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Alvaro @ Monday, June 15th 07:10AM [link]

Bye bye, Alex:

As you know, Alex will be away during the next few weeks, so Ivo (Ivootjes) and I (Alvaro) are going to write the news. Let's start with them.

Movement:

Like past week, first active player is #185 Jordan Jackson. His 9.4 pt cut in AF makes him climbed 7 positions. He scored 2 new Hero times to show his potential to keep progressing further. Not far behind, helped by his new 30 PRs, #192 Christian Wild made a huge 87 pt cut in AF in his first full week in the site. At the same time, he promote his rank to Expert A and he broke into top 200 overall and top 150 in 60 Hz. His RR times shows a great level of play, so Jordan must be alert.

#351 David Landry keeps his pace of regular PRs like in previous weeks, passing 7 players; women subchampion #352 Gosia Buza among them. Only a couple of spots behinds him, newcomer #353 Ashley O'Hara (known in MKW as Degausser) made a great 57 pt cut in AF and got a rank promotion to Advanced A.

#426 Agustin Berrios followed his routine of making many new PRs. They are 24 this time, and a 21pt AF cut. He narrowly missed a rank promotion -- only 1 PR will be needed to get Advanced B next week.

And closing the activity of this week, #592 Austin Gates sent us some new PRs to make also a 21pt AF cut, which brings him into top 600.

New records:

No new records this week.

New Players:

Welcome to...

Daniel Valenzuela, Chile (~#842, Beginner D).
Marcos Sepulveda, Chile (~#845, Beginner D).

Maybe some friends of Agustin? They only miss records at Special Cup.

A new Galaxy, Metroid and Zelda for the Wii in the works.

Alex @ Tuesday, June 9th 07:55PM [link]

Movement

#192 Jordan Jackson's 21 pt cut in AF resulted in a nice jump of 26 places, taking JJ into the top-200. This was a small setback for #201 Alvaro Fababu, who dropped one place. Alvaro remains in the top-150 in 60Hz (he's No.149) but Jordan powered forward to No.130 and claimed the Expert A rank.

#222 Luke Henderson is in the same region. A small 4pt let him pass the likes of #223 Cameron Tangen and #226 Tuomas Dunkel. It's in 60Hz where he's getting closer to a milestone, since he's currently five places out of the top-150.

#358 David Landry sent in a few small PRs. Enough to stay ahead of #360 Soren Marx, he says. We'll have to wait for further developments because Soren hasn't reported yet this month.

#430 David Moorehouse reached Advance B level and moved up 7 places. But it's #447 Agustin Berrios close behind him who is grabbing the spotlight in the area: the Chilean raced 18 PRs for a very cool 55pt cut and 46 position gain. He's reporting new PRs almost every day. In 60Hz, David moved up 5 places to No.328 and Agustin moved up 34 to No.344.

New Records

No new records.

New Players

No new players.

GM should start building little red karts -- they'll be super popular.

Alex @ Monday, June 1st 08:57PM [link]

Movement

The highest active player was Andrew Math. He narrowly missing the YC god standard and Marijn's 60Hz WR on that level by 0""1. Another point separates Andrew from #8 Vince.

#134 Alexis Moyen had 16 PRs to send. They included his first Titan times on WC, but Alexis isn't a specialist and has many courses where he can get a Titan time. This week's 14pt cut helped him gain 15 places. In ARR he reached the Hero C level.

#218 Jordan Jackson had his own 'first' new standard, getting a Hero time on BC. Like Alexis, Jordan is consistent across the board and has many low Experts that can turn into Heroes. He moved up 25 places and became Expert B, and also says he may have more time to play this month. We might see him go for the top-200 next week, perhaps. #200 Alvaro Fababu inched ever so closer, making 2 PRs to gain a spot. Nevertheless, both players reached a milestone in 60Hz by reaching the top-150: Alvaro is now 148th and Jordan is 149th!

#359 Soren Marx excused his recent absence by saying he's been short on free time, but managed to submit the 28 'small' PRs that he had been collecting since April. A 25pt cut on the charts pushed his rank up passed #361 David Landry. David himself raced 4 PRs for the week to move up 6 places. The pair both joined the site at a similar time and are now as close as can be in the charts, with only 1 person between them overall and noone to seperate them in 60Hz (they're 267th and 268th). #437 David Moorhouse, the 'other' David, raced 5 PRs for an 11pt AF cut but is still 75 AF pts behind David L and Soren.

#470 Josh Mosumky says he's busy with work. He still managed 4 PRs and moved up 6 positions. Rising coming up quickly behind him is #493 Augustin Berrios. Augustin had a huge cut last week and maintained some momentum to cut another 46pts this week. Having just broken into the top-500 and getting a promition from Intermediate to Advanced this week, his run might still have long legs to carry him further.

New Records

No new records.

New Players

Welcome too...

Christian Wild, Germany (282nd, Expert C).
Ashley O'Hara, Belgium (412nd, Advanced B).

Away

I'll be away for the second half of Jun and start of Jul. Any volunteers for writing news? hehe

Come on Alvaro, you're so close!

Alex @ Friday, May 22nd 02:39AM [link]

Movement

#57 Arnaud Guepey scored 5 PRs in 60Hz to pass 2 players. One of his PRs was a nice Myth B time on his best course, LC, where he's ranked 11th in both the course time and lap time. Arnaud also passed Jerrol overall to gain one position.

#149 Alexis Moyen gained 6 places and a top-150 finish. Being consistent as usual, his 5 PRs were all Hero standard.

After 2 years away, #227 Luke Henderson popped in and decided to make up some the ground he's lost. He raced 10 PRs for a 13pt AF cut, passing 12 players. In 60Hz terms, this was an 11pt cut to pass ten players and reach No. 160. Luke is not far behind No. 152 Alvaro, who is biding his time to break through the resistance barrier.

#367 David Landry made his first submission of the month, reporting 4 PRs and moving up 12 places. He passed two MK celebrities (Darius Austin and Mark Jones) and is coming up behind another two (Paddy Johannessen and Mikael Smolen). A small bonus reward was to reach Advanced A level. If Dave keeps going, the next stop is Expert levels. In copycat style, the other Dave, #444 David Moorhouse, also sent 4 PRs. He jumped 20 places overall and made the top-350 in 60Hz.

Armed with 21 PRs and a 52pt cut, #484 Joshua Mosumky had little trouble breaking into the top-500 overall and the top-400 in 60Hz, where he's now 370th. Expectedly there was a promotion: from Intermediate to Advanced D.

But the biggest mover of the week was #546 Agustin Berrios. How big? Well, he last reported 14 months ago, so he had lots of time to meditate and fine-tune his reflexes. The Chilean reported new 30 PRs, accumulated a 174pt AF cut and jumped four minor ARR titles (Beg A to Int A). We double dare him to do it again next week! smile

Also, in 60Hz Agustin finished 416th after jumping 118 places. That's hot.

New Records

No new records.

New Players

No new players.

20/100 sighting.

Alex @ Friday, May 15th 02:58AM [link]

Movement

A very quiet week! Only 5 active players.

#58 Arnaud Guepey, recently earning the POQ award, continued his 60Hz revival to pass Scott Abbey and Paulo Roberto Presotto on what is still his slightly weaker system. Arnaud is now 44th.

#155 Alexis Moyen continues the French theme, racing 3 PRs. He is coming very close to passing #154 Max Seger and taking another step towards the top-150.

#202 Alvaro Fababu is also taking steps towards a barrier, moving up 7 places this week. He needs to cut another 3.5 points in AF to displace Jeremy Huang from the 200th position. He is also getting closer to top-150 in 60Hz, and is currently 152nd after passing 3 players.

#464 David Moorhouse raced 8 PRs, 6 of them on Flower Cup, to advance 12 positions. All of them were either Adv B or C, and he reached Advanced C level in ARR. On the 60Hz-only ladder, David moved up to 357th.

#537 Josh Mosumky did his part, racing 5 PRs on some of the trickier levels (DDJ, YC, MCT) to move up 14 places overall. He also moved up 11 places to 408th in 60Hz. No change in ARR, but he's on his way to leaving the Intermediate ranks behind forever.

New Records

No new records.

New Players

No new players.

Buy some flowers on Sunday.

Alex @ Friday, May 8th 05:38AM [link]

Movement

A quiet week to start off the month, in constast to the recent weeks of WRs and new champions.

#7 Jean-Christophe Lacastaignerate has sent in his missing 60Hz records to have a full set of 32, giving him a proper ranking: he is 13th in 60Hz! He raced 9 PRs earlier in the week -- a mix of Myth and Titan times -- which were not quite as good as his recent God records, but maybe he hasn't spent as much time on them. What we do know is that he's 13th, one place ahead of fellow Frenchman, Olivier, and one place behind another fellow Frenchman, Kouider. Will he go for top-10? Will he go for French champion in both Hertz? I think yes.

#9 Andrew Math added another god time to his portfolio and reduced his AF to under 10 pts, reducing the gap between him and his target, #8 Vince, to 1.3pts. But Andrew did make progress in 60Hz, where he passed Aron Langerak for 2nd place. It's a bit tight between No. 2 to No. 4, with Andrew, Aron and Hendrik's AFs being 4.2, 4.3 and 4.7. But Andrew's competition hasn't been active in some time, giving him breathing room.

#71 Ian Gee, who has just reached Titan C level, passed 4 players (including me) to gain ground on #58 Arnaud Guepey overall. Meanwhile, Arnaud is focusing on 60Hz instead of overall and was the one trying to gain ground on Ian. They are currently 35th (Ian) and 46th (Arnaud) in 60Hz. Arnaud passed 3 players to reach No. 44 & 45, Scott and Paulo, who he should pass soon.

#155 Alexis Moyen had a great week, scoring his first Hero A time amongst his 29 PRs this week. That's as many PRs as last week! On the ladder, the Frenchman's 39 pt cut moved him 33 positions ahead. One of the players he passed was #157 Flynn Hoppenbrouwers, who had a nice week himself by moving up 11 positions. Both players are poised to enter the top-150 very soon. Alexis's big cuts made him reach the Hero levels.

#209 Alvaro Fababu is inching closer to the top-200, now 9 spots away. He's also approaching the top-150 in 60Hz, where he advanced 5 places to finish the week at No. 155. I think he will reach 150 before he reaches 200. smile

A few other players were also active: #476 David Moorhouse moved up 11 places, #551 Joshua Mosumky moved up 12, and #576 Stefan Glosby moved up 9.

New Records

No new records. (Surprisingly.)

New Players

Welcome to...

Adam Guo, USA (~797, Beginner A).

Only 6 scores received from Adam, but they're very good. He might be good enough for top-150 if sends in a full set.

May Day, a.k.a. International Labour Day, a.k.a. the bestest day in history

Alex @ Friday, May 1st 11:18PM [link]

Movement

#9 Andrew Math recently passed a couple of former world champs (Rapha & Moly) and then faced a large 2.5pt AF gap between him and #8 Vince v/d Fluit, but he's making some progress at making it look like he can cut that gap over the next few weeks. This week Andrew sent in 8 PRs -- half of which were system records (see below) -- that helped his AF quite a bit. He cut 0.9pts to remain 1.6 behind Vince. He did achieve a result in 60Hz, however, where he took the No. 3 place from Hendrik Bunde. Champion Marijn still has a huge lead, but Andrew is stepping on the heels of No 2. Aron and may pass him by next week.

No prizes for guessing which other top player made a move. It was #15 Kouider Benarioua, up 2 places, scoring 8 PRs. He passed fellow Frenchman #17 Paul Maes and is now challenging #14 Tristan Eyma. Maybe in a month or so he will share company with Olivier and Raphael. In the meantime, Kouider is going for French records; so far he has 3, which is just as many as Olivier (3) but less than Rapha (5) and JSX (19).

#75 Ian Gee moved up one position, but it was a quiet week for his nearest rival #58 Arnaud Guepey, who submitted only one PR. Arnaud recently posted some photos of a French Army meeting on the forum, so check those out.

With his first PRs in a while, #166 Andrew Howes moved a little closer to 60Hz top-100 by advancing seven 7 to No. 107. He also moved up 6 places on the overall chart. His 5 new PRs included his second Hero A time, so he might soon score his first Titan time. Overall, he became a Hero D player. Right behind Andrew is #177 Flynn Hoppenbrouwers, armed with 14 PRs for the second half of April and moving up 10 places to end the month. Flynn already has two Titan times, both on PB, which he improved this week. His cuts resulted in a big 0.5 cut in ARR to also become a Hero player.

Making a two year comeback was #188 Alexis Moyen, reporting 27 new PRs. He cut 33pts to advance 33 places and into the top-200. Alexis is keeping a tight standard range between Hero C and Expert C and doesn't appear to have a best individual course, but is on the border of reaching Expert A level with his next submission.

A no-show from Jordan Jackson allowed #241 Jonathan Doelle pass him and be the first to reach Expert B. The German scored 11 PRs, mostly Expert times with a couple of Adv A. Jonathan already has some Titan times (on Baby Park), so he's got plenty of potential left. He reached Intermediate A level this week.

Continuing his comeback, #562 Joshua Mosumky is juggling exams and leisure time but found plenty of excuses to kart and made a 28pt AF cut. No doubt the SSMTs are helping, but he still has a couple of times left that are older than two years. Expect some more from him. A little ways behind, #585 Stefan Glosby sent in 16 PRs, his first in ten months. He became Intermediate B overall, but says learning the DKM canyon jump helped him race his best ever PRs (both Advanced A and rank a couple of hundred places better than his average).

New Records

Andrew Math grabbed 4 records in 60Hz. First up, 1'37"122 G+1 on Daisy Cruiser. A narrow 0"04 lead on Marijn's time from Feb 2008, and the second 60hz god time. Next up, Andrew's 1'34"588 Mushroom City enjoyed a bigger lead over Marijn, this time of 0"23s. This track hasn't dropped much since 2006, when Olivier Peruch subbed 1'35, but Andrew has now improved the system record from G+6 to G+8. His other 2 records were both narrow wins over Marijn, both on Dino Dino Jungle: 1'42"538 and 33"078. Andrew had raced strong 3laps recently, so it's nice to see a lap in the mix. His 3lap was 0"04 ahead of Marijn's time from a year ago (both players are the only Myth+) and his lap was 0"02 faster (but made the G+1 standard, which Marijn missed out on).

A good week for Andrew, raising his 60Hz record count to 6 and reducing Marijn's to 21. Still a big lead for Marijn. But Andrew is trying to show us that the Dutchie is not completely invincible, but only a little bit invincible. The other 60Hz record holders -- Andreas, Jean-Christophe and Aron -- have 2 medals each.

New Players

Welcome to...

Benny Wang, Canada (751st, Beginner B).

New champion?

Alex @ Friday, April 24th 06:11AM [link]

Movement

#1 Richard Karlsson has broken the AF tie with #2 Hendrik and taken the lead, becoming the new champ. Hopefully Richard is aware of this. He might not be, because he didn't set any new scores. It was #17 Kouider Benarioua that beat one of Hendrik's times to give Richard the leg up. Kouider had a great week, racing 12 PRs (7 god times!) for a 2.9pt AF cut. His cut was big enough to pass 3 famous players: #18 Jonathan S, #19 Matt T and #20 David S. Kouider, who plays for France, now has several French players ahead of him. Until then, he can rest easy knowing that he is now a Myth B player.

Although Kouider affected the #1, he wasn't the highest active player. That was #9 Andrew Math, who raced 4 PRs and passed #10 Marius Mollenhauer to obtain a single-digit ranking. Upon breaking last week's tie for 10th place, Raphael Segas has dropped back to #11. Andrew also passed Marius in 60Hz to grab 4th place, with only Marijn, Aron and Hendrik above him. Andrew might not be able to pass Marijn any time soon, but Hendrik and Aron are only 0.3 and 0.75 AF pts ahead of him. Maybe this guy will be 2nd in a few weeks?

Perhaps not if #7 Jean-Christophe Lacastaignerate continues to play. The Frenchman has just started a comeback and switched to 60Hz. JC is unranked in 60Hz because he is missing half his timesheet, but if he can beat Andrew in some levels -- and he can, because he's also top-10 overall -- then it would make it harder for Andrew to make that 0.3 cut to reach Hendrik. So far JC has raced two 60Hz records. See the records section.

Still on the topic of 60Hz, #54 Arnaud Guepey has broken into the top-50. He was 57th two weeks ago and is now 48th. The closest active player to him was #76 Ian Gee, who passed Rob Chastain to become USA's no. 7 player. A few more PRs and he will pass me as well smile

Near the top-250, #243 Jordan Jackson moved up 5 places to take a small lead on #247 Rogerio Schneider. Joining them is #250 Jonathan Doelle, who made a smaller cut than Jordan but moved up more positions (12 places) through a denser region. Jordan looks set to be the first of the trio to become Expert C, needing only a 0.04 cut in ARR. Rogerio still inactive.

#117 Piet den Dulk, #158 Pat Hewson and #283 David Landry also made small cuts, but the week's biggest mover was #591 Joshua Mosumky with 25 PRs. It's his first submission in 2 years! Josh says he's making a comeback and just getting the hang of SSMTs... explaining why his PRs are falling so fast. He made a 73pt AF cut on the combined ladder and a 51pt cut in 60Hz (where he's now 450th, up 54 places).

New Records

Two nice new records from Jean-Christophe Lacastaignerate in 60Hz: Wario Colosseum 1'57"547 and 58"071 lap. JSX's course time is G+2 and half a second faster than Aron's God time from two months ago. His lap is also G+2 and 0"25 quicker than Marijn's lap from November. JSX's 50Hz times on this level are faster, but he's only just starting to play 60Hz now.

New Players

Welcome to...

Patrick Schiering, Germany (713rd, Beginner A).

Patrick is youngest brother of #20 David. Maybe he will receive some good coaching wink