Monthly Contest Winners

October 1st, 2025 to September 30th, 2026.
(monthly contest editions 145 through 156)

Every year we will award ten $25 prizes to the people who have won (or were among the winners of) the most monthly contests in the current prize period. Below are the monthly contest winners and runners up during the 2025-2026 prize period. Note that only the names of those who submitted one of the fifteen closest answers are displayed.

October 1st, 2024 to September 30th, 2025.
(monthly contest editions 133 through 144)

WINNERS
1st place: Don (tie) (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
1st place: Ghislain (tie) (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
1st place: Misha (tie) (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
1st place: Nigel (tie) (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
5th place: Marci (11 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
6th place: 007 (10 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
7th place: Subashree Sekar (tie) (10 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
7th place: Thingol (tie) (10 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
9th place: BrainBoggler (9 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
10th place: Stripe44 (8 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)


October 1st, 2023 to September 30th, 2024.
(monthly contest editions 121 through 132)

WINNERS
1st place: 007 (tie) (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
1st place: Marci (tie) (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
1st place: Nigel (tie) (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
4th place: Stripe44 (tie) (11 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
4th place: Thingol (tie) (11 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
6th place: BrainBoggler (10 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
7th place: Ghislain (tie) (10 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
7th place: Misha (tie) (10 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
9th place: Don (9 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
10th place: Subashree Sekar (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)


October 1st, 2022 to September 30th, 2023.
(monthly contest editions 109 through 120)

WINNERS
1st place: Nigel (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
2nd place: 007 (tie) (11 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
2nd place: Marci (tie) (11 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
4th place: BrainBoggler (10 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
5th place: Ghislain (9 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
6th place: Don (tie) (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
6th place: Misha (tie) (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
8th place: And99 (7 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
9th place: Subashree Sekar (7 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
10th place: Babloo (6 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)


October 1st, 2021 to September 30th, 2022.
(monthly contest editions 97 through 108)

WINNERS
1st place (tie): Ali K (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
1st place (tie): Nigel (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
3rd place (tie): 007 (11 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
3rd place (tie): Misha (11 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
5th place: Don (10 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
6th place: ShadowTenshii (9 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
7th place (tie): Babloo (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
7th place (tie): Ghislain (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
7th place (tie): Marci (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
10th place: BrainBoggler (7 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)


October 1st, 2020 to September 30th, 2021.
(monthly contest editions 85 through 96)

WINNERS
1st place (tie): 007 (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
1st place (tie): Misha (12 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
3rd place (tie): Marci (11 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
3rd place (tie): Nigel (11 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
5th place (tie): Ghislain (10 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
5th place (tie): ShadowTenshii (10 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
7th place: BrainBoggler (9 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
8th place: Stif35 (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
9th place: Ali K (7 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
10th place: Don (6 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)


October 1st, 2019 to September 30th, 2020.
(monthly contest editions 73 through 84)

WINNERS
1st place: Stif35 (11 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
2nd place (tie): 007 (10 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
2nd place (tie): Nigel (10 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
4th place (tie): Babloo (9 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
4th place (tie): Misha (9 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
6th place (tie): Arielle (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
6th place (tie): BrainBoggler (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
6th place (tie): Ghislain (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
6th place (tie): ShadowTenshii (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
10th place: Don (7 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)(won tiebreaker)


October 1st, 2018 to September 30th, 2019.
(monthly contest editions 61 through 72)

WINNERS
1st place (tie): Nigel (12 correct answers)
1st place (tie): Radian (12 correct answers)
3rd place (tie): Babloo (11 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
3rd place (tie): Misha (11 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
5th place: Stif35 (10 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
6th place (tie): 007 (10 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
6th place (tie): ShadowTenshii (10 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
8th place (tie): BrainBoggler (9 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
8th place (tie): Ghislain (9 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
8th place (tie): Bincy (9 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)


October 1st, 2017 to September 30th, 2018.
(monthly contest editions 49 through 60)

WINNERS
1st place: Nigel (12 correct answers)
2nd place: Babloo (10 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
3rd place: Stif35 (9 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
4th place (tie): Ashok Jain (8 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
4th place (tie): Ghislain (8 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
4th place (tie): ShadowTenshii (8 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
7th place: Radian (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
8th place: Bincy (7 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
9th place: AbiAri (6 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
10th place: Misha (5 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)


October 1st, 2016 to September 30th, 2017.
(monthly contest editions 37 through 48)

WINNERS
1st place: Nigel (11 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
2nd place: Babloo (10 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
3rd place: Eyisus (8 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
4th place: Ashok Jain (8 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
5th place: Ghislain (7 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)


October 1st, 2015 to September 30th, 2016.
(monthly contest editions 25 through 36)

WINNERS
1st place: Nigel (9 correct answers, 1 runner up answer)
2nd place: Ghislain (9 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
3rd place: Ashok Jain (6 correct answers, 1 runner up answers)
4th place: Babloo (4 correct answers, 3 runner up answers)
5th place: Eyisus (4 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)


October 1st, 2014 to September 30th, 2015.
(monthly contest editions 13 through 24)

WINNERS
1st place: Ghislain (10 correct answers, 2 runner up answers)
2nd place: Ashok Jain (7 correct answers, 2 runner up answers)
3rd place: Smylin (5 correct answers, 2 runner up answers)


October 1st, 2013 to September 30th, 2014.
(monthly contest editions 1 through 12)

WINNERS
1st place: Ghislain (7 correct answers, 2 runner up answers)
2nd place: Kezman (5 correct answers, 0 runner up answers)
3rd place: Ashok Jain (3 correct answers, 3 runner up answers)

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