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The first MLE top 50 since May was announced today. The first column is the new rank, 2nd is previous rank and 3rd is change
1 1 0 Joey Chestunt
2 4 +2 Matt Stonie
3 2 -1 Tim Janus
4 7 +3 Miki Sudo, 1st woman to be ranked ahead of Sonya Thomas
5 3 -2 Sonya Thomas
6 5 -1 Bob Shoudt
7 6 -1 Adrian Morgan
8 9 +1 Juliet Lee
9 14 +5 Michelle Lesco
10 16 +6 Jeff Butler
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The list of head to head comparisons over contests in 2013 for people who have results for two or more MLE contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 96.5% | 167-6 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 91.1% | 82-8 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 86.2% | 119-19 |
| 4 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 81.7% | 67-15 |
| 4 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 81.7% | 109-24-1 |
| 6 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 76.6% | 73-22-1 |
| 7 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 74.1% | 60-21 |
| 8 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler (J Bu) | 69.1% | 32-14-1 |
| 9 | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff (A Os) | 69% | 14-6-1 |
| 10 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) | 68.4% | 70-32-1 |
A listing of head to head results for Sonya Thomas vs. Miki Sudo follows. Miki Sudo has finished ahead of Sonya Thomas in all seven contests they have faced each other. Read the rest of this entry »
Sonya Thomas debuted in the IFOCE/MLE rankings in August 2003 at #8 and has been the top ranked woman in that listing since that time. When the Fall 2013 Winter 2013-14 MLE top 50 is released, that streak will probably be ended by Miki Sudo.
In the last rankings without Sonya Thomas from Summer (June?) 2003 Takako Akasaka was the top female at #12 despite not having competed in an IFOCE event since the 2000 Nathan’s finals where she finished 3rd. (Lorraine Arroll appears to be the top female American at #54). The top 15s from the rankings follow after the jump:
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A listing of people who won money in a MLE contest in 2013 according to the database follows:
| $52,000 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| $22,150 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas |
| $18,400 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie |
| $16,750 | Miki Sudo |
| $10,550 | Tim “Eater X” Janus |
| $9,550 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt |
| $7,350 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan |
| $7,200 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco |
| $5,950 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee |
| $2,000 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
A list of personal bests for Nathan’s hot dog contests in 2013 according to the database follows:
Jason Fagone has a blog entry for Nieman Storyboard about the writing process for Horsemen of the Esophagus where he describes the transition to his second book (which would wind up being Ingenious)
But sales were poor. I think many readers were disgusted by the subject matter: It took a leap of faith to imagine that you could enjoy a book about professional overeaters.
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I told myself my second book would be different. I didn’t have an idea yet, but I wanted to try again. In 2008, I called a friend, a magazine writer and bestselling author in New York, and asked him how I should proceed. “I think it’s simple,†he said. “It’s about the topic. Pick a topic that people already like.†In other words: Don’t waste time trying to make people care about something they don’t already care about.
update Dec 12 He Eats She Drinks has a contest video
Crazy Legs Conti has a blog entry for the Huffington Post
update Dec 10 CT News has a contest report
update #2 The Indy Star also has a gallery. WISH TV has an article and video. Big City Photography has a facebook gallery.
update The Indy Star has a video
The top 6: (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Joey Chestnut 9.25 lb 8 minutes
2) Yasir Salem 5 lb.
3) Crazy Legs Conti 4.25
4) Matt Raible 4
5) Tracy Goode 3
6) Craig “The Doctor” Evans 2
This might be the coldest outdoor contest in IFOCE/MLE history. The current temperature in Indianapolis is 25F
Joey Chestnut appeared on ESPN College GameDay earlier today and picked the Big 10 championship game.
Ray Steele has interviews with Joey Chestnut and Tracy Goode.
A ranking of people who have competed in one MLE contest in the past 365 days using the ranking system introduced last week follows. A breakdown of the winning percentages can be found in this post.
| win % | Prize $ | HDB | $HDB | %$HDB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 97.4 | 3 | $41000 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | 93.4 | 4 | $13400 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 2.5 | 3.25 | 2 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo | 88.6 | 5 | $16750 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | 100 | 1.5T | $2000 | 9 | – | – | 9 | 5.25 | 4 |
| 5 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | 84.7 | 7 | $8050 | 5.5T | 50 | 3 | 4.25 | 5.625 | 5 |
| 6 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | 84.2 | 8 | $12150 | 4 | 36.75 | 7 | 5.5 | 6.75 | 6 |
| 7 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | 80.2 | 10 | $8050 | 5.5T | 39.75 | 5 | 5.25 | 7.625 | 7 |
| 8 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | 79.4 | 12 | $6350 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 6.5 | 9.25 | 8 |
| 9 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler | 75.8 | 13 | $850 | 16 | 31.5 | 9 | 12.5 | 12.75 | 9 |
| 10 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | 72.7 | 14 | $4700 | 8 | 27.5 | 18.5T | 13.25 | 13.625 | 10 |
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