Match #4 Results
Metroid 70.57%
Kirby 29.43%

Four matches into the contest, and we've yet to see a match closer than 65/35. Today's match was an SFF affair between Metroid and Kirby, with Metroid easily doubling the puffball. There were 158 Metroid picks and 3 Kirby picks. The consensus was Metroid with 65.02%, and the average score was 42.29 points.

Best Five Picks:
1) heroic_slb - Metroid 70.41% (+49.84)
2) Sess - Metroid 70.19% (+49.62)
3) Rad Link 5 - Metroid 70.15% (+49.58)
4) Z1mZum - Metroid 71.00% (+49.57)
5) Seginustemple - Metroid 71.02% (+49.55)
5) XxSoulxX - Metroid 70.12% (+49.55)

Today's top predictor is darkx5642358951, also known as heroic_slb! This is his first ever #1 prediction and his 4th top 5. In second place is Sess, scoring 49.62 points - this is his first top 5, but only his 4th Oracle Match. Rad Link 5 places third, another competitor scoring his first top 5 in his first Oracle Challenge. Relative old-timer Z1mZum has the fourth best prediction, while Seginustemple and Soul tie for fifth, despite having two different predictions.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SpC2k6&type=match&match=4

Current Leaderboard:
1) Lightbearer75 - 195.94
2) Tsunami70 - 195.61
3) XxSoulxX - 194.75
4) swirldude - 192.74
5) Z1mZum - 191.69

The leaderboard is starting to stabilize a little bit as we get further into the contest - today Lightbearer and Tsunami remain 1-2, but they switch spots, with Lightbearer taking over first place. Soul moves up to 3rd place from 7th, whole swirldude remains right behind him, climbing from 8th to 4th. The fifth spot on the leaderboard goes to Z1mZum, who moves up 13 spots thanks to his excellent prediction.

The biggest movers in today's standings were Seginustemple, who climbed 53 spots, and yoshifan823, who failed to make a prediction and dropped 142 spots from 4th place to 146th.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SpC2k6&type=total&match=4
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