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Sam made his debut on 26 August 2020 against two-time winner [[Pete Reynolds]], where a spot of the nine-letter word {{word|LONICERAS}} helped Sam win with an impressive 114 points to Reynolds' 33. The following day, Sam reduced multiple gameshow contestant [[Bernie Kingston]] to the lowest ever score in a 15-round game with just 5 points. Sam won an additional six games on the trot, including a personal best of 124 points, and accumulated 939 points en route to becoming the sixth octochamp of the series and the first octochamp since the [[2020 COVID-19 hiatus|COVID-19 hiatus]]. He came up with some very obscure words along the way, such as {{word|MOWDIES}}, {{word|TAIHOAED}} and {{word|WINDIGO}}. Clips of his eighth win were shown on ''Gogglebox'' on 11 September. | Sam made his debut on 26 August 2020 against two-time winner [[Pete Reynolds]], where a spot of the nine-letter word {{word|LONICERAS}} helped Sam win with an impressive 114 points to Reynolds' 33. The following day, Sam reduced multiple gameshow contestant [[Bernie Kingston]] to the lowest ever score in a 15-round game with just 5 points. Sam won an additional six games on the trot, including a personal best of 124 points, and accumulated 939 points en route to becoming the sixth octochamp of the series and the first octochamp since the [[2020 COVID-19 hiatus|COVID-19 hiatus]]. He came up with some very obscure words along the way, such as {{word|MOWDIES}}, {{word|TAIHOAED}} and {{word|WINDIGO}}. Clips of his eighth win were shown on ''Gogglebox'' on 11 September. | ||
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Cappleman-Lynes returned to the show on 11 December 2020 to play the second quarter final match against number 7 seed [[Damien Doughty]]. Sam took an early in the first two letters rounds, before Doughty beat him in the first number round. Cappleman-Lynes eventually broke away and found a nine letter word and solved a dodgy conundrum to prevail with 121 points and qualify for the semi finals. | Cappleman-Lynes returned to the show on 11 December 2020 to play the second quarter final match against number 7 seed [[Damien Doughty]]. Sam took an early in the first two letters rounds, before Doughty beat him in the first number round. Cappleman-Lynes eventually broke away and found a nine letter word and solved a dodgy conundrum to prevail with 121 points and qualify for the semi finals. | ||
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{{ep | 7337 | 3/09/2020 | P |Sam Cappleman-Lynes| 111 - 40 |[[Jay Brown]]|[[Paul Zenon]]|Susie Dent|125}} | {{ep | 7337 | 3/09/2020 | P |Sam Cappleman-Lynes| 111 - 40 |[[Jay Brown]]|[[Paul Zenon]]|Susie Dent|125}} | ||
{{ep | 7338 | 4/09/2020 | P |Sam Cappleman-Lynes| 119 - 37 |[[Anthony Podmore]]|Paul Zenon|Susie Dent|140}} | {{ep | 7338 | 4/09/2020 | P |Sam Cappleman-Lynes| 119 - 37 |[[Anthony Podmore]]|Paul Zenon|Susie Dent|140}} | ||
| + | {{ep | 7408 | 11/12/2020 | QF |Sam Cappleman-Lynes| 121 - 71 |[[Damien Doughty]]|[[John Inverdale]]|Susie Dent|133}} | ||
{{episode table end}} | {{episode table end}} | ||
Revision as of 15:03, 11 December 2020
| Sam Cappleman-Lynes Octochamp Statistics | |
| Final position | — |
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| Seeding | 2 |
| Points total | 939 |
| Conundrums solved | 6 |
Sam Cappleman-Lynes was an octochamp in Series 82. He is a software developer from Rochdale. He is also an Apterite and a member of c4countdown. He has qualified to return to the series finals in December 2020 as the number 2 seed.
Sam made his debut on 26 August 2020 against two-time winner Pete Reynolds, where a spot of the nine-letter word LONICERAS helped Sam win with an impressive 114 points to Reynolds' 33. The following day, Sam reduced multiple gameshow contestant Bernie Kingston to the lowest ever score in a 15-round game with just 5 points. Sam won an additional six games on the trot, including a personal best of 124 points, and accumulated 939 points en route to becoming the sixth octochamp of the series and the first octochamp since the COVID-19 hiatus. He came up with some very obscure words along the way, such as MOWDIES, TAIHOAED and WINDIGO. Clips of his eighth win were shown on Gogglebox on 11 September.
Cappleman-Lynes returned to the show on 11 December 2020 to play the second quarter final match against number 7 seed Damien Doughty. Sam took an early in the first two letters rounds, before Doughty beat him in the first number round. Cappleman-Lynes eventually broke away and found a nine letter word and solved a dodgy conundrum to prevail with 121 points and qualify for the semi finals.
On Apterous, as well as having already achieved a Top 10 position in the Pro Ranks[1], Sam has also won a game of 'Apto Fifteen to One', hosted and written by Philip Aston.[2]
Outside of Countdown, Sam 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 | ||
| 7335 | 1/09/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 123 – 17 | Malcolm Slee | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
| 7336 | 2/09/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 110 – 42 | Mike Spencer | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
| 7337 | 3/09/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 111 – 40 | Jay Brown | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
| 7338 | 4/09/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 119 – 37 | Anthony Podmore | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 140 | ||
| 7408 | 11/12/2020 | QF | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 121 – 71 | Damien Doughty | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
