Harry Savage

Harry Savage in Series 88.

Harry Savage was a contestant in Series 88, and was a final-year Biology student at Hertford College Oxford, from Southampton at the time of his appearances. He is also an Apterite. Outside of Countdown, he is a competitive Rubik's Cube solver; he has competed at the UK and World Championships in different categories and holds/has held Guinness World Records in the sport as well.

Appearances

Savage first appeared on 2 August 2023, notably being asked by the host Colin Murray to solve a Rubik's Cube in the opening and managed to do so in 10.5 seconds. He later won with 122 points, the highest score of the series so far, to Hywel Jones's 59 points.

ZoomDown

Prior to his TV debut, Savage was a contestant on the second series of ZoomDown. He won his first three games, which included a max game against Tracey Mills in his third heat but fell short of tetra-champdom thanks to current Countdown producer Damian Eadie. Regardless, he still qualified for the end-of-series finals, winning his first game against Noel McIlvenny but losing his semi-final to eventual series champ Rob Foster, who himself scored a max game.

His performances also saw him invited back for the ZoomDown Championship of Champions where his preliminary game saw him defeat Graeme Cole by just 1 point, before once again facing Rob Foster in the quarter-finals. Again, he, unfortunately, lost on a crucial conundrum which Foster solved, eliminating him from the competition.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
8074	02/08/2023	P	Hywel Jones	59 – 122	Harry Savage	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	135
8075	03/08/2023	P	Harry Savage	119 – 52	Julie Quinn	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	147
8076	04/08/2023	P	Harry Savage	119 – 30	David Byrne	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Edith Bowman	Susie Dent	131
8077	07/08/2023	P	Harry Savage	121 – 79	Helen Ingelbrecht	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Edith Bowman	Susie Dent	157
8078	08/08/2023	P	Harry Savage	105 – 51	Stephen O'Mara	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Edith Bowman	Susie Dent