Statistics: Previous Finals
 

The Past Decade:

The 2004 Finals by the Numbers:

  

Round Results for Previous Finals:
 

Year
Number
of
Spellers
Number
of
Rounds
Number
of
Words
Number
of
Repeaters
  
Round
Length
Number of Spellers
in Round
Number Eliminated
per Round
   1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003
2004
 
2004
 265 15 567 59  
1
 37 minutes 265 —    
 
2003
 251 15 552 54  
2
 186 minutes 265 171  
 
2002
 250 11 480 54  
3
 99 minutes 94 24   Also:
 
2001
 248 16 766 52  
4
 79 minutes 70 24   Champions and
Their Winning Words
 
2000
 248 15 839 51  
5
 90 minutes 46 20  
 
1999
 249 12 803 47  
6
 48 minutes 26 11    
 
1998
 249 11 733 43  
7
 31 minutes 15 8    
 
1997
 245 23 898 49  
8
 20 minutes 7 2    
 
1996
 247 13 799 43  
9
 12 minutes 5 2    
 
1995
 247 11 835 45  
10
 6 minutes 3 0    
             
11
 6 minutes 3 0    
             
12
 6 minutes 3 1    
             
13
 3 minutes 2 0    
             
14
 3 minutes 2 1    
 
 
 
15
 1 minute 1 0    
     
  The Top Finishers of 2004:
     
  Ranked 1st: David Scott Pilarski Tidmarsh, South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana
     
  Ranked 2nd: Akshay Buddiga, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado
     
  Ranked 3rd: Nicholas James Truelson, Madison Daily Leader, Madison, South Dakota
     
  Ranked 4th: Alexander Christian Stephens, Evansville Courier & Press, Evansville, Indiana
    Marshall Kelly Winchester, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina*
     
  Ranked 6th: Maddy Kloss, Arizona Educational Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona
    Katie Elizabeth Campbell Olson, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida
     
  Ranked 8th: Irene Park, Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska
    Claire Kim, Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois
    Jonathan Isaac Hahn, Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa
    Jack Ausick, Lee Newspapers of Montana, Billings, Montana*
    Katherine Close, Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune, Asbury Park, New Jersey*
    Chloe L. Bordewich, Daily Freeman and Sunday Freeman, Kingston, New York
    Keshav Krishna Pillai, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
    Abigail "Abby" Eustace, Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio
   
    *Returning as a 2005 finalist

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