Kong Off 3 Final Results, Winners, and Prizes

Rank	Player	Score	Gap	Division
1	Jeff Willms	1,096,200	0	Top 12
2	Ross Benziger	1,067,100	29,100	Top 12
3	Hank Chien	1,056,900	10,200	Top 12
4	Steve Wiltshire	1,053,200	3,700	Top 12
5	Steve Wiebe	1,048,800	4,400	Top 12
6	Dean Saglio	1,033,000	15,800	Top 12
7	David McCrary	1,032,000	1,000	Online WC (#1)
8	Mike Groesbeck	1,020,700	11,300	Top 12
9	Kyle Goewert	1,006,500	14,200	Live WC
10	Vincent Lemay	989,700	16,800	Top 12
11	Corey Chambers	893,300	96,400	Online WC (#3)
12	Jonathan McCourt	891,200	2,100	Online WC (#3)
13	Eric Tessler	883,300	7,900	Online WC (#2)
14	Robbie Lakeman	840,300	43,000	Top 12
15	Jeff Wolfe	809,200	31,100	Top 12
16	Ben Falls	736,800	72,400	Online WC (#2)
17	Ethan Daniels	711,400	25,400	Online WC (#2)
18	Aaron Rounsaville	703,600	7,800	Live WC
19	Daniel Desjardins	702,500	1,100	Online WC (#1)
20	Daniel Dock	680,000	22,500	Online WC (#2)
21	Shaun Boyd	639,300	40,700	Top 12
22	Billy Mitchell	598,800	40,500	Top 12

Further explanation of the tournament structure will help better explain the final standings:

• A total of 32 players participated in the tournament.
• The "Top 12" players (rankings 1-12 in the Twin Galaxies Donkey Kong scoreboard—minus Mark Kiehl, who forfeited his position to #13, Mike Groesbeck—were guaranteed dedicated machines all weekend and played Saturday and Sunday.
• The Wildcard Division ("WC") was made up of two groups totaling 20 players: 10 who pre-qualified online through preliminary tournaments held this past summer, and 10 who qualified live on Friday at the 1up. Only 10 out of this group of 20 moved onto Sunday and played both days.
• Of the 10 wildcards who moved onto Sunday, 8 were online qualifiers, and 2 were live qualifiers.
• Since only 22 players played both days (the Top 12 plus the 10 wildcards who survived Saturday's action), the wildcards who were eliminated on Saturday are not included in the final tournament leaderboard (as these contestants had half the play time).

Eliminated Saturday

Rank	Player	Score	Gap	How Qualified
1	Mitchell Elliott	666,500	0	Live
2	Jeff Harrist	630,600	35,900	Online (WCQ #1)
3	Allen Staal	569,900	60,700	Live
4	Chris Psaros	563,600	6,300	Online (WCQ #2)
5	Jeremy Young	485,400	78,200	Live
6	George Strain	410,100	75,300	Live
7	John Salter	191,700	218,400	Live
8	John Hunter	190,200	1,500	Live
9	Elizabeth Bollinger	136,600	53,600	Live
10	Don Rubin	123,900	12,700	Live

Eliminated Friday (The Live Qualifier Round)

Scores set during Friday's Live Qualifier round had no bearing on the Kong Off 3 scoreboard, since it was a preliminary round and no more a part of the tournament proper than the online preliminaries.

The 10th place cutoff to qualify for Saturday was set by Don Rubin with 133,500. Players who could not beat that score included Kayla Rose and Katie Young, and several unknown walk-ins who did not submit their names or scores. Each, however, contributed a $20 entry fee to the prize pool, for which the three winners are thankful!

Prizes

Overall
1st: $3,000 - Jeff Willms
2nd: $1,000 - Ross Benziger
3rd: $500 - Hank Chien

Wildcard Division
1st (7th overall): $250 - Dave McCrary
2nd (9th overall): $150 - Kyle Goewert
3rd (11th overall): $100 - Corey Chambers