Match #25 Results:
Sonic the Hedgehog 76.15%
Jin Kazama 23.85%

Sonic cruised to an easy victory today against Jin Kazama, although he didn't put up the quadrupling some people expected. All 92 picks were for Sonic, and the consensus prediction was Sonic with 81.23%. The average score was 44.1.

Best Five Picks:
1) SonikkuGBA Sonic the Hedgehog 75.55% (+49.40)
2) steve illumina Sonic the Hedgehog 76.90% (+49.25)
3) SuperSmash Master Sonic the Hedgehog 76.94% (+49.21)
4) Duffer11 Sonic the Hedgehog 77.25% (+48.90)
5) Nai Sonic the Hedgehog 74.56% (+48.41)

Today's high scorer is SonikkuGBA, with 49.40 points. The board 8 sage, steve illumina, took second place, followed by SuperSmash Master, Duffer11, and Nai. This is the first top 5 of the contest for all five of them.

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=25

Current Leaderboard:
1) creativename 1093.62
2) Heroic Viktor 1083.27
3) Dilated Chemist 1080.27
4) Haste2 1078.60
5) BeTheMan 1078.52

The former champ count is back up to two with Haste2's return to the leaderboard. So far he's been there on day 5, days 8-11, and day 18. Our second former champ, Dilated Chemist, has moved up from fourth to third today. Like Haste2, BeTheMan has also returned for his fourth stint on the leaderboard, bumping TenkoStar after one day. Not surprisingly, our top two remained unchanged.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=25
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SpC2K5 First Vote Champion
Current Score: 22/24 | Today: Sonic over Jin