PENTATHANERD Summer 2010
July 19th through the 23rd
Day Four Results: Pinewood LEGO Monkey Ball
Player Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Dave 300 300 1200 1200 John S 1000 1000 500 1000 Theresa 1000 1000 1000 Jon R 900 1000 900 1000 Justin 700 700 Adam 500 600 300 600 Sara 300 400 600 600 Greg W 300 300 300 300 Chris 300 300 300 300
Day Three Results: Scrabble
The words fell harsh and fast in the Scrabble event.
1. Theresa (with 64 scrabble points), 1200 Pentathanerd points 2. Sara (58), 1014 T3. Adam (57), 983 T3. Nick (57), 983 5. Jon R (50), 766 6. John S (35), 300 7. Tag team of Justin and Mark H (26), 21 ... yeah, they blew the curve
That puts the total overall standings so far at:
- 2416
- 1560
- 1380
- 1314
Day Two Results: Chess
1. Dave 1200 pts 2. Michael 1110 pts 3. Tom 1020 pts 4. Justin 930 pts 5. Kai 840 pts 6. Jon R 750 pts T7. Paul 660 pts T7. Mark 660 pts T9. John S 480 pts T9. Crystal 480 pts T9. Brett 480 pts
Day One Results: Darts
- 1200 pts
- 1050 pts
- 900 pts
- 750 pts
- 600 pts
- 450 pts
- 300 pts
Events for Summer 2010
- Darts
- Chess
- Scrabble
- Pinewood LEGO Monkey Ball
- "Air Quotes" Quiz Show (preliminaries)
- "Air Quotes" Quiz Show Championship Round
Results for the Winter Pentathanerd
Overall
Player Total Manish 2106 Justin 1953 Greg W 1720 John S 1693 Matt T 1530 Mark H 1360 Matt P 1347 Minh 1100 Andrew 993 Konr 990 Dan E 890 Sai 850 Jon R 740 Ryan M 700 Sara 683 Matt E 426
Trivial Quiz
Player Prelim Final Points Konr 190 300 490 Jon R 340 0 340 John S 240 0 240 Mark H 210 n/a 210 Justin 0 n/a 0
Biathalon
Player Time Points Mark H 1:55 1150 Minh 1:59 1100 Manish 1:40 1000 Dan E 1:29 890 Sai 1:25 850 Justin 1:08 680 Andrew 0:55 550 Matt P 0:49 490 Jon R 3:00 100 (4 targets hit) John S 3:00 100 (4 targets hit)
LEGO Luge
Player Points Greg W 920 Justin 793 Matt T 780 Ryan M 700 Sara 683 Matt P 457 Andrew 443 Matt E 426 Manish 413 John S 383
Snow Sculpture
Player Points Matt T 750 Manish 693 Justin 480 John S 70
Hardware Teardown/Rebuild
Player Points John S 900 Greg W 800 Konr 500 Matt P 400 Jon R 300
And so it begins...
The first round of the Pentathanerd saw some head-scratching as the Trivial Quiz started off the competitions. Jon Rex earned the top spot with John Shimek close behind. The standings so far:
1. Jon Rexeisen - 340
2. John Shimek - 240
3. Konr Ness - 190
4. Justin Hendrickson - 0 (-220, rounded up)
The category for the Snow Sculpture contest is: CLASSIC ARCADE.
The Competition
New this Pentathanerd: individual competition! Teams of three are still encouraged, but everyone will be able to compete for placement as individual overall champions also.
Sign up early - some events this time may have limitations on the number of allowed participants. The early nerd gets the worm... as it were.
The Events
- Trivial Quiz
- Biathalon
- LEGO Luge
- Snow Sculpture / Snowflake Contest
- Hardware Teardown/Rebuild
- Trivial Quiz Championship Round
Trivial Quiz
The first event, the online Trivial Quiz, will feature 30 questions of obscure and random pieces of knowledge in such categories as Internet Memes, Science!, and (Nerdy) Pop Culture. The top three performers will compete for additional points in the Championship Round.
Biathalon
Run and shoot! Get out your Nerf® guns and practice up. Fire your one and only dart at the targets, then run and pick it up to keep shooting. Fastest time wins.
LEGO Luge
Design a wicked fast racecar - without wheels. Fastest sleds will earn big points, but there are points for style, too.
Snow Sculpture / Snowflake Contest
Creativity to the max - show off your nerd reference power by making a sculpture (or snowflake in the event of a no-snow-out) that best reflects the event's chosen theme.
Hardware Teardown/Rebuild
Tear it down, build it up, and fast as possible. How quickly can you render that bothersome mouse into tiny separate components before putting it all back together? Fast enough to qualify for the Championship round to do it again... with a working PC? (Individual competitors only)
Obstacle Course Relay Event
This event has been cancelled. The Trivial Quiz Championship Round will be held in its place.
The pinnacle of the competition, the Obstacle Course Relay Event is for teams of three. Make sure you know someone who can: set up a chess board; solve a rubik's cube, and; answer a trivia question... with scrabble tiles. And quickly!
Early Controversy
Jan 2, 2010
An unnamed construction firm, represented by the lawfirm Milkem & Billet, is initiating litigation against the International Pentathanerd Committee (IPC) over the awarding of the LEGO Luge construction contract to a company closely linked to one of the IPC board members. The lawsuit alleges that the No-Bid process used by the IPC excluded fair competition and is in direct contravention to the IPC Bylaws stipulating a bidding process for all construction projects.
Members of the IPC board were not available for comment, but have released a statement that they are confident this issue will be resolved in a fair and speedy manner.