell to 97 including only solving one of the numbers games correctly. His third show is widely believed to be the first ever 'perfect game' in the 15-round format, meaning no potential points were lost in any of the fifteen rounds. In his fourth game, he produced 3 nine-letter words and was not far off break Julian Fell's record of 146. However he missed behove, then his opponent Peter Bennett controversially chose four large in the final numbers game. This left Bevins on 130 before the conundrum. Although he couldn't beat Fell's record, solving the conundrum would give him only the second ever score of 140 or more - the second best ever scores being 138 by Fell and Mark Tournoff. However it was Bennett that got the conundrum and lost 130 - 55.
His fifth, sixth and seventh games were all centuries, meaning in his final heat game he needed 113 to equal Fell's record 924, and 114 to beat it. With his final numbers game and conundrum he got exactly 114 and beat Fell's long-standing record of 924 points for an octochamp run by just a single point, solving the final conundrum in under a second to secure his place in Countdown history.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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3642 | 11/02/2004 | P | Richard Pay | 90 – 69 | Kirk Bevins | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Michael Aspel | Susie Dent | |||
4768 | 02/03/2009 | P | Ann Abel | 54 – 127 | Kirk Bevins | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | |||
4769 | 03/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 97 – 67 | Fiona Shaw | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | |||
4770 | 04/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 126 – 47 | Ben Nicholas | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | |||
4771 | 05/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 130 – 55 | Peter Bennett | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | |||
4772 | 06/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 111 – 39 | Barrie Robinson | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | |||
4773 | 09/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 114 – 53 | Anne Adams | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | |||
4774 | 16/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 106 – 71 | Ian Payn | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | |||
4775 | 17/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 114 – 31 | Rosie Owen | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent |
External links
- Kirk is God, the Facebook group.