MLE ranking system – 1 contest minimum
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 |
New ranking system
To improve the rankings based on head to head competition, I have added the benchmarks of money won in non Nathan’s MLE contests over the past year and personal bests in Nathan’s contests over the past 12 months. The current top 10 in the new system:
| win % | Prize $ | HDB | $HDB | %$HDB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 96.4 | 1 | $41000 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | 91.1 | 2 | $13400 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.25 | 2 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo | 86.2 | 3 | $16750 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | 81.7 | 4.5T | $8050 | 5.5T | 50 | 3 | 4.25 | 4.375 | 4 |
| 5 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | 81.7 | 4.5T | $12150 | 4 | 36.75 | 7 | 5.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | 74.1 | 7 | $8050 | 5.5T | 39.75 | 5 | 5.25 | 6.125 | 6 |
| 7 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | 76.6 | 6 | $6350 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.25 | 7 |
| 8 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler | 69.1 | 8 | $850 | 15 | 31.5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | 68.4 | 9 | $4700 | 8 | 27.5 | 16.5T | 12.25 | 10.625 | 9 |
| 10 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | 61.1 | 12 | $950 | 14 | 36 | 8 | 11 | 11.5 | 10 |
An explanation of the columns:
- win % Winning percentage over the past 12 months. This was listed in a previous post The column on the right has the ranking of that value.
- Prize $ Money won in non-Nathan’s MLE contests held during the previous 365 days. If a competitor did not win any cash, he or she tied for last place with $0. The column on the right has the ranking of that value.
- HDB Personal best in a Nathan’s qualifier or finals from the past year. If there is no Nathan’s result from the past year, the field is empty. The column on the right has the ranking of that value.
- $HDB If a hot dog personal best is present, this column contains the average of prize money ranking and the hot dog ranking, otherwise it is set to the prize money ranking
- %$HDB This column contains the average of the winning percentage ranking and the $HDB column. This value is sorted and ranked to produce the final rankings in the leftmost and rightmost columns.
Ties in the rankings result in averaging the placements. If there was a two way tie for third, both places would receive a rank of 3.5.
A listing of all competitors with two or more MLE contests in the past year is available after the jump.
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Women 5 of top 12 MLE moneywinners for 2013
According to the eatfeats database, women comprise 5 to the top 12 moneywinners at MLE contests in 2013:
| 1 | $51,000 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| 2 | $22,150 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas |
| 3 | $18,400 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie |
| 4 | $16,750 | Miki Sudo |
| 5 | $10,550 | Tim “Eater X” Janus |
| 6 | $9,550 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt |
| 7 | $7,350 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan |
| 8 | $7,200 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco |
| 9 | $5,950 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee |
| 10 | $2,000 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
| 11 | $1,950 | Erik “The Red” Denmark |
| 12 | $1,750 | Meredith Boxberger |
Possible new entrants in next MLE top 50
A list of people in the MLE head to head rankings (two contest minimum) that are currently unranked in the MLE top 50 and have at least one victory in that listing follows. Money won in MLE contests this year and Nathan’s hot dog bests in 2013 are also listed
- 18 “Nasty†Nathan Biller 48.4% 15-16 $750 (apparently re-instated after ejection from Spring 2013 rankings)
- 27 Josh Miller 37.5% 6-10 $300
- 29 Ronnie “MegaByte†Hartman 31.4% 11-24 23.5 HDB $250 ($750 if you count the military only chili contest)
- 35 Neslie Ricasa 23.8% 5-16 14 HDB
- 43 Sean Mulcahey 16.7% 2-12-1
- 45 Steve “Pi Guy†Martin 12.5% 1-10-1 15 HDB
- 45 Kevin Sekulic 12.5% 1-10-1 12 HDB
- 48 Don Potts 11.8% 3-29-2
- 49 Jacob Halicek 11.5% 1-11-1 12 HDB
- 50 Mia “Meatballz†Davekos 9.1% 1-10
- 55 Alex “Moose†Perez 2.9% 1-34 $300
MLE head to head rankings – 1 contest minimum
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months for people who have at least one result from a MLE contest in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
| 1 | Molly Schuyler (M Sc) | 100% | 3-0 |
| 1 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (P Be) | 100% | 13-0 |
| 3 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 97.4% | 223-6 |
| 4 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 93.4% | 114-8 |
| 5 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 88.4% | 148-19-1 |
| 6 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 84.7% | 83-15 |
| 7 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 84.2% | 135-25-1 |
| 8 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski (B Du) | 81.3% | 13-3 |
| 9 | Mark “the muncher” Williams (M Wi) | 80% | 8-2 |
| 10 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 79.4% | 85-22 |
| 10 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 79.4% | 86-22-1 |
MLE head to head results – 3 contest minimum
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months for people who have results for three or more MLE contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 96.2% | 150-6 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 90.7% | 78-8 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 85.5% | 112-19 |
| 4 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 81.3% | 65-15 |
| 5 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 80.7% | 102-24-1 |
| 6 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 74.1% | 64-22-1 |
| 7 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 73.8% | 59-21 |
| 8 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler (J Bu) | 67.8% | 30-14-1 |
| 9 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) | 66.1% | 63-32-1 |
| 10 | Sean “Flash” Gordon (S Go) | 62.5% | 16-9-3 |
MLE Rankings based on head to head competition – October 28, 2013
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months 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) | 96.4% | 163-6 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 91.1% | 82-8 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 86.2% | 119-19 |
| 4 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 81.7% | 109-24-1 |
| 4 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 81.7% | 67-15 |
| 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 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) | 68.4% | 70-32-1 |
| 10 | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff (A Os) | 65.8% | 12-6-1 |
Flashback: 26.25 lbs. pie poundage promulgated
Joey Chestnut’s 24 pounds of poutine is not the highest weight ever announced for a MLE contest. The initial results for last month’s Mapleside Farms apple pie eating contest in Brunswick, OH claimed the winning total was 26.25 pounds (in 8 minutes).
15 minutes after the first results were posted, the pie counts for all competitors were cut in half without explanation and the previous results were deleted. A screen capture of the MLE twitter with all the results follows
update Oct 23 In Maplesides Farms’ video, (results start at 3:30 mark) the pie counts announced on-stage (8.75/7.25/5.75/5/4.5) are double the official final results. Joey’s weight is announced as 13 pounds
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Joey Chestnut 2013 broken records
In the recent poutine and bratwurst contests, Joey Chestnut has almost doubled the previous contest record. He also broke the Sparks, NV rib contest record by a lower percentage.
| 2013 Sep 22 | 1st | 70 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Oktoberfest Zinzinnati World Bratwurst-Eating Championship | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2010 Sep 18 | 1st | 42 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Bratwurst Eating Championship | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2013 Aug 28 | 1st | 13.76 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | John Ascuaga’s Nugget World Rib Eating Championship | Sparks, NV |
| 2008 Aug 27 | 1st | 9.8 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Best in the West Nugget Rib Eating Contest | Sparks, NV |
| 2013 Oct 19 | 1st | 24 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON |
| 2010 May 22 | 1st | 13 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
Truncated MLE contests
A list of MLE contests that ran shorter than their announced duration follows. In last month’s tamale eating contest, 70 dozen tamales were requested, but only 60 dozen were provided. The first column represents the actual contest length, the second has the planned duration. (I am not sure if the two Chicago contests this year were shortened before the contest or during the competition.) update Oct 21 MLE claimed that 1000 tamales would be provided (via comment)
| 10m / 12m | 2013 Sep 28 | I | Western Days Festival World Tamale Eating Championship | Western Days Festival | Lewisville, TX |
| 6m / 8m | 2013 Aug 11 | I | The Chowdown in Korea Town World Kimchi Eating Championship | Chicago Korean Festival | Chicago, IL |
| 6m / 8m | 2013 Jun 7 | I | Ribfest Chicago’s RIBMANIA Eating Championship | Ribfest | Chicago, IL |
| (5m | 5m)* / 10m | 2012 Jul 15 | I | World Pulled Pork Eating Championship | Rhythm and Blues BBQ Festival | Carroll, OH |
| 6m / 8m | 2012 Apr 14 | I | The Isle Waterloo World Cupcake Eating Championship | Isle Casino Hotel Waterloo | Waterloo, IA |
| 6m30s / 8m | 2007 Sep 16 | I | La Costena Jalapeno Eating Challenge | Fiestas Patrias | Chicago, IL |
* contest was stopped at the 5 minute mark and the trailing eaters were forced to drop out
MLE Rankings based on head to head competition – Oct 14, 2013
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months 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) | 96.1% | 147-6 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 92.1% | 70-6 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 86.9% | 113-17 |
| 4 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 81.7% | 109-24-1 |
| 5 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 81.5% | 66-15 |
| 6 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 77.8% | 68-19-1 |
| 7 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 74.3% | 55-19 |
| 8 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler (J Bu) | 68.5% | 31-14-1 |
| 9 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) | 68.1% | 69-32-1 |
| 10 | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff (A Os) | 65.8% | 12-6-1 |
“Wild” Bill Myers top 5 MLE finishes
According to the eatfeats database, Sunday’s yogurt contest was the first time that “Wild” Bill Myers finished in the top 3 of a non-qualifier in his MLE career. It is also the first time he finished ahead of Micah “Wing Kong” Collins in 32 matchups. Listings are provided after the jump:
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Notable competitive eating streaks
Several Molly Schuyler will seek to extend her career undefeated streak at Ian’s Pizza contest this evening in Madison, WI. Several other competitive eating undefeated streaks are listed below. Please add any additional streaks you think should be added.
- “Furious” Pete Czerwinski – undefeated in first 19 contests of career
- Takeru Kobayashi – undefeated in the IFOCE 2001-2006 (undefeated overall 2003-2006) – undefeated since leaving MLE in 2010
- Molly Schuyler – career undefeated streak
- Miki Sudo – undefeated against women and in non-MLE contests
- Sonya Thomas – undefeated against women from June 2003 – April 2013
- Lester Tucker – 16 straight wins in the pickled quail egg eating contest
MLE Rankings based on head to head competition – September 2013
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months 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) | 95% | 151-8 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 92.8% | 64-5 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 90% | 90-10 |
| 4 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (P Be) | 89.3% | 25-3 |
| 5 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 82.4% | 72-15-1 |
| 6 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 82% | 102-22-1 |
| 7 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 77.1% | 65-19-1 |
| 8 | Tim “Gravy” Brown (T Br) | 76.9% | 10-3 |
| 9 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 72.9% | 60-22-1 |
| 10 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler (J Bu) | 70.5% | 27-11-1 |
MLE contests with two top females
As best as I can determine, there have been five IFOCE/MLE contests where the top two finishers have been female (excluding) women-only contests. Yesterdays’ contest was the first time the top three were all women.
MLE rib contest pound / minute rates
A list of top 5 results from the past four MLE rib eating contest sorted by total / duration (leftmost column). Joey Chestnut almost tripled his rate in Wednesday’s contest (1.15 lb. / min) from his rate at the Chicago Ribfest in June (0.427 lb. / min) even though the Nevada contest is twice as long as Chicago’s competition. Read the rest of this entry »
MLE Rankings based on head to head competition – August 2013
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months 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) | 95.9% | 163-7 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 92.9% | 65-5 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 89.3% | 67-8 |
| 4 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (P Be) | 86.5% | 32-5 |
| 5 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 85% | 104-18-1 |
| 6 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 83.1% | 71-14-1 |
| 7 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 77.1% | 65-19-1 |
| 8 | Tim “Gravy” Brown (T Br) | 76.9% | 10-3 |
| 9 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 74.7% | 63-21-1 |
| 10 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler (J Bu) | 70.5% | 27-11-1 |
Joey Chestnut vs. Matt Stonie head to head results
A listing of head to head results for Joey Chestnut vs. Matt Stonie follows after the jump. They are tied in their past six contests after Joey finished ahead in the first 10 meetings.
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Tableau Software has a graph of the performance of the top male competitors at the Nathan's finals. Indyweek has produced a graphic about the hot dog eating contest held at Foster's market in Durham, NC (the unnamed winner ate 8 hot dogs).
Personal hot dog bests July 4, 2012 July 3, 2013
A list of 25+ personal bests in hot dog eating contests between July 4, 2012 and July 3, 2013 according to the eatfeats database follows after the jump. Of the 34 people in this list, 17 are expected to compete in today’s Nathan’s finals.
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2013 Nathan’s qualifier winners
2013 Qualifier winners sorted in decreasing order by winning totals Read the rest of this entry »
Joey Chestnut 2010-2012 earnings analysis
This post updates a post from last year comparing Joey Chestnut’s winnings from contest prizes with his annual earnings according to ESPN Magazine, which have dropped from $218,500 in 2010 to $161,400 last year according to that periodical. The new poll asks what you think is the main reason for that decline.
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Nathan’s wild card standings June 3, 2013
Here are the current Nathan’s wild card standings according to results in the eatfeats database: Read the rest of this entry »
MLE Rankings based on head to head competition – June 2013
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months for people who have results for three or more MLE contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 97.9% | 137-3 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 86.8% | 46-7 |
| 3 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 86% | 92-15 |
| 4 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 85.8% | 69-11-1 |
| 5 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti (P Be) | 82.7% | 62-13 |
| 6 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 78.3% | 18-5 |
| 7 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt (B Sh) | 71.3% | 58-23-1 |
| 8 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 69.1% | 47-21 |
| 9 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee (J Le) | 63.1% | 53-31 |
| 10 | Jamie “Bear” McDonald (J Mc) | 62.5% | 10-6 |
25+ Nathan’s hot dog results by women
A listing of of women eating 25 or more hot dogs in a Nathan’s contest follows after the jump. Sonya Thomas was the only woman to have exceeded 35 before Miki Sudo hit 40 in her qualifier last month. Read the rest of this entry »
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