Match #58 Results:
Solid Snake 50.59%
Bowser 49.41%

Solid Snake, the man who makes the impossible possible, managed to pull through once more in spite of an impossibly bad picture. Bowser came closer than anyone ever has to breaking the Noble Nine, but in the end Snake is able to hold off the last serious challenge of the year to that elite group, and also to make the final four for his first time ever. Today there were 59 predictions for Snake and 8 predictions for Bowser. The consensus was Snake with 53.08% and the average score was 46.38 points.

Best Five Picks:
1) meche313 - Solid Snake 50.60% (+49.99)
2) StopPokingMe - Solid Snake 50.50% (+49.91)
3) Darkash - Solid Snake 50.79% (+49.80)
4) Master Moltar - Solid Snake 50.84% (+49.75)
5) Alanna82 - Solid Snake 51.00% (+49.59)

Meche takes today's top prediction, missing a perfect prediction by 0.01 points. This is his second top prediction and third top 5 of the contest. StopPokingMe gets the second place prediction, his sixth top 5 of the contest. Darkash, who was recently asking about the record for top fives in a contest, has now tied that record with 11. He was leading in top 5s for quite a while, but he's really been on a tear lately, with 3 top 5s in the last 4 days. Master Moltar gets the fourth best prediction, for his fourth top 5 of the contest, and Alanna gets fifth, also for her fourth top 5.

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=58

Current Leaderboard:
1) Xuxon - 2554.83
2) Master Moltar - 2552.59
3) StopPokingMe - 2545.78
4) Haste2 - 2543.39
5) creativename - 2539.07

Xuxon remains in first for the third consecutive day, but he aims high and allows everyone else to regain some ground. Master Moltar is still in second, 2.24 points behind Xuxon. StopPokingMe moves up from fourth to third today with his excellent prediction, switching places with Haste2. Creativename remains in fifth.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=58

Round 3 Leaderboard (Final):
1) Sephirot1 Returns - 379.69
2) Dilated Chemist - 378.88
3) outback - 374.54
4) Xuxon - 368.61
5) Duffer11 - 367.16

Sorry this is two days late. In the final standings for round 3, Sephirot1 Returns had the highest score - not surprising if you remember the two #1 and one #2 predictions he had over those 8 matches. Dilated Chemist took second for round 3, an impressive feat considering that all of his predictions were made before the end of round 1. Outback finished third, followed by Xuxon and Duffer11.

Full round 3 standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?round=3

Second Half Leaderboard:
1) Yesmar - 1189.38
2) kawaiifan - 1183.37
3) StopPokingMe - 1183.12
4) Garsha - 1179.88
5) Master Moltar - 1178.80

Since the end of round 2, Yesmar has managed to move to the top of the second half leaderboard (which includes everything from round 2 onward). Kawaiifan, who was the round 2 winner, is still high in the second half standings, in second place. StopPokingMe is 1/4 of a point behind her in third place. Garsha follows in fourth, and Master Moltar is in fifth. This leaderboard really shows some of the trends in the contest, such as Master Moltar and StopPokingMe climbing to the top of the overall standings in the second half.

Full second half standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?round=part2
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