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Sam Cappleman-Lynes

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Sam Cappleman-Lynes
Octochamp Statistics
Final position
Seeding2
Points total939
Conundrums solved6
Sam Cappleman-Lynes in Series 82.

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 will take on the number 7 seed Damien Doughty in the second quarter final.

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
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