random throwaway scrabble stats trivia post

[magratheazaphod]

I went through in semi-sobriety last night and compiled the results of the last 10 nationals (including the 2007 PC, excluding all-stars), dating back to the 2000 Nationals. I went through and just looked at top 5 finishes and did a couple of quick metrics.

29 people have had top-5 finishes since 2000. Of those, a whopping 17 are accounted for by

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[magratheazaphod]

hence why I said "basically"

[vinylchances]

This is all super awesome!

[vinylchances]

Although I think you forgot one other younger-than-you person besides Panupol and Orry. (Hint: It's someone already mentioned elsewhere in the post)

[magratheazaphod]

duhhhhh. james is a little older than me, but damn, dayton was a long time ago.