As promised, here are the cumulative figures for the seven years of the 75 Word Challenges. (Seven years! Who’d have thought we’d get this far!)
75 Worder -- Years 1 to 7 inclusive
As last year, the complete table with the total figures for each of the seven years is too large to upload, so I’ve again cut it in two. Part A contains the names of entrants from A-K inclusive, Part B, those of L-Z. Each table ends with the
combined totals of both parts. The members shown in bold type are those who have taken part in the Challenges in 2016-17.
So with the further 46 new entrants in 2016-17 we’ve now accrued
494 entrants over the 84 months of the Challenges – a pity we couldn’t have reached our half-millenary within the year! Those entrants have written a grand total of
4151 stories, and have received
4072 votes.
The
4 members named last year with 100% participation –
Culhwch,
mosaix,
TDZ, and
Ursa – have maintained their records, and
chrispenycate has still dropped only the one month.
The number of members who have entered only one Challenge over the 7 years is now
213, up from 194, so an increase of 19. That’s better than last year’s increase of 25, which is good news, and the percentage of one-timers to total entrants has dropped from 43.3% to 39.3%, which is also good. Let’s see if we can encourage more one-timers to return and get that figure even lower!
And the shock statistic: the Leading Lagomorph is leading no more – HareBrain has been dethroned as the One True Leader of the 75 Worder Challenges. (Though it would be more of a shock if he’d actually entered more than twice in the entire year...)
So, I’ve bundled the bunny out of the way, culling Culhwch while I was at it, to jump into the lead myself. (Well, someone had to do it.)
Cul remains in second place, with 165 votes, and
HareBrain has dropped to 3rd with 151 votes, but he’s got his in only 58 entries.
TDZ has leapt into 4th place with 145 votes, just keeping ahead of
mosaix whose wonderful year has brought him up to 5th place with 142 votes. Another wonderful showing from
Victoria has catapulted her to 6th place with 120 votes in 52 Challenges and
Hex has advanced to 7th with 118 votes in an incredible 45 entries.
Neither
alchemist nor
Teresa took part in any Challenges this year, so they’ve fallen to 8th and 9th places with their respective 116 and 115 votes. With 98 votes,
Perp is now 10th,
Chris p is still 11th with 91 votes, and
Jo remains in 12th place with her 71 votes, but she now shares the position with – DRUMROLL –
Phyrebrat! (Special enough for you?
)
With 66 votes from 59 entries,
reiver is now 14th,
Moonbat is in 15th place with 65, and
Bowler has leapt onto the leader board at 16th with 64 votes, pushing
paranoid marvin down to 17th with his 60 votes, then comes
Ursa in 18th position with 59 votes, ahead of
Boneman who is at 19th with 54 votes, despite not having entered at all in the last two years!
Parson makes his first appearance in the lists at 20th with 49 votes, at joint 21st
Cat’s Cradle and
Stormfeather have 48 votes each, and sharing 23rd place with 47 votes apiece are
ratsy,
DEO and
digs.
No new records were set for highest votes in 2016-17, but
Hex became the first – and so far only – person to win the 75 worders an amazing 7 times, which she managed with her record-breaking two wins in consecutive months!
As before, I’ve prepared a table showing the winners and runners-up over the 7 years, where the achievements of mosaix and Hex over 2016-17 are shown in their full glory!
And to repeat my usual comment, although I do double and triple check everything, it's all too easy to make a mistake when wrestling with all these figures, especially when introducing new entrants to the tables and moving around those who have changed their names. So if you spot something wrong, just shout!
