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Superchamps in ToC stats (Up-to-Date Spoilers)

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Along with the Obscure Record Holders thread, I thought it might be interesting to create a list of how all Jeopardy superchamps (champs who won more than five games) ended up doing in their ToCs. Whether this thread will end up being relevant or not is for others to decide, but for now, here it is.

Name (# of wins) - ToC Placement

Ken Jennings (74) - N/A
Julia Collins (20) - 3rd place
David Madden (19) - Semifinalist
Matt Jackson (13) - 2nd place
Austin Rogers (12) - 3rd place
Seth Wilson (12) - Quarterfinalist
Arthur Chu (11) - 2nd place

Buzzy Cohen (9) - Winner
Dan Pawson (9) - Winner
Jason Keller (9) - Semifinalist

Ben Ingram (8) - Winner
Tom Nissley (8) - 2nd place
Drew Horwood (8) - Quarterfinalist
Tom Kavanaugh (8) - Quarterfinalist

Tom Walsh (7) - 2nd place
Keith Whitener (7) - 2nd place
Joon Pahk (7) - Semifinalist
Justin Bernbach (7) - Semifinalist
Stephanie Jass (7) - Semifinalist
Tim Aten (7) - Semifinalist
Greg Seroka (7) - Quarterfinalist
Josh Hill (7) - TBD
Kyle Jones (7) - TBD
Ryan Fenster (7) - TBD

Roger Craig (6) - Winner
Alex Jacob (6) - Winner
Alan Lin (6) - 2nd place
Larissa Kelly (6) - 2nd place
Jason Zollinger (6) - 2nd place
Kerry Greene (6) - 3rd place
Andrew Pau (6) - Semifinalist
Dave Leach (6) - Semifinalist
Jared Hall (6) - Semifinalist
Justin Sausville (6) - Semifinalist
Kevin Marshall (6) - Semifinalist
Lisa Schlitt (6) - Semifinalist
Pranjal Vachaspati (6) - Semifinalist
Sandie Baker (6) - Semifinalist
Andrew Moore (6) - Quarterfinalist
Christopher Short (6) - Quarterfinalist
Hunter Appler (6) - Quarterfinalist
Jim Stevens (6) - Quarterfinalist
Joel Pool (6) - Quarterfinalist
Sean Ryan (6) - Quarterfinalist
Cindy Stowell (6) - N/A (RIP)
Rob Worman (6) - TBD
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Per a request, here are the same names arranged by the ToC they took part in.

Season 21

Tom Walsh (7) - 2nd place
Sean Ryan (6) - Quarterfinalist


Season 22

David Madden (19) - Semifinalist
Kevin Marshall (6) - Semifinalist
Tom Kavanaugh (8) - Quarterfinalist


Season 25

Dan Pawson (9) - Winner
Larissa Kelly (6) - 2nd place
Jim Stevens (6) - Quarterfinalist


Season 26

Jason Zollinger (6) - 2nd place
Justin Bernbach (7) - Semifinalist


Season 28

Roger Craig (6) - Winner
Tom Nissley (8) - 2nd place
Joon Pahk (7) - Semifinalist
Justin Sausville (6) - Semifinalist
Christopher Short (6) - Quarterfinalist


Season 29

Keith Whitener (7) - 2nd place
Jason Keller (9) - Semifinalist
Stephanie Jass (7) - Semifinalist
Dave Leach (6) - Semifinalist
Joel Pool (6) - Quarterfinalist


Season 31

Ben Ingram (8) - Winner
Arthur Chu (11) - 2nd place
Julia Collins (20) - 3rd place
Sandie Baker (6) - Semifinalist
Jared Hall (6) - Semifinalist
Drew Horwood (8) - Quarterfinalist
Andrew Moore (6) - Quarterfinalist


Season 32

Alex Jacob (6) - Winner
Matt Jackson (13) - 2nd place
Kerry Greene (6) - 3rd place
Greg Seroka (7) - Quarterfinalist


Season 34

Buzzy Cohen (9) - Winner
Alan Lin (6) - 2nd place
Austin Rogers (12) - 3rd place
Andrew Pau (6) - Semifinalist
Pranjal Vachaspati (6) - Semifinalist
Lisa Schlitt (6) - Semifinalist
Tim Aten (7) - Semifinalist
Hunter Appler (6) - Quarterfinalist
Seth Wilson (12) - Quarterfinalist


As you can see, Season 31's ToC was the first one where the final three were all superchamps.

Season 34's ToC is now the one that had the most superchamps qualify.

Interestingly on the other hand, the Season 24 ToC (which Celeste DiNucci won) is the only ToC, since the "sky's the limit" rule came into play, which did not feature any superchamps.

Drew Horwood holds the unfortunate distinction of being the only superchamp to date to finish their ToC quarterfinal in the negative, therefore being eliminated before Final Jeopardy.


For the record, here is the list of how superchamps who took part in the UToC and the BotD tournaments ended up doing.

UToC

Ken Jennings (74) - 2nd place **
Tom Walsh (7) - Round 2 ***
Sean Ryan (6) - Round 2 ***

** Ken Jennings, due to his incredible streak, got the free pass into the Finals.

*** Tom Walsh and Sean Ryan were among the nine returnees who got a free pass into Round 2. Neither won their games.



BotD

Ken Jennings (74) - 2nd place
Roger Craig (6) - 3rd place
Dan Pawson (9) - Quarterfinalist (Round 2)
Tom Kavanaugh (8) - Round 1
Larissa Kelly (6) - Round 1
Tom Nissley (8) - Round 1
Stephanie Jass (7) - Round 1


All-Star Games
David Madden (19) - Co-Winner
Larissa Kelly (6) - Co-Winner
Ken Jennings (74) - 2nd place
Matt Jackson (13) - 2nd place
Alan Lin (6) - 3rd place
Austin Rogers (12) - Round 2
Roger Craig (6) - Round 2
Buzzy Cohen (9) - Round 2
Alex Jacob (6) - Round 2
Julia Collins (20) - Round 1
Seth Wilson (12) - Round 1
Ben Ingram (8) - Round 1
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How about those who won five games but lost their sixth under the new rules?
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Bamaman wrote:How about those who won five games but lost their sixth under the new rules?
No. I only planned on entering the 6+ game winners. If you want to add every 5-day champ from Season 20 and on to this thread, go ahead.
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Players with exactly five wins since the start of Season 20 (listed under the season in which their regular-play loss took place):

Season 20
Chris Miller - 2004 semifinalist; UToC semifinalist

Season 21
Kerry Breitenbach - 2006 quarterfinalist

Season 22
Maria Wenglinsky - 2006 semifinalist; BotD first round
Bob Mesko - 2006 semifinalist
Craig Westphal - 2007 semifinalist
Celeste DiNucci - 2007 champion; BotD first round

Season 23
Jeff Spoeri - 2007 semifinalist
Steve Unite - 2007 quarterfinalist
Andrew Rostan - 2007 quarterfinalist
Mehurn Etebari - 2007 quarterfinalist
Cathy Lanctot - 2007 quarterfinalist

Season 24
Paul Glaser - 2007 semifinalist
Lisa Klink - 2009 quarterfinalist
Cora Peck - 2009 semifinalist
Aaron Schroeder - 2009 third place
Mark Wales - 2009 semifinalist

Season 25
Matt Kohlstedt - 2009 semifinalist
Liz Murphy - 2010 semifinalist

Season 26
Stefan Goodreau - 2010 third place
Terry Linwood - 2010 semifinalist
Dave Belote - 2010 semifinalist
Paul Kursky - 2011 quarterfinalist

Season 27
Kara Spak - 2011 semifinalist
Tom Kunzen - 2011 quarterfinalist
Jay Rhee - 2011 semifinalist

Season 28
David Menchaca - 2013 quarterfinalist

Season 29
Paul Nelson - 2013 semifinalist
Kristin Morgan - 2013 third place
Joshua Brakhage - 2014 semifinalist
Rebecca Rider - 2014 semifinalist

Season 30
Rani Peffer - 2014 quarterfinalist
Jerry Slowik - Not invited
Sarah McNitt - 2014 quarterfinalist

Season 31
Vaughn Winchell - ???
John Schultz - ???
Kristin Sausville - 2015 quarterfinalist
Andrew Haringer - ???
Dan Feitel - ???
Brennan Bushee - ???
Scott Lord - 2015 quarterfinalist

I'll also throw in a link to this table that shows how players performed in the ToC based on where they finished on that tournament's leaderboard (their "seed," if you will, or the type of tournament in which they earned their automatic bid). In addition to the 2014 ToC being the first with three super-champs in the final, it was also the first in which the top three seeds reached the final.
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You should update for season 32 to include Matt Jackson since he was in this current season.
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oduguy22 wrote:You should update for season 32 to include Matt Jackson since he was in this current season.
Yes I mistakenly put "Season 31" instead of "32" for the ongoing ToC. Fixed.
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JayK33 wrote:Season 22

David Madden (19) - Semifinalist
Kevin Marshall (6) - Semifinalist
Tom Kavanaugh (8) - Quarterfinalist
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Bump for the 2015 ToC results.
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You missed Andrew Moore (6) - Quarterfinalist
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zdude69closedrofl wrote:You missed Andrew Moore (6) - Quarterfinalist
Thanks.
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I wanted to say that I, for one, find this list fascinating. As of the most recent ToC, only 4 super champs have won a ToC out of I believe 8 ToCs listed. One would think that number would be a lot higher because they are, well, super champs. Even more interesting is that half of those four only won 6 games and none of the 5 highest winning streaks are held by a ToC winner. To me that's very counter intuitive. Nice work!
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While this is an interesting list, I think the amount of money and the consistency in regular game play are also factors in determining ToC odds as well as the amount of games won. If every game won by a ToCer was REALLY narrow win and/or loss, then the odds are lower of winning unless you can somehow edge a ToCer with more money out again.
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Added the newest superchamps since the last ToC to the list.
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Added Tim and Cindy to the list.

I would also like to thank fikklefame.com (who post quick daily Jeopardy recaps early each day) for giving this thread a shoutout earlier this week.
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It's been a while, but I finally updated this thread. I might also add the All-Star games when they end, depending on how the format goes.
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JayK33 wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:40 pm It's been a while, but I finally updated this thread. I might also add the All-Star games when they end, depending on how the format goes.
Sorry for the pedantry, but at this point I'd suggest that the TBAs in your list should be TBDs...

(I wish they were TBAs! ;)
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Ok. Changed.
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