the hits-race

The world-teams which used to compete in the Interplanetary Knock-Out up to August 2021 are now pitted against each other in the all-against-all Hits Race.  Day-by-day top ten placings are announced on the Facebook page for this site.  On this page are listed the monthly top ten. 

Also with every succeeding month are shown the "rolling winners": the accumulated scores of the races over the lifetime of the tournament.  (The heavy hitters have featured consistently.  Those who are less consistent lose out when they don't appear, because in any month when they don't reach the Top Ten, nothing at all is added to their rolling scores; e.g. it's tough when they're 11th - they get nothing!)

the hall of fame: winners in date order

2021 Aug-Dec:   The Asteroids  -  Mercury  -  Ceres  -  Mercury  -  Venus  -  2022:  Amalthea  -  The Moon  -  Mercury  -  Amalthea  -  Mars  -  Mars  -  The Moon  -  Pellucidar  -  Amalthea  -  Deimos  -  Mercury  -  Venus

race results:  most recent first

Competition no. 17:

December 2022:    Venus    110 hits

2nd: Mars [96 hits]    3rd: Mercury [86]    4th: Pellucidar [81]
5th: The Asteroids [76]    6th: Neptune [73]    7th: Uranus [69]
8th: The Moon [68]    9th: Phoebe [66]    10th: Saturn [64]  

Trophy-count so far: 4 for Mercury; 3 for Amalthea; 2 each for Venus, Mars and The Moon; 1 each for Pellucidar, Deimos, Ceres and The Asteroids.

The Rolling Winners, August 2021-December 2022: the following figures show the total of all scores which have appeared in the Top Ten during that period.

1st: Venus [1631]    2nd: Mercury [1575]    3rd: Mars [1561]    4th: Pellucidar [1333]   
5th: The Asteroids [1270]    6th: Amalthea [1082]    7th: Saturn [967]   
8th: Uranus [902]    9th: The Moon [858]    10th: Jupiter [694]   
11th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [410]    12th: Earth [394]    13th: Ceres [375]   
14th: Vulcan [350]    15th: The Sun [314]    16th: The Reefs of Space [197]   
17th: Kroth [173]  18th: Neptune [158]   19th: Planet X [156]    20th: Pluto [154]   
21st: Phoebe [151]    22nd: Deimos [118]   23rd: Phobos [103]    24th: Callisto [100]   
25th: Europa [87]    26th: Leda [86]    27th: Vesta [78]    28th: Ganymede [75]   
=29th: Titan and Triton [74]

The Rolling Reigns (from Dec 2021, when the rolling winners began to be noted):
Mercury, Dec 2021 - May 2022;    Venus, June-July 2022;    Mercury, Aug 2022;
Venus, Sept 2022 - present.

Competition no. 16:

November 2022:    Mercury    95 hits

2nd: Mars [93 hits]    3rd: Venus [92]    =4th: The Asteroids and Jupiter [81]
=6th: Earth and Uranus [80]   =8th: The Moon and Planet X [73]
10th: Saturn [72]

Trophy-count so far: 4 for Mercury; 3 for Amalthea; 2 each for Mars and The Moon; 1 each for Venus, Pellucidar, Deimos, Ceres and The Asteroids.

The Rolling Winners, August 2021-November 2022: the following figures show the total of all scores which have appeared in the Top Ten during that period.

1st: Venus [1521]    2nd: Mercury [1489]    3rd: Mars [1465]    4th: Pellucidar [1252]  
5th: The Asteroids [1194]    6th: Amalthea [1082]    7th: Saturn [903]    8th: Uranus [833]  
9th: The Moon [790]    10th: Jupiter [694]    11th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [410]   
12th: Earth [394]    13th: Ceres [375]    14th: Vulcan [350]    15th: The Sun [314]  
16th: The Reefs of Space [197]    17th: Kroth [173]    18th: Planet X [156]   
19th: Pluto [154]    20th: Deimos [118]   21st: Phobos [103]    22nd: Callisto [100]   
23rd: Europa [87]    24th: Leda [86]    =25th: Neptune and Phoebe [85]    27th: Vesta [78]
28th: Ganymede [75]    =29th: Titan and Triton [74]

The Rolling Reigns (from Dec 2021, when the rolling winners began to be noted):
Mercury, Dec 2021 - May 2022;    Venus, June-July 2022;    Mercury, Aug 2022;
Venus, Sept 2022 - present.

Competition no. 15:

October 2022:    Deimos    118 hits

2nd: Phobos [103 hits]    3rd: Venus [101]    4th: Amalthea [93]
5th: Mercury [86]    =6th: Ceres and The Sun [84]   8th: The Asteroids [77]
=9th: Mars and The Moon [76]

Trophy-count so far: 3 each for Mercury and Amalthea; 2 each for Mars and The Moon; 1 each for Venus, Pellucidar, Deimos, Ceres and The Asteroids.

The Rolling Winners, August 2021-October 2022: the following figures show the total of all scores which have appeared in the Top Ten during that period.

1st: Venus [1429]    2nd: Mercury [1394]    3rd: Mars [1372]    4th: Pellucidar [1252]  
5th: The Asteroids [1113]    6th: Amalthea [1082]    7th: Saturn [831]    8th: Uranus [753]  
9th: The Moon [717]    10th: Jupiter [613]    11th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [410]    12th: Ceres [375]    13th: Vulcan [350]    =14th: Earth and The Sun [314]  
16th: The Reefs of Space [197]    17th: Kroth [173]    18th: Pluto [154]    19th: Deimos [118]   20th: Phobos [103]    21st: Callisto [100]    22nd: Europa [87]    23rd: Leda [86]  
=24th: Neptune and Phoebe [85]    26th: Planet X [83]    27th: Vesta [78]
28th: Ganymede [75]    =29th: Titan and Triton [74]

The Rolling Reigns (from Dec 2021, when the rolling winners began to be noted):
Mercury, Dec 2021 - May 2022;    Venus, June-July 2022;    Mercury, Aug 2022;
Venus, Sept 2022 - present.

Competition no. 14:

September 2022:    Amalthea    117 hits

2nd: Mars [94 hits]    3rd: Venus [88]    4th: Leda [86]
5th: Phoebe [85]    6th: Vesta [78]   =7th: The Asteroids and The Moon [73]
9th: Pellucidar [69]    10th: Mercury, Saturn and Uranus [67]

Trophy-count so far: 3 each for Mercury and Amalthea; 2 each for Mars and The Moon; 1 each for Venus, Pellucidar, Ceres and The Asteroids.

The Rolling Winners, August 2021-September 2022: the following figures show the total of all scores which have appeared in the Top Ten during that period.

1st: Venus [1328]    2nd: Mercury [1308]    3rd: Mars [1296]    4th: Pellucidar [1252]  
5th: The Asteroids [1036]    6th: Amalthea [989]    7th: Saturn [831]    8th: Uranus [753]  
9th: The Moon [641]    10th: Jupiter [613]    11th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [410]
12th: Vulcan [350]    13th: Earth [314]    14th: Ceres [291]    15th: The Sun [230]
16th: The Reefs of Space [197]    17th: Kroth [173]    18th: Pluto [154]    19th: Callisto [100] 20th: Europa [87]    21st: Leda [86]   =22nd: Neptune and Phoebe [85]   24th: Planet X [83]   25th: Vesta [78]   26th: Ganymede [75]   =27th: Titan and Triton [74]

Competition no. 13:

August 2022:    Pellucidar    158 hits

2nd: Amalthea [114 hits]    3rd: Ceres [112]    4th: The Moon [104]
5th: Earth [101]    6th: Mercury [100]   7th: The Reefs of Space [97]
8th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [86]    9th: Venus [85]    10th: Mars [82]

Trophy-count so far: Mercury has won thrice; Mars, The Moon and Amalthea each twice; Venus, Pellucidar, Ceres and The Asteroids each once.

The Rolling Winners, August 2021-August 2022: the following figures show the total of all scores which have appeared in the Top Ten during that period.

1st: Mercury [1241]    2nd: Venus [1240]    3rd: Mars [1202]    4th: Pellucidar [1183]
5th: The Asteroids [963]    6th: Amalthea [872]    7th: Saturn [764]    8th: Uranus [686]
9th: Jupiter [613]    10th: The Moon [568]    11th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [410]
12th: Vulcan [350]    13th: Earth [314]    14th: Ceres [291]    15th: The Sun [230]
16th: The Reefs of Space [197]    17th: Kroth [173]    18th: Pluto [154]    19th: Callisto [100] 20th: Europa [87]    21st: Neptune [85]    22nd: Planet X [83] 23rd: Ganymede [75]
=24th: Titan and Triton [74]

Competition no. 12:

July 2022:    The Moon    134 hits

2nd: Mars [132 hits]    3rd: The Asteroids [120]    4th: Earth [117]
5th: Pellucidar [116]    6th: Venus [110]   
7th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [104]    8th: The Reefs of Space [100]    9th: Mercury [98]    =10th: Ceres and Saturn [95]

Trophy-count so far: Mercury has won 3 times; Mars, The Moon and Amalthea have each won 2 trophies; Venus, Ceres and The Asteroids have each won 1.

The Rolling Winners, Aug 2021-July 2022: the following figures show the total of all scores which have appeared in the Top Ten during that period.

1st: Venus [1155]    2nd: Mercury [1141]    3rd: Mars [1120]    4th: Pellucidar [1025]
5th: The Asteroids [963]    6th: Saturn [764]    7th: Amalthea [758]    8th: Uranus [686]
9th: Jupiter [613]   10th: The Moon [464]   11th: Vulcan [350]   
12th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [324]   13th: The Sun [230]   14th: Earth [213]
15th: Ceres [179]   16th: Kroth [173]   17th: Pluto [154]  
=18th: Callisto and The Reefs of Space [100]    20th: Europa [87]    21st: Neptune [85]
22nd: Planet X [83]    23rd: Ganymede [75]    =24th: Titan and Triton [74]

Competition no. 11:

June 2022:    Mars    108 hits

2nd: Venus [107 hits]    3rd: Pellucidar [106]   4th: The Asteroids [105]   
=5th: Mercury and Earth [96]    7th: The Sun [90]   8th: The Moon [88]   
9th: Saturn [87]    10th: Uranus [84]

The Rolling Winners, Aug 2021-June 2022: the figures that follow show the total of all scores which have appeared in the Top Ten, during those months. 

1st: Venus [1045]   2nd: Mercury [1043]   3rd: Mars [988]   4th: Pellucidar [909]  
5th: The Asteroids [843]   6th: Amalthea [758]   7th: Uranus [686]   8th: Saturn [669]  
9th: Jupiter [613]   10th: Vulcan [350]   11th: The Moon [330]   12th: The Sun [230]  
13th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [220]   14th: Kroth [173]   15th: Pluto [154]  
16th: Callisto [100]   17th: Earth [96]   18th: Europa [87]   19th: Neptune [85]  
20th: Ceres [84]   21st: Planet X [83]   22nd: Ganymede [75]   =23rd: Titan and Triton [74]  

Competition no. 10:

May 2022:    Mars    130 hits

2nd: Mercury [101 hits]    3rd: Callisto [100]  
=4th: The Asteroids and Venus [94]    6th: Uranus [84]    7th: Jupiter [82]  
8th: Saturn [80]    9th: Ganymede [75]    =10th: Pellucidar and Titan [74]

The Rolling Winners, Aug 2021-May 2022: the figures that follow show the total of all scores which have appeared in the Top Ten, during those months. 

1st: Mercury [947]   2nd: Venus [938]   3rd: Mars [880]   4th: Pellucidar [803]  
5th: Amalthea [758]   6th: The Asteroids [738]   7th: Jupiter [613]   8th: Uranus [602] 
9th: Saturn [582]   10th: Vulcan [350]   11th: The Moon [242]  
12th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [220]   13th: Kroth [173]   14th: Pluto [154]  
15th: The Sun [143]   16th: Callisto [100]   17th: Europa [87]   18th: Neptune [85]  
19th: Ceres [84]   20th: Planet X [83]   21st: Ganymede [75]   =22nd: Titan and Triton [74]  

Competition no. 9:

April 2022:    Amalthea    113 hits

2nd: Venus [103 hits]   3rd: Mars [94]   4th: The Asteroids [86]  
5th: Mercury [85]   6th: Pluto [80]   7th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [77]  
=8th: The Sun and Uranus [75]  =10th: Pellucidar and Triton [74]

The Rolling Winners, Aug 2021-April 2022: the figures that follow show the total of all scores which have appeared in the Top Ten, during those months. 

1st: Mercury [846]   2nd: Venus [844]   3rd: Amalthea [758]   4th: Mars [750]  
5th: Pellucidar [729]   6th: The Asteroids [644]   7th: Jupiter [531]   8th: Uranus [518] 
9th: Saturn [502]   10th: Vulcan [350]   11th: The Moon [242]  
12th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [220]   13th: Kroth [173]   14th: Pluto [154]  
15th: The Sun [143]   16th: Europa [87]   17th: Neptune [85]  
18th: Ceres [84]   19th: Planet X [83]   20th: Triton [74]  

Competition no. 8:

March 2022:    Mercury    100 hits

2nd: The Asteroids [93 hits]   3rd: Venus [92]   4th: Jupiter [91]  
5th: Mars [89]   6th: Uranus [81]   =7th: Amalthea and Pellucidar [76]  
9th: Pluto [74]  10th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [70]

The Rolling Winners, Aug 2021-March 2022: the figures that follow show the total of all scores which have appeared in the Top Ten, during those months. 

1st: Mercury [761]   2nd: Venus [741]   3rd: Mars [656]   4th: Pellucidar [655]  
5th: Amalthea [645]   6th: The Asteroids [558]   7th: Jupiter [531]   8th: Saturn [502]  
9th: Uranus [473]   10th: Vulcan [350]   11th: The Moon [242]   12th: Kroth [173]  
13th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [143]   14th: Europa [87]   15th: Neptune [85]  
16th: Ceres [84]   17th: Planet X [83]   18th: Pluto [74]   19th: The Sun [68]

Competition no. 7:

February 2022:    The Moon    174 hits

2nd: Venus [134 hits]   3rd: Mercury [128]   4th: Pellucidar [127]  
5th: Uranus [103]   6th: Saturn [102]   =7th: Amalthea and Jupiter [101]  
9th: Mars [98]  10th: Kroth [94]

The Rolling Winners, Aug 2021-Feb 2022: the figures that follow show the total of all scores which have appeared in the Top Ten, during those months.  In this period 18 teams have featured at least once in the Top Ten so far. 

1st: Mercury [661]   2nd: Venus [649]   3rd: Pellucidar [579]   4th: Amalthea [569]  
5th: Mars [567]   6th: Saturn [502]   7th: The Asteroids [465]   8th: Jupiter [440]  
9th: Uranus [392]   10th: Vulcan [350]   11th: The Moon [242]   12th: Kroth [173]  
13th: Europa [87]   14th: Neptune [85]   15th: Ceres [84]   16th: Planet X [83]  
17th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [73]   18th: The Sun [68]

Competition no. 6:

January 2022:    Amalthea    163 hits

2nd: Mercury [136 hits]   3rd: Venus [130]   4th: Saturn [114]   5th: Mars [103]  
6th: Pellucidar [98]   7th: Uranus [92]   =8th: Jupiter and Vulcan [90]  
=10th: The Asteroids and Planet X []   10th: Jupiter [68]

The Rolling Winners, Aug 2021-Jan 2022: total of those scores appearing in the Top Ten, of all those 18 teams who have featured in it during those months:

1st: Mercury [533]   2nd: Venus [515]   3rd: Mars [469]   4th: Amalthea [468]
5th: The Asteroids [465]   6th: Pellucidar [452]   7th: Saturn [400]   8th: Vulcan [350]
9th: Jupiter [339]   10th: Uranus [289]   11th: Europa [87]   12th: Neptune [85]
13th: Ceres [84]   14th: Planet X [83]   15th: Kroth [79]  
16th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [73]   =17th: The Moon and The Sun [68]

Competition no. 5:

December 2021:    Venus    103 hits

2nd: Amalthea [88 hits]   3rd: Neptune [85]   4th: Mercury [83]   5th: Mars [80]  
6th: Uranus [79]   7th: The Asteroids [77]   8th: Pellucidar [76]  
9th: Saturn [71]   10th: Jupiter [68]

The Rolling Winners, Aug-Dec 2021: total of those scores appearing in the Top Ten, of all those 17 teams who have featured in it during those months:

1st: Mercury [397]   2nd: Venus [385]   3rd: The Asteroids [382]   4th: Mars [366]
5th: Pellucidar [354]   6th: Amalthea [305]   7th: Saturn [286]   8th: Vulcan [260]
9th: Jupiter [249]   10th: Uranus [197]   11th: Europa [87]   12th: Neptune [85]
13th: Ceres [84]   14th: Kroth [79]   15th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [73]
=16th: The Moon and The Sun [68]

Competition no. 4:

November 2021:    Mercury    87 hits

2nd: Pellucidar [83 hits]   3rd: Kroth [79]   4th: Venus [77]   5th: The Asteroids [75]  
6th: The Asteroid Progenitor Planet [73]   7th: Vulcan [70]   8th: Mars [69]  
9th: Uranus [67]   10th: Jupiter [66]

Competition no. 3:

October 2021:    Ceres    84 hits

2nd: Pellucidar [74 hits]   3rd: Mercury [71]   =4th: The Asteroids and Saturn [68]
6th: Amalthea [67]   7th: Vulcan [66]   =8th: Mars and Venus [65]   10th: Jupiter [62]

Competition no. 2:

September 2021:    Mercury   70 hits

2nd: The Asteroids [67 hits]   3rd: Saturn [66]   4th: Venus [65]   5th: Mars [62]
6th: Amalthea [59]   7th: Jupiter [53]   8th: Pellucidar [52]   9th: Uranus [51]
10th: Vulcan [50]

Competition no. 1:

August 2021:    The Asteroids   95 hits

2nd: Amalthea [91 hits]   3rd: Mars [90]   4th: Europa [87]   5th: Mercury [86]
6th: Saturn [81]   7th: Venus [75]   8th: Vulcan [74]   9th: Pellucidar [69]
=10th: The Moon and The Sun [68]