Ahmed Mohamed

Ahmed Mohamed Octochamp Statistics
Final position	Champion
Seeding	1
Points total	927
Conundrums solved	7

Ahmed Mohamed in Series 84.

Ahmed Mohamed was an octochamp in and the champion of Series 84. He was a Sports Steward (in between jobs) from North London. He is also a long-time Apterite, who was previously on Apterous under the pseudonym James Nguyen.

Mohamed made his debut on 29 September 2021, winning a score of 111 against four-time winner Daaniyal Ali. Mohamed went on to run off with seven more wins, all with scores above 100 including a top score of 138, although he survived a crucial conundrum against Co:Man2020 attendee Richard Williams in his sixth match. In three of his matches, he solved the conundrum in under a second. Along the way, he attained 927 points to place first in the seed table. He is also the 25th member of the 900 club.

Clips of his eighth game featured on Celebrity Gogglebox on 15 October 2021.

Mohamed returned for the first quarter-final on 15 December against five-game winner Janet Noe, where three nines helped him finish with a personal best of 143 points, although an unsolved and difficult conundrum denied him the chance to break Elliott Mellor's record of 152 points by just one point. Mohamed then played against Jeremy Slaney in the semi-final, picking out both available nine-letter words to eke out a commanding lead early on; although Slaney went on to beat him in two games during the third "half", Mohamed maintained his lead and finished by unravelling the conundrum COLICPITA to OCCIPITAL with half a second to spare, scoring 118 points and booking a grand final berth, where he faced Florence Cappleman-Lynes.

In the final, he took an early lead, but Florence made a comeback by beating him in the third numbers round. Mohamed though confirmed his win in the last letters round with PAGUROID and solved the conundrum by unscrambling IPAARTIED to TEPIDARIA in under two seconds to deny Florence a 100% record on them. He thus won the Grand Final with 114 points out of 125 and amassed an overall total across his 11 games of 1,302 points. He was not filmed lifting the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy.

Mohamed has since appeared on ZoomDown Series 4 after his heats were broadcast, but withdrew for personal reasons after winning one game with 117 points. He partook in the Tiny Tots Tournament and the Apterous Masters 2011 tourneys.

Preceded by Adam Latchford

Series winner Series 84

Followed by Dan Byrom

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
7605	29/09/2021	P	Daaniyal Ali	51 – 111	Ahmed Mohamed	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Stanley Johnson	Susie Dent	126
7606	30/09/2021	P	Ahmed Mohamed	121 – 27	Tom Lennon	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Stanley Johnson	Susie Dent	123
7607	01/10/2021	P	Ahmed Mohamed	107 – 27	Mags Kelly	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Stanley Johnson	Susie Dent	123
7608	04/10/2021	P	Ahmed Mohamed	138 – 52	Colin Wright	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	144
7609	05/10/2021	P	Ahmed Mohamed	116 – 33	Francis Maher	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	125
7610	06/10/2021	P	Ahmed Mohamed	106 – 87	Richard Williams	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	121
7611	07/10/2021	P	Ahmed Mohamed	116 – 47	Hugh Smithson-Wright	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	132
7612	08/10/2021	P	Ahmed Mohamed	112 – 66	Kerry Holden	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	123
7660	15/12/2021	QF	Ahmed Mohamed	143 – 59	Janet Noe	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Adrian Chiles		none	154
7664	21/12/2021	SF	Ahmed Mohamed	118 – 65	Jeremy Slaney	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Richard Coles	Susie Dent	145
7666	23/12/2021	GF	Ahmed Mohamed	114 – 77	Florence Cappleman-Lynes	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Richard Coles	Susie Dent	125