2024 Popular Culture Week 26
Standings
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| # | Player | Region | # Correct | % Correct | Average Correct Celerity |
Std. Dev. Celerity | Pending Rulings | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Bahnaman | North Carolina | 10 | 100.0% | .356 | .256 | 0 | 140 |
| 2 | Mazin Omer | Ohio | 9 | 90.0% | .447 | .331 | 0 | 137 |
| 3 | Chris Miller | Kentucky | 9 | 90.0% | .436 | .229 | 0 | 137 |
| 4 | Benjamin Kitchen | Colorado | 9 | 90.0% | .416 | .207 | 0 | 136 |
| 5 | Jack Rousseau | Virginia | 10 | 100.0% | .285 | .278 | 0 | 134 |
| 6 | Kyle Kahan | California | 9 | 90.0% | .360 | .279 | 0 | 127 |
| 7 | Theo Howe | United Kingdom | 9 | 90.0% | .338 | .281 | 0 | 125 |
| 8 | Matthew LaMagna | Virginia | 10 | 100.0% | .224 | .213 | 0 | 125 |
| 9 | Julian Saddy | Canada | 9 | 90.0% | .330 | .224 | 0 | 123 |
| 10 | Charlie Fritz | Illinois | 9 | 90.0% | .311 | .244 | 0 | 123 |
| 11 | Jason Hess | Texas | 9 | 90.0% | .309 | .251 | 0 | 123 |
| 12 | Devon Edwards | New York | 9 | 90.0% | .317 | .270 | 0 | 122 |
| 13 | Kai Tang | Illinois | 9 | 90.0% | .295 | .283 | 0 | 121 |
| 14 | Jason Sterlacci | New Jersey | 9 | 90.0% | .286 | .239 | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | James Dowd | Hawaii | 8 | 80.0% | .424 | .255 | 0 | 120 |
| 16 | Matthew McDaniel | California | 8 | 80.0% | .421 | .169 | 0 | 120 |
| 17 | Scott Latchem | California | 8 | 80.0% | .412 | .222 | 0 | 120 |
| 18 | Jeremy Tsai | New Jersey | 10 | 100.0% | .162 | .219 | 0 | 120 |
| 19 | Stephen Morrison | Michigan | 9 | 90.0% | .266 | .201 | 0 | 118 |
| 20 | Tucker Warner | New York | 8 | 80.0% | .404 | .269 | 0 | 117 |
| 21 | Akosua Asante | Canada | 9 | 90.0% | .242 | .224 | 0 | 115 |
| 22 | Hans von Walter | California | 8 | 80.0% | .369 | .253 | 0 | 114 |
| 23 | Paolo Pasco | California | 8 | 80.0% | .365 | .269 | 0 | 114 |
| 24 | McKinnie Lee Sizemore | Florida | 8 | 80.0% | .349 | .291 | 0 | 114 |
| 25 | Harley Andrew | Wisconsin | 9 | 90.0% | .238 | .233 | 0 | 114 |
| 26 | Alec Chao | District of Columbia | 9 | 90.0% | .237 | .210 | 0 | 114 |
| 27 | Will Swygart | United Kingdom | 10 | 100.0% | .138 | .183 | 0 | 114 |
| 28 | Lee Henry | Alabama | 9 | 90.0% | .222 | .178 | 0 | 113 |
| 29 | Matthew Askins | Arizona | 8 | 80.0% | .343 | .273 | 0 | 112 |
| 30 | Jenn Tulo | Virginia | 9 | 90.0% | .204 | .198 | 0 | 112 |
| 31 | Amitrajit Jana | Florida | 10 | 100.0% | .097 | .111 | 0 | 111 |
| 32 | Drew Scheeler | Ohio | 8 | 80.0% | .328 | .301 | 0 | 110 |
| 33 | Andy Strange | Kentucky | 9 | 90.0% | .195 | .213 | 0 | 110 |
| 34 | Craig Moysey | Canada | 7 | 70.0% | .464 | .263 | 0 | 109 |
| 35 | Anthony Peek | Louisiana | 8 | 80.0% | .325 | .232 | 0 | 109 |
| 36 | Greg Peterson | Illinois | 9 | 90.0% | .197 | .136 | 0 | 109 |
| 37 | Aaron Dos Remedios | Canada | 8 | 80.0% | .297 | .237 | 0 | 108 |
| 38 | Joey Goldman | United Kingdom | 8 | 80.0% | .300 | .287 | 0 | 107 |
| 39 | Steven Brown | Virginia | 8 | 80.0% | .287 | .254 | 0 | 107 |
| 40 | John Petrovich | Indiana | 8 | 80.0% | .268 | .282 | 0 | 107 |
| 41 | Chris Abrams | Nevada | 8 | 80.0% | .275 | .221 | 2 | 105 |
| 42 | Mike Malloy | Minnesota | 8 | 80.0% | .273 | .237 | 0 | 105 |
| 43 | Erik Nickels | California | 9 | 90.0% | .161 | .206 | 0 | 105 |
| 44 | Jason Palmer | Ohio | 8 | 80.0% | .268 | .190 | 0 | 104 |
| 45 | Seth Ebner | Maryland | 8 | 80.0% | .265 | .265 | 0 | 104 |
| 46 | Thomas Credeur | Louisiana | 8 | 80.0% | .251 | .273 | 0 | 104 |
| 47 | Felix Stimets | Indiana | 10 | 100.0% | .049 | .076 | 0 | 104 |
| 48 | Scott Aefsky | Massachusetts | 7 | 70.0% | .389 | .264 | 1 | 103 |
| 49 | Evan Nagler | New York | 8 | 80.0% | .251 | .195 | 0 | 103 |
| 50 | Randall Eng | New York | 7 | 70.0% | .389 | .293 | 0 | 102 |
| 51 | Erik Christensen | Canada | 8 | 80.0% | .253 | .214 | 0 | 102 |
| 52 | Alex Eaton | Michigan | 8 | 80.0% | .248 | .235 | 0 | 102 |
| 53 | Dan Puma | Illinois | 7 | 70.0% | .389 | .309 | 0 | 101 |
| 54 | William Neiswanger | Washington | 8 | 80.0% | .235 | .246 | 0 | 101 |
| 55 | Stephen Liu | California | 8 | 80.0% | .250 | .235 | 0 | 100 |
| 56 | Jackson Todd | Georgia | 7 | 70.0% | .353 | .294 | 0 | 99 |
| 57 | John Presloid | Ohio | 8 | 80.0% | .208 | .162 | 0 | 98 |
| 58 | Matthew Marcotte | California | 7 | 70.0% | .341 | .162 | 0 | 97 |
| 59 | Spencer Thrope | Middle East | 8 | 80.0% | .189 | .213 | 0 | 97 |
| 60 | Sean Calhoun | Iowa | 8 | 80.0% | .191 | .177 | 0 | 96 |
| 61 | Matthew Marcus | Oregon | 8 | 80.0% | .190 | .143 | 0 | 96 |
| 62 | Siddharth Hariharan | Maryland | 8 | 80.0% | .185 | .166 | 0 | 96 |
| 63 | Brian Lipinski | District of Columbia | 7 | 70.0% | .310 | .219 | 0 | 95 |
| 64 | Talia Fan | Canada | 7 | 70.0% | .302 | .329 | 0 | 95 |
| 65 | Trevor Greissinger | Wisconsin | 7 | 70.0% | .296 | .267 | 0 | 95 |
| 66 | Christine Irwin | Canada | 7 | 70.0% | .309 | .208 | 0 | 94 |
| 67 | Ashwath Seetharaman | Texas | 8 | 80.0% | .161 | .147 | 0 | 94 |
| 68 | Robert Kilner | Ohio | 8 | 80.0% | .156 | .179 | 0 | 94 |
| 69 | Tomás Aguilar-Fraga | Indiana | 7 | 70.0% | .275 | .195 | 0 | 92 |
| 70 | Benjamin Livingston | Minnesota | 7 | 70.0% | .272 | .285 | 0 | 92 |
| 71 | Mike Myers | California | 7 | 70.0% | .257 | .202 | 0 | 90 |
| 72 | Henry Blyth | Ohio | 7 | 70.0% | .252 | .220 | 0 | 90 |
| 73 | Dibyo Haldar | Asia | 7 | 70.0% | .244 | .230 | 0 | 90 |
| 74 | Adam Escandell | Texas | 7 | 70.0% | .240 | .206 | 0 | 90 |
| 75 | Daniel DeFelippis | Illinois | 7 | 70.0% | .233 | .287 | 0 | 90 |
| 76 | Kenji Shimizu | Michigan | 7 | 70.0% | .261 | .263 | 0 | 89 |
| 77 | Dillon Edwards | Wisconsin | 7 | 70.0% | .236 | .287 | 0 | 89 |
| 78 | Deleena Simon | Michigan | 8 | 80.0% | .117 | .149 | 0 | 89 |
| 79 | Stephen Ours | Virginia | 7 | 70.0% | .201 | .246 | 0 | 88 |
| 80 | Alex Rice | Mississippi | 7 | 70.0% | .197 | .197 | 0 | 87 |
| 81 | Michael Patison | Texas | 7 | 70.0% | .224 | .176 | 0 | 86 |
| 82 | Alex Dzurick | Missouri | 7 | 70.0% | .215 | .171 | 0 | 86 |
| 83 | Arlo Lyle | Arkansas | 6 | 60.0% | .372 | .303 | 0 | 85 |
| 84 | Tyler Haisten | Oklahoma | 6 | 60.0% | .359 | .310 | 0 | 85 |
| 85 | Andrew Medlin | Louisiana | 6 | 60.0% | .356 | .250 | 0 | 85 |
| 86 | Joseph Langas | Texas | 7 | 70.0% | .203 | .208 | 0 | 85 |
| 87 | Naveed Chowdhury | California | 7 | 70.0% | .194 | .194 | 0 | 85 |
| 88 | Matt Takimoto | California | 7 | 70.0% | .194 | .203 | 0 | 85 |
| 89 | Jack Sawyer | Pennsylvania | 7 | 70.0% | .188 | .189 | 0 | 85 |
| 90 | Harry White | Virginia | 7 | 70.0% | .185 | .205 | 0 | 85 |
| 91 | Max Smiley | California | 8 | 80.0% | .077 | .110 | 0 | 85 |
| 92 | Jeff King | Maryland | 6 | 60.0% | .355 | .330 | 0 | 84 |
| 93 | Gerry Tansey | Missouri | 6 | 60.0% | .332 | .240 | 0 | 84 |
| 94 | Carlos Hernandez Fisher | Canada | 5 | 50.0% | .544 | .171 | 0 | 83 |
| 95 | Kari Race | Wisconsin | 6 | 60.0% | .328 | .172 | 0 | 82 |
| 96 | Aahil Makhani | Georgia | 6 | 60.0% | .306 | .259 | 0 | 82 |
| 97 | David Kiang | Illinois | 7 | 70.0% | .153 | .126 | 0 | 82 |
| 98 | Erik Kreutner | South Carolina | 6 | 60.0% | .318 | .266 | 0 | 81 |
| 99 | Myron Meyer | South Dakota | 6 | 60.0% | .301 | .283 | 0 | 81 |
| 100 | William Travis | Texas | 6 | 60.0% | .290 | .321 | 0 | 81 |
| 101 | Jonathan So | California | 7 | 70.0% | .159 | .138 | 0 | 81 |
| 102 | Christopher Parsons | Washington | 7 | 70.0% | .136 | .128 | 0 | 80 |
| 103 | Ryan Hemmel | California | 7 | 70.0% | .153 | .130 | 0 | 79 |
| 104 | Evan Suttell | Colorado | 5 | 50.0% | .455 | .212 | 0 | 78 |
| 105 | Elisabeth Evan | Ohio | 6 | 60.0% | .266 | .177 | 0 | 78 |
| 106 | Danny Lardner | United Kingdom | 6 | 60.0% | .262 | .339 | 0 | 77 |
| 107 | Mitchell Rimerman | California | 6 | 60.0% | .256 | .342 | 3 | 77 |
| 108 | Jacob O'Rourke | Missouri | 6 | 60.0% | .244 | .215 | 0 | 77 |
| 109 | Drew Wheeler | Georgia | 5 | 50.0% | .434 | .279 | 0 | 76 |
| 110 | Jacob Sjostrom | Florida | 6 | 60.0% | .240 | .206 | 0 | 76 |
| 111 | Ali Filipowicz | Virginia | 6 | 60.0% | .239 | .181 | 0 | 76 |
| 112 | Will Howells | United Kingdom | 7 | 70.0% | .105 | .105 | 0 | 76 |
| 113 | Connor Teevens | Michigan | 6 | 60.0% | .218 | .240 | 0 | 75 |
| 114 | Stephanie Perkins | Missouri | 6 | 60.0% | .206 | .164 | 0 | 74 |
| 115 | Shannon Jamison | Virginia | 6 | 60.0% | .199 | .199 | 0 | 74 |
| 116 | Mary Foley | Arizona | 5 | 50.0% | .392 | .245 | 0 | 73 |
| 117 | Owen Cooper | Alabama | 5 | 50.0% | .391 | .259 | 0 | 73 |
| 118 | Andy Brown | Illinois | 6 | 60.0% | .190 | .248 | 0 | 73 |
| 119 | Nate Muckley | Illinois | 6 | 60.0% | .166 | .157 | 0 | 71 |
| 120 | Frank Grabowski | Pennsylvania | 6 | 60.0% | .160 | .245 | 0 | 71 |
| 121 | Christopher Harris | Texas | 5 | 50.0% | .340 | .280 | 0 | 70 |
| 122 | John Riss | Illinois | 5 | 50.0% | .297 | .244 | 0 | 67 |
| 123 | Erik Eide | Canada | 5 | 50.0% | .292 | .244 | 0 | 67 |
| 124 | Will Singleton | Ohio | 5 | 50.0% | .295 | .262 | 0 | 66 |
| 125 | Kaberi Chakrabarty | Illinois | 5 | 50.0% | .274 | .194 | 0 | 66 |
| 126 | Lars Melton | Virginia | 5 | 50.0% | .268 | .212 | 0 | 66 |
| 127 | Josh Turner | California | 5 | 50.0% | .258 | .269 | 0 | 66 |
| 128 | Michael Arjona | Georgia | 6 | 60.0% | .091 | .121 | 0 | 66 |
| 129 | Tony Chen | Canada | 5 | 50.0% | .255 | .180 | 0 | 64 |
| 130 | Brian Moore | Texas | 6 | 60.0% | .061 | .138 | 0 | 64 |
| 131 | Joshua Levit | Massachusetts | 5 | 50.0% | .245 | .274 | 0 | 63 |
| 132 | Greg Garbee | Florida | 5 | 50.0% | .215 | .207 | 0 | 63 |
| 133 | Brock Stephenson | Canada | 5 | 50.0% | .214 | .159 | 0 | 62 |
| 134 | Quinn McGarry | Missouri | 4 | 40.0% | .431 | .223 | 0 | 61 |
| 135 | Victor Pavao | Massachusetts | 5 | 50.0% | .224 | .169 | 0 | 61 |
| 136 | Andrew Fisher | United Kingdom | 5 | 50.0% | .204 | .138 | 0 | 61 |
| 137 | Mike Rauscher | New Jersey | 5 | 50.0% | .200 | .185 | 0 | 61 |
| 138 | Michael McPartland | United Kingdom | 5 | 50.0% | .192 | .212 | 0 | 61 |
| 139 | Samuel McCoy | Pennsylvania | 5 | 50.0% | .182 | .138 | 0 | 60 |
| 140 | Raul Passement | Texas | 5 | 50.0% | .173 | .228 | 0 | 60 |
| 141 | Avery Strangstalien | Wisconsin | 5 | 50.0% | .168 | .171 | 0 | 60 |
| 142 | Brad Williams | Wisconsin | 4 | 40.0% | .403 | .281 | 0 | 59 |
| 143 | Matt Coleman | Washington | 5 | 50.0% | .179 | .139 | 0 | 59 |
| 144 | Dan Love | California | 5 | 50.0% | .170 | .165 | 0 | 59 |
| 145 | Liam Buck | Minnesota | 5 | 50.0% | .139 | .178 | 0 | 57 |
| 146 | Michael Kettler | Ohio | 5 | 50.0% | .118 | .103 | 0 | 57 |
| 147 | Andy Arizpe | Texas | 5 | 50.0% | .126 | .167 | 0 | 56 |
| 148 | Shanine Salmon | United Kingdom | 5 | 55.6% | .093 | .089 | 0 | 55 |
| 149 | Craig Duke | Vermont | 5 | 50.0% | .092 | .152 | 0 | 54 |
| 150 | Nate Kane | Arizona | 4 | 40.0% | .291 | .230 | 0 | 53 |
| 151 | Alan Kreisel | Florida | 4 | 40.0% | .274 | .213 | 0 | 53 |
| 152 | Daniel White | Oregon | 5 | 50.0% | .082 | .078 | 0 | 53 |
| 153 | Russ Hart | New York | 5 | 50.0% | .075 | .062 | 0 | 53 |
| 154 | Christopher Knapp | Illinois | 4 | 40.0% | .263 | .175 | 0 | 52 |
| 155 | Jared Michael Taylor | North Carolina | 5 | 50.0% | .042 | .066 | 0 | 52 |
| 156 | Jonathan Hunter | Florida | 4 | 40.0% | .252 | .320 | 0 | 51 |
| 157 | Aaron Lichtig | Maryland | 4 | 40.0% | .245 | .179 | 0 | 51 |
| 158 | Manan Khattar | California | 3 | 30.0% | .556 | .314 | 0 | 50 |
| 159 | Peter Paik | Virginia | 4 | 40.0% | .218 | .224 | 0 | 50 |
| 160 | Darren Petrosino | New Jersey | 4 | 40.0% | .217 | .256 | 0 | 50 |
| 161 | Marcia Hamley | Oregon | 5 | 50.0% | .000 | .000 | 0 | 50 |
| 162 | Nate Meyvis | Massachusetts | 3 | 30.0% | .501 | .195 | 0 | 49 |
| 163 | Amy Whitelaw | Virginia | 4 | 40.0% | .211 | .214 | 0 | 49 |
| 164 | Andrew Almas | Canada | 4 | 40.0% | .192 | .162 | 0 | 49 |
| 165 | Emily Fletcher | Texas | 4 | 40.0% | .192 | .330 | 0 | 48 |
| 166 | Zoe Kaperonis | New York | 4 | 40.0% | .191 | .147 | 0 | 48 |
| 167 | Kevin McCabe | Colorado | 4 | 40.0% | .190 | .197 | 0 | 48 |
| 168 | Meghan Timmel | Minnesota | 4 | 40.0% | .186 | .147 | 0 | 48 |
| 169 | Michael Bentley | Washington | 4 | 40.0% | .176 | .159 | 0 | 48 |
| 170 | Rick Terpstra | Pennsylvania | 3 | 30.0% | .435 | .382 | 0 | 46 |
| 171 | Richard Appleyard | Europe | 4 | 40.0% | .157 | .126 | 0 | 46 |
| 172 | Brynn Jones | Illinois | 4 | 40.0% | .139 | .171 | 0 | 46 |
| 173 | David Cruickshank | United Kingdom | 3 | 30.0% | .452 | .246 | 0 | 45 |
| 174 | Caleb Bales | Virginia | 4 | 40.0% | .056 | .070 | 0 | 41 |
| 175 | James E. Lasker | Texas | 4 | 40.0% | .052 | .040 | 0 | 41 |
| 176 | Delano Barnes | Texas | 4 | 40.0% | .038 | .058 | 0 | 41 |
| 177 | David Snoddon | Canada | 4 | 40.0% | .036 | .072 | 0 | 41 |
| 178 | Eric Douglass | South Carolina | 3 | 30.0% | .270 | .187 | 0 | 40 |
| 179 | Jeff Frank | Indiana | 3 | 30.0% | .281 | .243 | 0 | 39 |
| 180 | Brian Hamilton | Oregon | 3 | 30.0% | .186 | .189 | 0 | 36 |
| 181 | Ben Dillon | Indiana | 3 | 30.0% | .158 | .180 | 0 | 36 |
| 182 | Nameer Qadir | Canada | 3 | 30.0% | .128 | .222 | 0 | 35 |
| 183 | Lili Omilian | Michigan | 3 | 30.0% | .035 | .051 | 0 | 31 |
| 184 | Bryan Householder | Ohio | 2 | 20.0% | .406 | .198 | 0 | 30 |
| 185 | Michael Shang | Maryland | 2 | 20.0% | .049 | .046 | 0 | 21 |
| 186 | Aditya Aras | New Jersey | 1 | 10.0% | .073 | .023 | 0 | 10 |
| 187 | Guan Tong Tay | Asia | 0 | 0.0% | -1.000 | .006 | 0 | 0 |
Celerity is the fraction of the question that had not been read at the time of a buzz (for which a correct answer was provided). 1.000 is an immediate buzz, .500 is an answer given halfway through the question in terms of time on the sound recording, and .000 is an answer given at the very end.