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John Cowen
John Cowen was an octochamp in Series 77.
The maths graduate debuted on 19 July 2017 in impressive fashion, scoring the third highest total of the whole series on his debut as well as spotting the 9-letter word SPREADING. He missed out on joining the 800 club by 1 point, but nonetheless achieved four centuries and performed well in the numbers rounds in which he chose 6 small in every pick.
As a result of his preliminary success, Cowen returned for the Series 77 finals in December as #3 seed. In his quarter-final match, he thrashed fellow unbeaten player Michael Pfeffer, picking out the nine ANTINODES to prevail 105 – 49. In the semi-finals, he faced Bradley Horrocks, another player who picked 6 small most of the time (although he instead opted for 3 large there). However, his run came to an end after he had an incorrect solution to his final 6 small selection, meaning a crucial conundrum was avoided and gave the former the win by then.
Cowen joined Apterous in March 2018, and made his Co-event debut in Leeds a month later where he reunited with Horrocks. He also knows some Russian.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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6626 | 19/07/2017 | P | Shabir Alidina | 53 – 128 | John Cowen | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
6627 | 20/07/2017 | P | John Cowen | 106 – 24 | Tom Blessington | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
6628 | 21/07/2017 | P | John Cowen | 79 – 38 | Raf Seneviratne | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
6629 | 24/07/2017 | P | John Cowen | 97 – 74 | Andrew Alden | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
6630 | 25/07/2017 | P | John Cowen | 103 – 77 | David Marsh | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 141 | ||
6631 | 26/07/2017 | P | John Cowen | 104 – 35 | Pete Hall | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
6632 | 27/07/2017 | P | John Cowen | 88 – 64 | Sue Wishart | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
6633 | 28/07/2017 | P | John Cowen | 94 – 46 | Vivek Mathews | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
6732 | 18/12/2017 | QF | John Cowen | 105 – 49 | Michael Pfeffer | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rufus Hound | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6735 | 21/12/2017 | SF | Bradley Horrocks | 95 – 83 | John Cowen | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rufus Hound | Susie Dent | 134 |