1st Charles Reinke averaged a whopping 521 points per game, which isn't quite a personal record for him (he averaged 524 in a session back in 2015), and, as expected with an average score that high, he went 4-0 +604. His astoundingly good fortune was apparent in round one as he outbingoed Mark Kenas five to nothing en route to a no-doubt-about-it 574-371 victory. The five bingos were VAKEELS, LEGATED, INHOLDER, INCISIVE, and EMERITUS. Later on, he would nearly repeat the same feat as he would defeat Richard Lauder by a score of 571-233, bingoing four times (TASTING, CLAUSTRA, TAILGATE, and TELFERS) while also facing no comeback bingos from his opposition. On the other side of the bingo coin, Charles defeated Dennis Lloyd 460-418 despite a significant bingo deficit: Dennis played NOTATED, RATINGS, and word-of-the-week PARVENUE, while Charles only managed a single bingo of RETIRER.

2nd Thomas Reinke had an identical record to his brother, but a gulf of nearly 300 spread points relegated his 4-0 +313 performance to the second rung of the podium. He scored comfortably above 400 points in all his games, the best being a 498-302 win over Dennis Lloyd aided by high-probability bingo finds of IGNEOUS, REINTERS, and UNEASIER. Richard Lauder also got a taste of Thomas' bingo knowledge when Thomas laid down PILLBUG and RIDGETOP during a 416-343. Not content with mastery of one lexicon, Thomas' Collins bingo knowledge was flaunted in a 464-436 win over Mark Kenas where he deployed the Collins-only AZURINE# in addition to the familiar RETRIMS and INQUIET (Mark had PARSNIP and FEEDABLE, perhaps an omen of his upcoming dinner). If AZURINE# looks slightly familiar to you, you may be thinking of the similar-looking, but American-lexicon-approved, AZURITE.