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GameFAQs Summer 2002 Contest Statistics
Second Round Top 5 Lists

Top 5 Biggest Blowouts (difference in brackets)
1) Mega Man 91.84% vs. Serious Sam 8.16% (83.68%)
2) Sephiroth 81.52% vs. Crash Bandicoot 18.48% (63.04%)
3) Cloud Strife 79.51% vs. Pikachu 20.49% (59.02%)
4) Aeris 76.93% vs. Tina Armstrong 23.07% (53.86%)
5) Link 75.77% vs. Strider Hiryu 24.23% (51.54%)

Top 5 Biggest Vote Gaps (difference in brackets)
1) Mega Man 60914 vs. Serious Sam 5414 (55500)
2) Cloud Strife 59926 vs. Pikachu 15445 (44481)
3) Sephiroth 53956 vs. Crash Bandicoot 12235 (41721)
4) Link 53992 vs. Strider Hiryu 17270 (36722)
5) Aeris 50055 vs. Tina Armstrong 15009 (35046)

Top 5 Closest Matches (difference in brackets)
1) Donkey Kong 51.06% vs. Aya Brea 48.94% (2.12%)
2) Samus Aran 57.85% vs. Ryu 42.15% (15.70%)
3) Jill Valentine 57.97% vs. Bomberman 42.03% (15.94%)
4) Sonic the Hedgehog 58.83% vs. Tidus 41.17% (17.66%)
5) Lara Croft 59.38% vs. Ryo Hazuki 40.62% (18.76%)

Top 5 Smallest Vote Gaps (difference in brackets)
1) Donkey Kong 31798 vs. Aya Brea 30478 (1320)
2) Sonic the Hedgehog 33602 vs. Tidus 23516 (10086)
3) Jill Valentine 37828 vs. Bomberman 27432 (10396)
4) Samus Aran 39293 vs. Ryu 28630 (10663)
5) Lara Croft 36308 vs. Ryo Hazuki 24834 (11474)

Top 5 Most Popular Polls (by vote totals)
1) Cloud Strife vs. Pikachu 75371
2) Link vs. Strider Hiryu 71262
3) Solid Snake vs. Knuckles the Echidna 68083
4) Samus Aran vs. Ryu 67923
5) Mario vs. Morrigan Aensland 66532

Top 5 Least Popular Polls (by vote totals)
1) Pac-Man vs. Kyo Kusanagi 51889
2) Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Tidus 57118
3) Alucard vs. Duke Nukem 58309
4) Scorpion vs. Max Payne 59925
5) Lara Croft vs. Ryo Hazuki 61142

Top 5 Biggest Vote Getters
1) Mega Man 60914
2) Cloud Strife 59926
3) Link 53992
4) Sephiroth 53956
5) Aeris 50055

Top 5 Lowest Vote Getters
1) Serious Sam 5414
2) Crash Bandicoot 12235
3) Tina Armstrong 15009
4) Pikachu 15445
5) Strider Hiryu 17270

Top 5 Least Impressive Winners (by votes)
1) Donkey Kong 31798
2) Pac-Man 32607
3) Sonic the Hedgehog 33602
4) Alucard 35864
5) Lara Croft 36308

Top 5 Most Impressive Losers (by votes)
1) Aya Brea 30478
2) Ryu 28630
3) Bomberman 27432
4) Knuckles the Echidna 26748
5) Ryo Hazuki 24834

Top 5 Biggest Mis-matches (based on the odds, ratio in brackets)
1) Mario 6:1 vs. Morrigan Aensland 225:1 (37.5)
2) Solid Snake 8:1 vs. Knuckles the Echidna 225:1 (28.1)
3) Link 9:1 vs. Strider Hiryu 250:1 (27.8)
3) Sephiroth 9:1 vs. Crash Bandicoot 250:1 (27.8)
5) Cloud Strife 14:1 vs. Pikachu 120:1 (8.6)

Top 5 Most Even Matches (based on the odds, ratio in brackets)
1) Crono 33:1 vs. Dante 36:1 (1.1)
2) Jill Valentine 180:1 vs. Bomberman 250:1 (1.4)
3) Samus Aran 36:1 vs. Ryu 55:1 (1.5)
4) Alucard 70:1 vs. Duke Nukem 110:1 (1.6)
5) Donkey Kong 140:1 vs. Aya Brea 250:1 (1.8)

Top 5 Easiest Matches to Predict (based on entrants choosing the winner)
1) Mega Man vs. Serious Sam 84.7%
2) Mario vs. Morrigan Aensland 81.7%
3) Link vs. Strider Hiryu 80.5%
4) Sephiroth vs. Crash Bandicoot 77.0%
5) Solid Snake vs. Knuckles the Echidna 76.2%

Top 5 Hardest Matches to Predict (based on entrants choosing the winner)
1) Alucard vs. Duke Nukem 28.8%
2) Jill Valentine vs. Bomberman 32.5%
3) Scorpion vs. Max Payne 33.6%
4) Crono vs. Dante 51.8%
5) Aeris vs. Tina Armstrong 53.5%