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Arthur Page
| Arthur Page octochamp statistics | |
|---|---|
| Final position | TBC |
| Seeding | TBC |
| Points total | 953 |
| Conundrums solved | 3 |
Arthur Page was an octochamp in Series 89. He is also an Apterite. At the time of his appearances, he was a Year 12 A-Level student from Buckinghamshire, studying Biology, Chemistry, German and Maths. He has qualified to return for the series finals in June 2024.
Appearances
Series 89 Heat games
Debuting against fellow Apterite Alex Robertson, Page unseated the one-time winner by a score of 97 points to 46. He achieved his first century the next day, and followed this with the highest score of the series so far with 137 points, which included the nine-letter-word spots of DIAGNOSED and PENUMBRAS. The further nines he was able to pick out were MODALISES, SUIVANTES, PRENTICES and POLARISES, which were in the midst of other impressive word spots like WAIRUAS, SUBERATE, TONTINE and OROGENIC. He also stood out by his wide variety of Template:Numbers round choices instead of sticking to a specific
In his 7th game, against another Apterite in James Cook, only the missed conundrum OSPREYCOG stopped Page from achieving a maximum-scoring game. He followed this by securing Octochampdom with a score of 120 against challenger and returning contestant Ben Furness, bringing his total to a very impressive 953; this took him to the top of the seed table, which previously was held for 4 months by Mark Finnerty, with Colin Murray finishing things off by anointing him with his nickname 'A5'.
His run marked a number of achievements; he was only the 6th contestant ever to surpass 125 points three times in a row, and his run completed a full line-up of octochamps for the Series 89 finals while making him the almost certain No. 1 seed for those games. He also is the highest scoring octochamp who didn't score centuries in every game, beating the 11-year old record previously held by Series 69 semi-finalist Glen Webb.
Other Information
Page is also an accomplished chess player.
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8273 | 15/05/2024 | P | Alex Robertson | 46 – 97 | Arthur Page | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sunetra Sarker | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
| 8274 | 16/05/2024 | P | Arthur Page | 105 – 35 | Leslie Hayler | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sunetra Sarker | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
| 8275 | 17/05/2024 | P | Arthur Page | 137 – 37 | Sam Lawrence | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sunetra Sarker | Susie Dent | 149 | ||
| 8276 | 20/05/2024 | P | Arthur Page | 128 – 10 | Wayne Dewsbury | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
| 8277 | 21/05/2024 | P | Arthur Page | 135 – 43 | Jim Horan | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
| 8278 | 22/05/2024 | P | Arthur Page | 114 – 23 | Bekk Kennedy-Escott | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
| 8279 | 23/05/2024 | P | Arthur Page | 117 – 76 | James Cook | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
| 8280 | 24/05/2024 | P | Arthur Page | 120 – 53 | Ben Furness | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
