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Sam Cappleman-Lynes
Sam Cappleman-Lynes was a contestant in Series 82. He is a software developer from Rochdale. He is also an Apterite.
He made his debut on 26 August 2020 against two-time winner Pete Reynolds, where a spot of the nine-letter word LONICERAS helped him win with an impressive 114 points to Reynolds' 33. The following day, Sam achieved 117 points, reducing his opponent Bernie Kingston to the lowest ever score in a 15-round game with just 5 points. On his third game, he scored a high scoring 124 points, maxing 12 rounds, while his opponent Phil Savage was scoreless for most of the game but eventually beat him in one round to take 12 points. In his fifth game, he maxed all rounds to achieve a perfect round score of 123 points – the first perfect performance in over 5 years – and became only the second contestant after Dan McColm to ever achieve a maximum-scoring game in the "new" 15-round format.
On Apterous, as well as having already achieved a Top 10 position in the Pro Ranks[1], Cappleman-Lynes has also won a game of 'Apto Fifteen to One', hosted and written by Philip Aston.[2]
Outside of Countdown, Cappleman-Lynes is an active member of the world of competitive puzzles. In 2018, he won the UK Sudoku Championships on his first attempt, followed by a runner-up finish in the same event the following year. He also came 40th in the 2019 World Sudoku Championships in Germany.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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7331 | 26/08/2020 | P | Pete Reynolds | 33 – 114 | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7332 | 27/08/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 117 – 5 | Bernie Kingston | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7333 | 28/08/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 124 – 12 | Phil Savage | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7334 | 31/08/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 121 – 17 | Matt Duffy | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 128 |