Countdown in Milton Keynes 2016
Countdown in Milton Keynes was a FOCAL tournament on Saturday 20th August 2016 at The New Queen Victoria pub in Wolverton, hosted by Series 69 contestant Zarte Siempre and Series 61 semi-finalist Innis Carson. It was attended by 46 players, making it 2016's joint most-attended event. The event was the second to be held in Milton Keynes, after 2015's Countdown in Milton Keynes, which saw a record attendance of 50 players.
It was won by James Robinson, in a repeat of the previous year's final against Dylan Taylor. Robinson had lost in 2015, but won this time on a second tiebreak conundrum - LASTTIMEH (ATHLETISM) - after both contestants matched each other for the first 8 rounds and failed to solve first conundrum OHCRUCIAL (ACHOLURIC), which none of the other attendees had managed to solve.
FOCAL standings after the event
The top 8 after this round of the 2016 FOCAL season were as follows:
| Pos. | Name | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| +1 | 1 | Jack Worsley | 408 |
| +2 | 2 | James Robinson | 338 |
| > | 3 | Tom Carey | 329 |
| -3 | 4 | Zarte Siempre | 328 |
| > | 5 | Giles Hutchings | 314 |
| +1 | = | Jen Steadman | 314 |
| +1 | 7 | Callum Todd | 306 |
| +3 | 8 | Rob Foster | 274 |
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