Records & Contributions

Game Shows
Jeopardy!
  • Season 32, regular season (fall 2015): 13 wins, $413,612
  • Season 32 Tournament of Champions: runner-up ($100,000)
  • All-Star Games (spring 2019): runner-up (as “Team Ken” with Ken Jennings and Monica Thieu) ($100,000)

Trivia
  • Sporcle's TriviaCon (upcoming), Pro-Am to Benefit Pancreatic Cancer Research, team captain
  • Geek Bowl 2019: 87th percentile finish (with “I Left My Heart in Culver City”)
  • Trivia Nationals 2019: several medals and top finishes, including:
    • Pyramidal History, Pyramidal Music, and Pyramidal Arts presented by ACE: 1st place in all
    • Not-A-Race: 3rd place (with Pam M., Brad R., Patrick F., Arianna H., Alan L., Clifford G., Hans V-W.)
    • O’Brien’s Irish Pub: 3rd place (with Yogesh R., Drew S., Daniel B., Steve O., and Idris M.)
    • Sporcle Presents Majority Rules: 1st place (with Brian F., Matt F., Patrick F., Josh H., Daniel B., )
    • Sporcle Presents Think Different: 2nd place (with Hans V-W.)
    • Pairs Quiz: 5th place (with joon pahk)
    • 5x5: Semifinalist
    • Topical Top Dogs: 5th place overall; 3rd in “Kitchen Sink” category; 2nd in “High Brow” category
  • LearnedLeague: I am an active member of LearnedLeague in good standing. As of summer 2019, I compete in “Rundle A,” the most competitive division of play.
    • Qualified for the 2020 LearnedLeague Championship (upcoming, summer 2020)
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Crossword
  • 2019 Indie 500: 62/198 overall (69th percentile); 6/47 among rookies, no errors
  • 2019 Lollapuzzoola 12: 68/258 overall (74th percentile); 4/52 among rookies, no errors
  • New York Times Daily Crossword personal best solve times (on app):
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
2:15 2:15 2:39 2:46 4:02 5:04 6:05
​Quizbowl (highlights)
  • 2009 PACE National Scholastic Championship: 3rd place (with Georgetown Day School)
  • 2010 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament: All-Star and 2nd-ranked individual scorer (with Georgetown Day School)
  • 2010 PACE National Scholastic Championship: All-Star and top individual scorer (with Georgetown Day School)
  • 2011 NAQT Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division II: Champion; All-Star and 2nd-ranked individual scorer (with Yale B)
  • 2011 ACF Nationals: Champion (with Yale)
  • 2012 ACF Nationals: Champion (with Yale A)
  • 2013 NAQT Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division I: Champion, All-Star and 3rd-ranked individual scorer (with Yale A)
  • 2013 ACF Nationals: 2nd place, 6th-ranked individual scorer (with Yale)
  • 2014 NAQT Intercollegiate Championship Tournament: 2nd place, 4th-ranked individual scorer (with Yale A)
  • 2014 ACF Nationals: 2nd place, 5th-ranked individual scorer (with Yale)
  • 2014 Chicago Open: 2nd place (with Billy B., John L., and Matt W.)
  • 2015 George Oppen open tournament at University of Maryland: Champion (with Tejas R., Jerry V., and Matt W.)
  • 2015 Chicago Open: Champion; 2nd-ranked individual scorer (with Matt B, Tommy C, and Auroni G)
  • 2015 VCU Open: Champion and top individual scorer (with Jordan B., Tommy C., and JR R.)

Writing Credits

Quizbowl (highlights)
  • 2010 Benjamin Cooper Memorial Tournament (head editor, lead writer)
  • Yale Bulldog High School Academic Tournament (BHSAT): head editor and lead writer for four years (2011-2014)
  • National Academic Quiz Tournaments LLC: contract writer (2011-2019), including:
    • Invitational Series high school sets
    • High School National Championship Tournament (2011-2017)
    • Sectional Championship Tournaments and Intercollegiate Championship Tournament (2015-2019)
  • High School Academic Pyramid Questions (now defunct): full writer 2012-2013; freelance writer 2011-2012, 2013-2015
  • PACE National Scholastic Championship: writer 2011-2015, subject editor 2013-2015
  • Chicago Open: writer (2013), editor and writer (2016)
  • ACF Regionals: subject editor (2014); head editor (2015)
  • Led and drafted the spring 2016 revision of comprehensive rules for the Academic Competition Federation (ACF) and Partnership for Academic Excellence (PACE); those rule sets are still in use today
Talks
  • "Secrets of the Memory Champions: How Thousands of Years of Mnemonics Research Can Drive Game Show Success -- And, Perhaps, Offer A Path to Enlightenment," delivered at Nerd Nite DC, April 2019 (with slide show)
Other
  • Charity Trivia Tournament for The Bounceback Foundation (Minneapolis, MN, September 26, 2019; with Erik Nelson and Colby Burnett)
  • LearnedLeague MiniLeague: Philosophy 2