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I'm Nauseous Etch @ Tuesday, December 25th   [link]

Movement #1 Thomas Bolton managed to knock out 3 new WR's this week starting with the first sub 1'45 on DKP 3lap! He broke this barrier first getting a time of 1'44"866. Thomas also improved his CI2 prb times in order to take the WR's back there getting 46"074 and 15"109. Right below and still #2 Fabien Da Silva was able to take the LC1 prb 3lap back with a time of 1'10"390 which was enough to beat BDash's time set back in the summer of this year. Lastly, #3 Giulio Centrone took on RR again and came up with 1'54"102 on the sc 3lap landing 4/6 on sc's and came close to the flap record with 35"631. Not exactly a perfect run so you know he is not finished there yet. The only player in the top 5 with an AF cut this week though was #5 Ben Stoneman who continues to knock out new times and WR's. He got plenty of strong times such as DKP 1'45"497 and 34"499 which are only stepping stones from Thomas' WR's there. Ben also went sub 47 on YF with 46"941, close to sub 1'30 on MC prb with 1'31"073, LC1 nonprb flap 23"943, SG nonprb 3lap 1'09"553 and CCB flap 27"875. His most notable times were on WP where he took the 3lap WR getting 1'59"653 and tied the flap with 39"442! He is less than one AF point from passing #4 Sascha Brauninger in nonprb and in prb where they are ranked one higher each. Can Australia take the bronze metal? #10 Leonardo Assisi keeps his spot this week despite some activity. With some minor improvements here and there, it was not enough to give him a huge AF cut. When you got active players below you, especially #15 Fabio Sacco, it's hard to stay ahead. The Idolo again capitalized on beating his old times which have been giving him huge improvements. Some of his pr's included DS 3lap 1'33"612 with BLS, CM 1'50"106 and 35"749, SG 1'10"656 and 21"894 and LM 1'34"964 and 30"807. In just a few weeks back, Fabio got into the top 15 and Myth E overall, easy for an Idolo! With a nice 1.3281 AF cut and now sub 5 in ARR, he is exactly 1 AF point from passing #14 Michele Magnaterra for the #3 Italy spot. Michele only got a few times this week concentrating on LC1 getting 1'13"232 and 23"935 before getting 23"893. Right below them is #16 Simon Birker who got some new MC times like nonprb flap 29"913, prb 3lap 1'31"688 and MC1 nonprb 3lap 42"179. Outside the top 20, the UK threesome was at it again. #21 Matthew Ord reached Titan A overall but did not move anywhere on the charts with his 1.3125 AF cut. There is still some AF to go before catching #20 Lars Stelzig who might lose his top 20 spot. #23 Abel Marques also reached Titan A this week but remains at the same position as last week. #25 Tim Shelbourne saved up about 20 pr's and sent them in one submission this week to give him an almost 2 point AF cut but he did not move up a single spot on the charts. Tim reached Titan B overall. The story is quite different on prb where Abel is #17, Matthew at #25 and Tim at #32. Abel still has some pretty awful times which he could improve in just one run so it will just come down to a matter of motivation. Passing a small AF graveyard, #37 Marshall LeVett finally climbed high enough so he could pass some players. With his 2.6093 AF cut, it was enough to pass #38 Abdulaziz Alhomaid and #39 Josh Habben. I am not sure if he was in the top 10 USA or not but he is now at #10 there. It was a similar situation on prb where he passed 5 players to push him into the top 30 and #9 USA. #42 Daniel Marass is almost #5 Germany after his almost 4 point AF cut moving him up three places in the ranks and now Titan D overall. His little explosion of pr's was pretty nice, especially his sub 1'40 beating Sascha's time with 1'39"986! Way behind the other UK groupies, #43 Stacy Needham was active again but not enough to move up a spot with Daniel racing past him. He has a lot of ground to cover before reaching #28 James Leare for the #5 UK spot. #45 Chase Peleshaty moved up a rank this week with his new times giving him over a 1 point AF cut. It seemed like the Dutch Virus wore off on #46 Steven Glen who fell two spots from last week after his big 3 AF cut. He is still Dutch Champion though, nonprb and prb, so best to respect his authority. Hanging out with some the other Dutch karters will certainly help him climb higher. At least keep Netherlands in the top 50! Wrapping up the top 100, #59 Tom Webb moved up one spot, #69 John Ahlfield made it to the top 70, #71 Von Flyler almost moved up 20 spots racing from Hero D to Hero C overall, and #74 Ben Wilson with about a 2 point AF cut. Movement outside the top 100 included #104 Carlos Munoz -23.3590 (#4 Spain, Expert B to Hero E), #111 Joe Sebeny -4.0940 (#34 USA), #116 Lenny Andreev -5.0310 (#6 Australia), #117 Basile Boffy -4.2340 (#18 France), #179 Joel Nunnally -5.0150 (#59 USA), #188 Isaac Teh -1.9680 (#1 Malaysia), #193 Arnaud Teil -0.7500 (#34 France), #196 Alencar Faria -2.7340 (#1 Brazil), #261 Kristopher Will -43.9840 (#16 Germany, Advanced E to Advanced D), #264 Julien Cloutier-Brassard -11.6410 (#18 Canada), #329 Kyle Bradley -17.1100 (#114 USA, Intermediate B to Intermediate A), #402 Austin Gates -15.1560 (#143 USA) and #527 Bryan Kelder -10.3640 (#48 Netherlands). New Records There were 7 WR's improved this week (blue) and five non-prb times (pink). Fabien Da Silva was first to strike this week now taking the LC1 3lap down to 1'10"390. Next up was Thomas Bolton who went sub 1'45 first on DKP 3lap! He improved his time there to a sick 1'44"866. Giulio Centrone got a new WR by going 4/6 first on RR sc 3lap! It was not much faster than his strong 3/3 pipe sc run but still a better time with 1'54"102. It did not take long for Thomas to regain his CI2 WR's barely taking the 3lap with 46"074 and the flap with 15"109. Lastly, Ben Stoneman now holds the WP WR's! Ben was able to beat Thomas' time on the 3lap getting 1'59"653 and shares the flap title with シヴァ tying his time with 39"442. For nonprb, Thomas got DKP 3lap 1'44"866, Michele got LC1 flap 23"893, Lewis got F8C flap 24"497, and Ben has WP 3lap 1'59"653 and WP flap 39"442. Awards Once in awhile we see someone quickly storm up the ranks to the top 100. Just last week, he cut 50 AF points and went Expert D to Expert B. Following suit, he managed to cut 23 AF points climbing Expert B to Hero E! Although he fell short of making it to that #100 spot, he will surely get there next week. For his surge in activity and rapid rise in the charts, Carlos Munoz wins the POW for the third week of December, viva Espana! Happy Holidays!!! ~ ETCH

What is the Idolo and how can I become one? Etch @ Tuesday, December 18th   [link]

Movement #2 Fabien Da Silva was just barely able to pass by #3 Giulio Centrone this week despite Giulio being active. Fabien was able to take back some more WR's and improve some of his own. Giulio on the other hand took back his title of King of DS by breaking 1'31 first for a God time of 1'30"744. Fabien moving up puts Switzerland as the top 2 once again, to continue being the most dominant country of MKDS by far. #5 Ben Stoneman cut 0.2344 off his AF to move within a point of #4 Sascha Brauninger. It seems like only a matter of time before he gets there at his pace. Ben continued to play LC2, and finally took down the flap record by "01, as well as making it Myth B. Will #1 Thomas Bolton fight back for it? Besides that and several other great times he got this week in both nonprb and prb, Ben was the first to take FS flap sub 32 with a barrier breaking time of 31"997! He lost this WR only a day later but managed to get the CI2 flap barely beating Thomas with 15"131. #10 Leonardo Assisi cut 0.6250 to pass #11 Nicola Gatti and reach the top 10! Another cut like that next can have him pass #9 Timur Ahmad for #2 Germany, as well as possibly passing #8 Milan Pacino, UK Champ. That puts 3 Germans back in the top ten but Nicola is right at his heels if he wants to take the #10 spot back. Leonardo moved up to #7 in prb passing now #8 Nick Welch who is still #1 USA in nonprb and prb unless the porksword or etch decide to do anything about it. #14 Michele Magnaterra had a 1 point AF cut and is making his way towards Myth D overall. Michele better watch his back though, because fast approaching is #16 Fabio Sacco. The Idolo cut 2.2656 AF points to pass 3 players in his comeback, and he reached Myth E in the process! Also making a comeback this week was #15 Simon Birker, who had a 0.3594 AF cut and also reached Myth E this week. They all got some nice times this week and it's great to see some older players come back and hit some new pr's. You know Fabio and Simon would like to be back in the top 10 where they had been for so long before. Moving towards the top 20 are the duo of UKers, #21 Matthew Ord -0.4531 and #23 Abel Marques -0.3593. Both are extremely close to Titan A overall and should reach it by next week with the solid times they have been hitting. Abel is about 4 AF points away from taking the UK crown in prb so that will probably be a goal for next year unless he can clean that up before the end of the month. Milan still has a huge lead in nonprb though. #34 Nicolas Barco played a bit of non multi-colored courses and came out with a 0.8125 to pass #35 Jack Murphy. Next activity was in the mid 40's, where #43 Stacy Needham, #45 Daniel Marass, and #46 Chase Peleshaty were all active with respective AF cuts of 0.8281, 1.3437 and 0.1250. Also between them was #44 Steven Glen. Steven Glen had a 3.0781 AF cut, and jumped over four players, including #47 Mark Engelsman and #48 Miguel Rodriguez. You may have now realized, that means there is now a new Dutch Champion! Mark and Miguel have flip-flopped back and forth many times while inactive, so it's been awhile since we've really had a real Netherlands champ. Congrats to Steven! He better keep playing while the Crazy Dutch Smash Crazy PR Smash Virus, also known as the Crazy Dutch Virus, Dutch Madness, Insane Netherlander Syndrome, Dutchlandic Magic, etc. etc. is still active in him. Finishing off the top 100 were #60 Tom Webb -11.7968, #83 Alvaro Arroyo -2.1562, #85 Matthieu Van Reet -2.9687 and #93 Julien Confetti -11.3751. Tom jumped from only half way through Hero C to almost Hero A with a 1.1094 ARR cut. Everyone else had some decent cuts and improvements with Julien joining the top 100 so way to go! Movement outside the top 100 included #111 Joe Sebeny -0.9210 (#35 USA), #118 Lenny Andreev -5.9220 (#6 Australia), #126 Carlos Munoz -49.6100 (#4 Spain, Expert D to Expert B), #157 Scott Kaforey -3.6720 (#49 USA), #193 Isaac Teh -1.4850 (#1 Malaysia), #196 Arnaud Teil -4.9530 (#36 France, Advanced B to Advanced A), #200 Alencar Faria -15.0310 (#1 Brazil, Advanced B to Advanced A), #215 Michael McKenzie -16.8750 (#8 Australia, Advanced C to Advanced B), #228 Chris C -5.2660 (#69 USA), #240 Brooks Andrew -8.2340 (#75 USA, Advanced D to Advanced C), #250 Copa Canbana -37.5470 (#79 USA, Advanced E to Advanced C), #274 Julien Cloutier-Brassard -20.5780 (#18 Canada, Advanced E to Advanced D), #281 Andrew Buchan -13.1250 (#21 UK), #294 Daniel Pabst -1.7970 (#17 Germany), #345 Kyle Bradley -11.9220 (#120 USA), #416 Austin Gates -36.4690 (#148 USA, Beginner A to Intermediate D), #498 Alvaro Fababu -19.7960 (#6 Spain, Beginner E to Beginner D) and #499 Pete Crawford -17.2650 (#181 USA, Beginner E to Beginner D). New Records There were 7 WR's improved this week (blue) and five non-prb times (pink). Both CI2 times barely fell this week with ドコモダケ beating Thomas Bolton's 3lap time coming close to sub 46 with 46"093 and Ben Stoneman beat the flap by just one thousandth getting 15"131. Ben's more amazing time was going sub 32 first on FS flap with a nice time of 31"997. As expected, シヴァ took it back and went sub 32 as well getting 31"956. He also got the WP flap taking it awat from Thomas recently with 39"442. Giulio Centrone finally went sub 1'31 on DS 3lap! He got the world record and barrier breaking time of 1'30"744. Fabien Da Silva continued hitting some WR's taking the YF 3lap once again with 46"473 and improved the LC1 flap to a sick 23"121. For nonprb, Fabien got YF 3lap 46"473, Giulio got DS 3lap 1'30"744, シヴァ got WP flap 39"442 and FS flap 31"956, and Ben now takes the beastly LC2 flap with the first Myth B time of 25"659! Awards Quickly jumping back into time trials, it has been nothing but great pr's and strong progress. Making easy work of his old times, he flew up the ranks to #16 and Myth E overall! In recognition for his solid week on mkds, Fabio Sacco wins the POW for the second week of December, the real Idolo! The Return of the Idolo!!! ~ ETCH

Where is Fabienland? Kevin @ Saturday, December 8th   [link]

Movement #1 Thomas Bolton hit a few times this week, most of which were WRs. He seemed to be invading Giulio a bit, first starting off playing some DS. He brought the 3lap a just a tad bit closer to God with a 1'31340 Myth A, and also hit a 29"326 flap. edging Giulio by a just "006. Thomas also targeted Giulio on WP, where he hit Dual Gods of 1'59"723 + 39"456, again edging out Giulio on the flap by "006. His final stolen record from Giulio came on BC, where he brought the flap down to 36"633, God of course. He played some AF as well, claiming the records away from those aussies getting 1'44"927 + 34"593, nice subs! Then there was Etch's little challenge on MC PRB 3lap. Thomas decided to give it a try, and pulled off a new WR of 1'30"418, DB4LIFE! Last but certainly not least was his efforts on BC2, pulling off a pretty atonishing 30"083, he's gunning for that sub 30, that would be some pretty wicked stuff! #3 Fabien Da Silva (Champion of Fabienland) came back after some time off playing MKDD, not that surprising being that MKDD is extremely boring compared to MKDS. In just a short time, Fabien managed continued Swiss invasion on the kangaroos by taking down Ben's SR records, coming out of the battle with 1'39"379 + 32"499. The Swiss may have won the battle, but they haven't won the war. Why haven't those Swiss won the war? Because there's that one crazy soldier battling back, and that would be #5 Ben Stoneman. Ben continues to be extremely active, possibly more so than even Michele (not). Ben hit 8 times this week, and reached Myth A! Ben's best times this week by far were those he made on LC2, the site record on the 3lap with 1'18"711 Myth C, as well as a 3rd place flap of 25"720 Myth C. Maybe Ben and Thomas will start the LC2 Wars and make their way towards the Gods here? #10 Nicola Gatti after forever has finally reached the top 10, with a huge 3 point AF cut to deny #11 Leonardo Assissi a spot in the top 10. Leonardo had a good week himself with a 0.9219, as they both passed (and starrammed) #12 Josh Griffin. Nicola hit a bunch of PRs, 21 to be exact, while Leonardo pulled off a not as great but still pretty damn good 16 PRs. Both players also reached Myth D overall, with Nicola also holding a slight lead there. The only thing Leonardo did better this week was hitting 5 God times as opposed to Nicola's 3, but those won't be lasting long. #13 Robert Szabo had a big week with a 2.9374 AF cut, thanks partly to the wonderous gift we know as hoarding! He now has moved within 1 point of dethroning (and starraming) Josh of his #2 USA title. But that's just Non-PRB, PRB is where the big boys play! In PRB Robert made a 2.3906 AF cut to pass Timur and Paul to join the top 10 at #9. It would be awesome if he made it to the top 10 in Non-PRB too but Non-PRB is for MKDS Kiddies so nobody cares about it. Making a random comeback was none other than the idolo himself #19 Fabio Sacco. His 0.4375 AF cut was enough to put him ahead of "One Day Champ" #20 Lars Stelzig to take him off the border of that top 20. Not a bad idea, with #21 Matthew Ord approaching. He had a slow week with only a 0.1562 AF cut, but he is sure to continue playing until he makes it into top 20, so it is only a matter of time before Lars is no longer in it. Maybe he'll pull it off by the end of the year? #47 Daniel Marass picked up where he left two weeks ago, getting a 2.7656 AF cut and cutting enough ARR to become Titan E overall. He also hit his first Myth time, a 33"078 FS flap of Myth D. He also hit a great 3lap on FS of 1'41"580 Titan A. Daniel is not far from passing fellow german #41 Mark Schmidt, but after that to pass another german he would have to go as far as reaching #15 Simon Birker. #57 Pol Gonzalez is still slowly making his way up the ranks, with just a small cut of 0.8125. Pol is actually ranked a bit higher on the big boy's playground, where he is #46 and just barely fell short of passing Daniel. #71 John Ahlfield and #76 Ben Wilson were active with respective AF cuts of 0.9531 and 3.0468. John is very close to passing the next 3 players in front of him, including #68 Steven Ledsworth. To do that he's going to have to get some PRs that will require snaking, but that isn't acceptable because snackin' iz chestin'. Ben is also close to passing one of his own men, #75 Thomas Cronin for 9th in the UK. Ben also made it to Hero C this week. Topping off the top 100 were #84 Alvaro Arroyo -1.8750 and #90 Matthieu Van Reet -2.8438. Alvaro hit some great times on RR with 1'59"856 Myth E + 39"504 Titan B. Now if he could only get all of his times like that he could shoot up the rankings, or maybe he'll just be another Habben. Movement outside the top 100 included #112 Joe Sebeny -3.0790 (#35 USA, Expert B to Expert A), #122 Basile Boffy -9.1400 (#18 France, Expert C to Expert B), #126 Lenny Andreev -13.6560 (#6 Australia, Expert C to Expert B), #164 Carlos Munoz -11.6720 (#4 Spain, Expert E to Expert D), #212 Alencar Faria -3.4850 (#1 Brazil), #237 Zack Serrott -10.1090 (#73 USA), #250 Brooks Andrew -7.5160 (#79 USA), #289 Julien Cloutier-Brassard -3.1880 (#20 Canada), #292 Andrew Buchan -6.7810 (#22 UK) and #511 Pete Crawford -8.5470 (#186 USA, Newbie to Beginner E). New Records There were 14 WR's improved this week (blue) and twelve non-prb times (pink). Thomas took a bunch of records away from Giulio Centrone, those being WP 1'59"723 + 39"456, DS 1'31"310 and BC 36"633. He did also steal Giulio's DS flap with 29"326, but Giulio reclaimed it with a 29"278, being the first to do it with the standard rb! Thomas took the AF WRs from Ben, getting 1'44"927 + 33"593, great job getting those subs. Thomas also took the BC2 flap down to 30"083, a step closer to sub 30. For PRB, Thomas completed the first MC PRB 3lap ever using the dry bomber, to take the WR down to 1'30"418. Finally for Thomas not mentioned before, he hit some great DP1 PRB times of 52"173 + 17"006, the flap so close to the sub, its starting to look a lot like PC again. Fabien made a small comeback this week snatching the SR WRs from Ben with 1'39"379 + 32"499. Finally BDash took down Mercury's FS 3lap from about 2 weeks ago to reclaim it with1'38"665. Both have potential for sub 1'38 so maybe another battle is spewing over there, lol. For non-prb, Thomas hit 7 records, WP 1'59"723 + 39"456, BC 36"633 and DS 1'31"310 stolen from Giulio, AF 1'44"927 + 34"593 with the flap stolen from Ben, and BC2 30"083. Thomas beat Giulio's DS flap but Giulio took it back with a 29"278. BDash attacked his own countrymen stealing Mercury's FS 3lap with a 1'38"665. Ben managed to topple Thomas' old LC2 3lap time with an amazing 1'18"711, will the God be realized, Chuck Norris thinks so. Finally was Fabien's SR times of 1'39"379 + 32"499, still with egg1! Awards This player has battled through the huge obstacle of people surrounding him, and this week managed a 3 point AF cut to pass two people and jump into the top 10! On top of that, he also became Myth D overall. For a huge week full of great milestones, Nicola Gatti wins the POW for the first week of December, Nicola did hunt Michele down!!! Josh got mandrived. ~Kmacc

MC prb 3lap anyone? Etch @ Saturday, December 1st   [link]

Before the year is out, I would like to see MC go sub 1'30. If that means doing 3laps prb then so be it. Use dry bomber if you have to but I think we can break this barrier before 2008 arrives. As some of you may know, we should have prb standards ready for the new year and also new nonprb standards to go along with them. Expect them to be a challenge for years to come! Movement #1 Thomas Bolton came out of hiding once again to do battle with #5 Ben Stoneman on DKP! Once again, Ben has continued to surprise us with his great pr spree here and finally got back to his WR roots. He finally realized the sub 1'46 himself now on DKP coming close to Thomas' time with 1'45"978 and 34"632. Coming so close to both WR's, you knew Ben would not leave it there. He finally took the 3lap back with an impressive time of 1'45"776 and tied his flap with 34"599! You can watch Ben's times here. Staying true to the tradition here, Thomas quickly revealed his new DKP WR's with amazing times of 1'45"052 and 34"483. If Thomas wants to get the honors of having the first sub 1'45 here, he better not wait for Ben to beat his time again! The flap for a change was done on the second lap taking more than a tenth of a second off his tie with Ben. Viva the DKP WARS! Ben got plenty of other times besides DKP. He also drove 1'48"200 and 35"530 on CM, 1'14"528 on F8C prb 3lap, and 15"833 on CI2 nonprb flap. Most importantly, he improved his SR 3lap further with a nice looking time of 1'39"555! He is very close to reaching Myth A overall with an ARR of 1.6250 Myth B and continues to close in on #4 Sascha Brauninger in prb and nonprb. With all the activity on SR this month, #2 Giulio Centrone picked up his DS and got a sub 1'40 of his own coming close to Ben but at least beating Thomas with a respectable time of 1'39"658. Giulio also beat his MB 3lap time with 1'10"826 and CI2 nonprb flap times with 15"851. Still, the only player with a god time on the CI2 flap is Sascha and his sick 15"741. Almost reaching Myth D this month, #11 Leonardo Assisi is just a stones throw away from the top ten in nonprb. He has continued to crank out great times taking several German records from Sascha like LC1 prb 1'11"487 and 23"393, YF flap 15"466, and also FS flap 32"433. He still has another AF point to go before catching #10 Josh Griffin who probably does not want to lose this spot. Still trailing Leonardo is #13 Michele Magnaterra who made a very similar performance this month going from Titan A to Myth E. He finished particularly strong this week cutting 3 AF points to reach that next standard and move up 4 spots in the ranks. Getting over 20 pr's in just the last few days this week is a testament to his devotion to the kart Gods and they have seemed to reward him so. He still does not have #2 Italy though as those honors belong to #12 Nicola Gatti currently but if he wants to keep his spot he better pray to the kart Gods that Michele's DS breaks or some other divine intervention keeps pr's at bay. Smack dab in the middle of all this nonsense is #15 Robert Szabo who was forced into submitting a bunch of times he has been hoarding by Nicola, possibly to offset any AF gain Michele will make at his #2 Italy title? All signs point to yes but at least Robert met his goal of reaching Myth E before the year was out and before all the standards will change. He also took the bronze again getting the #3 spot in USA. #18 Kevin McAteer will have to find a DS to play if he ever wants to pr again! Getting outside the top 20 finally, #23 Abel Marques finally began his quest to even out his times. His work is very evident with a huge 5 point AF cut this week. He moved up 4 places in the ranks and reached Titan B overall. He is just a tiptoe from passing #22 Matthew Ord for the #2 UK spot which he can easily get with a better CI2 flap, you know what I mean. At least Abel got some decent times on KB2 so no complaints there! It's also worth noting he is #17 in prb and could stand a chance of reaching #1 UK there but #8 Milan Pacino has a demanding lead in nonprb. Right below, #24 Ted Kim and #25 Tim Shelbourne were active again with Ted moving down a rank while Tim went up five. Ted was able to reach Titan B though while Tim fell short at Titan C still. #28 James Leare was also active bringing his ARR down to exactly 8.0 Titan C and did not move up or down in the ranks, despite some new times this week. Outside the top 30, Spanish champ #33 Christian Martin Lapeira got enough pr's this week to barely reach Titan C this week. #40 Marshall LeVett continues to get some new times here and there but has not moved up in AF anywhere but is getting closer to Titan C overall himself now. Still making his way to the top 50 is Spain's #2 player, #57 Pol Gonzalez, who has been getting a bunch of new times and actually holds 8 country records! Slowly but surely, he keeps making his way up the ranks. Pol is just behind #56 Kevin Borne who has stayed relatively close to him and maintains a 2 point AF lead. They both finish the month at Hero B overall. Wrapping up the top 100 are #80 Ben Wilson -1.8282, #88 Alvaro Arroyo -1.4062, #90 Von Flyler -8.1095 and #91 Matthieu Van Reet -5.5936. Ben and Alvaro remain at the same rank as last week and are still Hero D, Von went up 6 ranks and reached Hero D, and Matthieu also went up 6 ranks and reached Hero D. Unlike the rest though, Matthieu has 10 country records hailing from Belgium. Movement outside the top 100 included #114 Joe Sebeny -1.9220 (#36 USA), #120 Stefano Piazza -2.1250 (#7 Italy), #121 Adam Leibach -1.9220 (#39 USA), #123 Quinn Allely -1.2810 (#40 USA), #129 Basile Boffy -0.8440 (#21 France), #134 Lenny Andreev -28.4540 (#6 Australia, Expert D to Expert C), #159 Scott Kaforey -4.2660 (#49 USA Expert E to Expert D), #172 Carlos Munoz -23.2190 (#4 Spain, Advanced A to Expert E), #182 Joel Nunnally -7.1090 (#60 USA), #229 Michael McKenzie -10.4530 (#8 Australia), #261 Brooks Andrew -15.2520 (#86 USA, Advanced E to Advanced D), #288 Copa Canbana -4.8750 (#100 USA), #292 Julien Cloutier-Brassard -22.8910 (#20 Canada, Intermediate A to Advanced E), #302 Andrew Buchan -13.1100 (#22 UK, Intermediate A to Advanced E), #311 Jacob Goldfinger -61.8600 (#110 USA, Intermediate C to Intermediate A) and #513 Alvaro Fababu -1.7030 (#6 Spain). New Records There were 4 WR's improved this week (blue) and four non-prb times (pink). Ben Stoneman finally went after DKP again and successfully took down Thomas Bolton's 3lap with 1'45"776 and tied his flap with 34"599. As you would expect, Thomas already had a better time here unleashing his beastly time of 1'45"052 and broke the flap tie with a just as impressive 34"483. It has been more than 3 months since his last WR, but Mercury was able to get another one barely beating Thomas' FS 3lap with 1'38"743. It's been more than 8 months since Japan has held both the 3lap and flap here so congrats! The final battle for Ben this month would be on SR 3lap where he was able to improve his time again to 1'39"555. It was not enough though to hold back BDash who finally reclaimed his title here just beating Ben out with a time of 1'39"494, video here. As for the non-prb records, Thomas has DKP times 1'45"052 and 34"483, Mercury holds the FS 3lap 1'38"743 and BDash has the SR 3lap 1'39"494. Awards No one could match the robot like activity of this player who was able to launch himself into the top 15 and Myth E overall with just a few days of playing. For reaching #13 in nonprb and prb and some decent times here and there, Michele Magnaterra wins the POW for the fourth week of November, Nicola will hunt you down!!! It was pretty much a race between two players for the player of the month award with them starting out on equal ground just about. With overall stronger times, almost Myth D, inside top 10 prb and almost in nonprb, it was hard to ignore his month long drive towards the top. For his strong pr spree this month and several country records to go along with it, Leonardo Assisi wins the POM for the month of November, watch out porky!!! Josh will get Mandrived ~ ETCH