in reply to Re^4: Chancellor of the Exchequer
in thread Chancellor of the Exchequer

Excellent. We now have a competition! :)

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Re^6: Chancellor of the Exchequer
by Gavin (Archbishop) on Aug 29, 2023 at 11:28 UTC

    We should turn it into a poll now!

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Re^6: Chancellor of the Exchequer
by LanX (Saint) on Aug 31, 2023 at 09:40 UTC
    I think with all that publicity he'll probably already pass the post mid September

    On the other hand I'm commanding that huge army of sock puppets, which can help keeping the competition fair... ;-p

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the 𐍀𐌴𐍂𐌻 Programming Language :)
    Wikisyntax for the Monastery

    PS: ;-p means I'm joking!

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      I think with all that publicity he'll probably already pass the post mid September

      Spot on LanX! The original target of 31378 has just been reached.

      LanX clearly deserves the Nostradamus prize, predicting this momentous event to the day, exactly in the middle of September. Update: he did it again two weeks later!

      XP Progress Since Predictions Were Made

      Target: planetscape: 31378 -> 31382 -> 31385 -> 31392 -> 31396 -> 31400

      DateMonkXPMonkXPMonkXP
      Aug 28 2023afoken31262jdporter31000talexb30806
      Sep 15 2023afoken*31378jdporter31008talexb30851
      Oct 15 2023afoken31560jdporter31061talexb30924
      Nov 20 2023afoken31818jdporter31156talexb30988
      Dec 15 2023afoken31952jdporter31297talexb31032
      Jan 11 2024afoken32048jdporter*31392talexb31184
      Jan 15 2024afoken32084jdporter31462talexb31212
      Feb 15 2024afoken32247jdporter31577talexb31346
      Feb 23 2024afoken32300jdporter31600talexb*31392
      Mar 15 2024afoken32410jdporter31755talexb31465
      Apr 15 2024afoken32547jdporter32000talexb31566
      May 15 2024afoken32685jdporter32133talexb31720
      Jun 15 2024afoken32752jdporter32196talexb31870
      Jul 15 2024afoken32757jdporter32330talexb31950
      Aug 15 2024afoken32770jdporter32390talexb32090
      Sep 15 2024afoken32920jdporter32520talexb32190
      Jun 03 2025afoken33800jdporter33175talexb32807
      Aug 16 2025afoken33958jdporter33286talexb32944

      Thanks to all three competitors (and planetscape too) for their fantastic contributions to Perl Monks over many years!

      Note: afoken reached the planetscape target on Sep 15 2023, about five months after the race began on Mar 24 2023. jdporter reached it four months later, on Jan 11 2024. talexb reached it on Feb 23 2024. By that time, afoken had already further sprinted past demerphq and adrianh, with tachyon soon to follow.

      All Three Competitors Overtake planetscape

      All competitors overtaking planetscape was announced in Re^2: Chancellor of the Exchequer on Feb 24 2024:

      47 tachyon      32422
      48 afoken       32309
      49 adrianh      32237
      50 demerphq     31758
      51 jdporter     31609
      52 talexb*      31395
      53 planetscape  31392
      54 Joost        29520
      55 japhy        29231
      56 soonix       28800 (est)

      On Mar 16 2024 jdporter moved past demerphq to become one of the top 50 monks of all time; on Mar 19 2024 afoken moved past tachyon:

      47 afoken*      32430
      48 tachyon      32425
      49 adrianh      32238
      50 jdporter*    31765
      51 demerphq     31758
      52 talexb       31480
      53 planetscape  31396

      On May 29 2024 talexb moved past demerphq:

      47 afoken       32744
      48 tachyon      32426
      49 adrianh      32240
      50 jdporter     32173
      51 talexb*      31763
      52 demerphq     31762
      53 planetscape  31400

      On Jul 05 2024 jdporter moved past adrianh (note also that soonix has moved past japhy):

      47 afoken       32756
      48 tachyon      32428
      49 jdporter*    32243
      50 adrianh      32242
      51 talexb       31927
      52 demerphq     31764
      53 planetscape  31402
      54 Joost        29525
      55 soonix       29377
      56 japhy        29238

      On Aug 15 2024 soonix moved past Joost; on Aug 25 2024 jdporter moved past tachyon:

      47 afoken       32820
      48 jdporter*    32440
      49 tachyon      32433
      50 adrianh      32246
      51 talexb       32124
      52 demerphq     31767
      53 planetscape  31405
      54 soonix*      29625
      55 Joost        29531
      56 japhy        29251

      Number of Posts

      DateMonkPostsMonkPostsMonkPostsMonkPosts
      Sep 29 2023afoken*2264talexb*2264karlgoethebier2239eyepopslikeamosquito2210
      Oct 31 2023afoken*2273talexb2264karlgoethebier2239eyepopslikeamosquito2235
      Nov 30 2023afoken2286talexb2265karlgoethebier2244eyepopslikeamosquito2278
      Dec 30 2023afoken2291talexb2275karlgoethebier2248eyepopslikeamosquito*2307
      Jan 30 2024afoken2302talexb2286karlgoethebier2252eyepopslikeamosquito2326
      Feb 29 2024afoken2309talexb2299karlgoethebier2253eyepopslikeamosquito2336
      Mar 30 2024afoken2319talexb2304karlgoethebier2255eyepopslikeamosquito2354
      Apr 30 2024afoken2324talexb2310karlgoethebier2256eyepopslikeamosquito2371
      May 30 2024afoken2331talexb2323karlgoethebier2256eyepopslikeamosquito2380
      Jun 30 2024afoken2331talexb2335karlgoethebier2256eyepopslikeamosquito2396+
      Jul 30 2024afoken2331talexb2340karlgoethebier2256eyepopslikeamosquito2406
      Aug 30 2024afoken2334talexb2346karlgoethebier2271eyepopslikeamosquito2414
      Sep 30 2024afoken2337talexb2349karlgoethebier2272eyepopslikeamosquito2418

      DateMonkPostsMonkPostsMonkPostsMonkPostsMonkPostsMonkPosts
      Jan 30 2024blazar2772almut2602japhy2345Discipulus21531nickt2099Tux2077
      Feb 29 2024blazar2772almut2602japhy2345Discipulus21541nickt2102Tux2079
      Mar 30 2024blazar2772almut2602japhy2345Discipulus21551nickt2105Tux2080
      Apr 30 2024blazar2772almut2602japhy2345Discipulus21551nickt2106Tux2080
      May 30 2024blazar2772almut2602japhy2345Discipulus21561nickt2107Tux2080
      Jun 30 2024blazar2772almut2602japhy*2346Discipulus21561nickt2107Tux2082
      Jul 30 2024blazar2772almut2602japhy2346Discipulus21601nickt2107Tux2083
      Aug 30 2024blazar2772almut2602japhy2347Discipulus21701nickt2109Tux2087
      Sep 30 2024blazar2772almut2602japhy2347Discipulus21741nickt2110Tux2088

      Update 23 June 2024: japhy is back after a long absence! (see also new temporary user japhy2, used while waiting for restoration of original japhy account).

      Note: + above means number of writeups was corrected for drift

      References Added Later

      • Re: Twenty laborious years -- and I'm glad to be here by me (Dec 12 2021) - talexb made it to Chancellor first, beating jdporter to this new level by just 3 XP, on Dec 19 2021, jdporter made Chancellor one day later, on Dec 20 2021 ... on Dec 21 they are tied again at 30001 ... and again on Dec 23 at 30007 and Dec 24 at 30010 and Dec 29 at 30028. Inseparable. :)

      Often updated: running totals of XP and number of posts

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        > LanX clearly deserves the Nostramadus prize

        too much honor for LanX, the cheater.

        He was contemplating to systematically upvote planetscape to sabotage your competition. Actually most of the 4 XP she earned now came from 13 votes he casted on one day :-p

        Cheers Rolf
        (addicted to the 𐍀𐌴𐍂𐌻 Programming Language :)
        Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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