SMOKIN BLUE Q FL

SMOKIN BLUE Q FL is a competition barbecue team with 43 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 16 at the Downtown BBQ Throwdown (2016). They are ranked #837 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#837

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1624

peak 1632 · rated over 43 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 25, 2013

latest Nov 22, 2019 · 6.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#409

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

16 podiums

Overall top-10s

26% of 43 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

695.3600 / 720

Master · Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

661.67 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 664.12 (-2.45)

Walk rate

74%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · SC Festival Of Discovery

Consistency

±16.34

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.07)

Road miles

11,051

across 43 mapped stops · furthest 688 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

Purse competed for

$99K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.12 / 720

43 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Pork ×1
Brisket ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 19% average finish here

Downtown BBQ Throwdown is their spot: an average finish in the top 19% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 19%

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Downtown BBQ Throwdown (Feb 17, 2017).

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

74% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 32 of 43 contests

A top-10 category call in 74% of their 43 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.3600 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.3600 at Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 10, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Uncle Kenny's Take-Away has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN BLUE Q FL 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 25%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 25%

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A tough matchup

25–5 behind in the head-to-head

HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 83% of their meetings

HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 25 of their 30 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.8 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.77 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 44%.

Pork Ribs avg 163.07
Chicken avg 169.85
9 calls in 43 entries

A strong matchup

13–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 93% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

18 of 30 shared chicken entries lost

HOT WACHULA'S ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HOT WACHULA'S has out-cooked them in 18 of 30 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

WICKED QUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A November team

Top 32% average finish in November

Something about November: average finish in the top 32% across 6 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.

6 November contests
top 43% the rest of the year

The long haul

11,051 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 11,051 miles across 43 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 688 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional).

43 mapped stops
furthest 688 mi

The metronome

±2.27% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.27% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.2% of a perfect score
43 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020 ↗	Master	#555 (175 pts)	#580 (175 pts)	#592 (175 pts)	#883 (65 pts)	#600 (165 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#409 (790 pts)	#421 (800 pts)	#384 (860 pts)	#642 (520 pts)	#405 (825 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#669 (510 pts)	#635 (585 pts)	#988 (325 pts)	#999 (310 pts)	#522 (710 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#647 (598 pts)	#470 (823 pts)	#837 (473 pts)	#705 (588 pts)	#435 (908 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#454 (871 pts)	#513 (791 pts)	#410 (966 pts)	#427 (956 pts)	#529 (761 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#534 (705 pts)	#329 (1,100 pts)	#680 (565 pts)	#498 (780 pts)	#594 (635 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#467 (825 pts)	#427 (875 pts)	#400 (960 pts)	#453 (845 pts)	#360 (1,025 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1074 (264 pts)	#627 (519 pts)	#1336 (209 pts)	#1001 (314 pts)	#1106 (264 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SMOKIN BLUE Q FL, each with one reason worth a look.

Bubba Q

#835 of the rated field

1624 power rating

Contests: 70
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1691

1–6 in 7 shared contests (14% to SMOKIN BLUE Q FL)

These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — Bubba Q ahead 6–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 69 contests
last seen Aug 12, 2022

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SWEET SMOKE Q

#838 of the rated field

1624 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1628

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to SMOKIN BLUE Q FL)

Fewer contests behind them than SMOKIN BLUE Q FL has cooked, 19 to 43, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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CHOP QUEY

#839 of the rated field

1624 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1631

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 37 contests, alongside a 27% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 36 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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Wee Daddy's BBQ

#834 of the rated field

1624 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1624

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 33 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 33 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026
on a 5-contest top-10 run

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TOYS 4 BBQ'N

#836 of the rated field

1624 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1624

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 27 contests
last seen May 4, 2018

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Thin Blue Swine

#840 of the rated field

1624 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1629

Level with SMOKIN BLUE Q FL on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Jun 5, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOT WACHULA'S	30	5	25	17%	⚔ compare
SWAMP BOYS	24	3	21	13%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	23	4	19	17%	⚔ compare
Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	21	4	17	19%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
WICKED QUE	17	7	10	41%	⚔ compare
SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	14	13	1	93%	⚔ compare
E.T.'S BBQ	13	12	1	92%	⚔ compare
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED PIG	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
SWINOS	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	43	19	2	5	177.7144	152.4568	169.85	top 34%
Pork Ribs	43	9	0	3	176.5828	147.4286	163.07	top 53%
Pork	43	7	2	4	180 🔥	150.2856	164.89	top 51%
Brisket	43	16	2	4	180 🔥	146.8000	166.31	top 41%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 19%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 44%
Large (40+)	30	top 43%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
FL	23	top 40%
GA	8	top 47%
SC	5	top 38%
NC	4	top 34%
LA	2	top 67%
MS	1	top 100%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
SC Festival of Discovery	5	14	top 38%	Jul 12, 2019
Plant City Pig Jam	3	6	top 31%	Nov 22, 2019
Lakeland Pig Festival	3	5	top 29%	Jan 25, 2019
Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival	3	13	top 42%	Aug 4, 2017
Lakeland Pig Festival	3	29	top 59%	Jan 29, 2016
Hammond BBQ	2	28	top 67%	Mar 23, 2018
Downtown BBQ Throwdown	2	3	top 19%	Feb 17, 2017
Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2	4	top 21%	Jun 10, 2016
Flames on the Flint	2	27	top 57%	Mar 13, 2015
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	14	top 69%	Feb 21, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 9 contests

Contests a season 6.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 23 of 43 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 26 10 of them more than once

Opponents faced 966 finished ahead 1,344 times, behind 931

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20192 milestones

Apr 26 Peak power rating (1632) BBQ Capital Cook Off
Nov 22 Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam

20171 milestone

Feb 17 First multi-meat day Downtown BBQ Throwdown

20163 milestones

Jun 10 First perfect 180 (Pork) Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Jun 10 Career-best overall score695.3600 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Jul 7 25th tracked contest SC Festival of Discovery

20152 milestones

Feb 20 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 26 First overall podium Florida Heritage BBQ Classic

20141 milestone

Aug 22 10th tracked contest Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off

20134 milestones

Jan 25 First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Feb 15 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Nov 22 First category win (Chicken) Plant City Pig Jam
Nov 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9204 Plant City Pig Jam

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	Jun 10, 2016
+13.8	Florida Heritage BBQ Classic	Mar 26, 2015
+13.7	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 26, 2018
+13	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 10, 2014
+11.2	Downtown BBQ Throwdown	Apr 29, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Sep 18, 2015
-9.9	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 12, 2019
-8.5	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off	Aug 22, 2014
-8	Hammond BBQ	Mar 24, 2017
-7.5	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 25, 2013

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	7	3	0	71%	top 37%	95%	92.5%
2018	4	2	1	100%	top 25%	95.1%	94.3%
2017	6	1	2	83%	top 48%	94.7%	92.6%
2016	6	3	1	100%	top 25%	96.6%	94.2%
2015	8	2	1	50%	top 50%	94.2%	92.1%
2014	9	0	0	67%	top 52%	93.2%	90.8%
2013	3	0	1	67%	top 61%	91.1%	88.9%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 22, 2019	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	6 / 39 (682.2512)	6 (173.1428)	6 (172.5828)	24 (166.2628)	7 (170.2628)
Jul 12, 2019	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	62 / 83 (632.3084)	70 (152.4568)	68 (151.9200)	48 (163.9544)	31 (163.9772)
May 3, 2019	Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	34 / 60 (652.3540)	28 (166.2400)	47 (157.0972)	35 (162.7884)	24 (166.2284)
Apr 26, 2019	BBQ Capital Cook Off 🏅 Lexington, NC	17 / 43 (658.7200)	10 (171.9772)	25 (161.6572)	27 (158.8456)	15 (166.2400)
Apr 12, 2019	Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL	5 / 25 (682.7312)	6 (174.2628)	5 (174.2628)	7 (173.1200)	17 (161.0856)
Mar 1, 2019	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	9 / 62 (683.8856)	9 (173.1200)	18 (170.8228)	41 (163.3828)	2 (176.5600)
Jan 25, 2019	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	22 / 58 (668.4228)	37 (162.8000)	3 (176.5828)	47 (159.3600)	22 (169.6800)
Nov 16, 2018	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	8 / 44 (683.9312)	16 (170.2628)	12 (170.2744)	22 (165.6912)	2 (177.7028)
Jul 12, 2018	SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC	15 / 89 (683.8856)	35 (167.3944)	36 (166.8228)	26 (169.6684)	1 (180)
Mar 23, 2018	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	28 / 48 (663.8168)	5 (175.4056)	30 (163.9428)	44 (158.7884)	29 (165.6800)
Jan 26, 2018	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	5 / 60 (684.5256)	3 (176.5600)	21 (166.8572)	14 (170.8456)	16 (170.2628)
Aug 4, 2017	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival Dillard, GA	19 / 57 (677.5772)	9 (175.4056)	20 (170.8228)	32 (166.2516)	33 (165.0972)
May 26, 2017	Old Town Barbecue Throwdown Kissimmee, FL	12 / 22 (659.8056)	7 (169.6684)	12 (166.8344)	22 (152.4800)	5 (170.8228)
Apr 7, 2017	Brunskwick BBQ Beach Bash (GBC QUALIFIER) Brunswick, GA	15 / 25 (663.8284)	5 (175.4056)	21 (158.8000)	21 (160.5144)	10 (169.1084)
Mar 24, 2017	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	42 / 55 (652.9600)	19 (172.5600)	50 (153.6572)	53 (155.9200)	15 (170.8228)
Feb 17, 2017	Downtown BBQ Throwdown Boca Raton, FL	5 / 26 (681.6116)	4 (173.7028)	18 (154.7772)	1 (174.2744)	1 (178.8572)
Jan 27, 2017	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	25 / 60 (664.3884)	33 (166.8228)	30 (163.9544)	34 (161.6456)	7 (171.9656)
Aug 5, 2016	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	13 / 56 (690.7424)	24 (173.1084)	4 (175.4172)	36 (166.8112)	15 (175.4056)
Jul 7, 2016	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	17 / 82 (673.0172)	19 (168.5372)	6 (173.1200)	52 (158.8000)	8 (172.5600)
Jun 10, 2016	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	4 / 76 (695.3600)	39 (167.9772)	16 (171.9772)	1 (180)	9 (175.4056)
Apr 29, 2016	Downtown BBQ Throwdown Boca Raton, FL	3 / 16 (678.1600)	2 (177.7028)	5 (166.8228)	2 (169.6800)	6 (163.9544)
Apr 1, 2016	Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL) Vero Beach, FL	6 / 25 (675.8740)	4 (174.2628)	2 (170.8228)	2 (177.7028)	21 (153.0856)
Jan 29, 2016	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	32 / 58 (656.4000)	10 (171.9772)	55 (149.0516)	27 (165.6684)	12 (169.7028)
Nov 20, 2015	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL	24 / 49 (658.6740)	26 (165.6684)	36 (158.8000)	29 (162.2400)	10 (171.9656)
Sep 18, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Southaven, MS	30 / 30 (663.2568)	16 (170.8228)	30 (158.7884)	13 (170.8228)	30 (162.8228)
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	55 / 90 (644.3428)	19 (171.9772)	68 (155.9200)	50 (161.6572)	63 (154.7884)
Jun 12, 2015	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	28 / 78 (665.0400)	21 (170.8228)	41 (163.3828)	12 (169.7144)	38 (161.1200)
Mar 26, 2015	Florida Heritage BBQ Classic Kissimmee, FL	3 / 23 (677.6688)	1 (177.7144)	14 (165.6800)	5 (170.2628)	10 (164.0116)
Mar 13, 2015	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	37 / 72 (678.1600)	8 (175.4172)	29 (170.8228)	57 (165.6800)	47 (166.2400)
Feb 20, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Kissimmee, FL	10 / 22 (660.4916)	3 (172)	13 (163.9772)	12 (168.0116)	18 (156.5028)
Jan 30, 2015	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	29 / 62 (656.4684)	13 (173.1084)	40 (160.5944)	22 (167.4056)	42 (155.3600)
Nov 21, 2014	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	16 / 39 (651.8972)	22 (162.2628)	32 (153.1088)	16 (166.2284)	6 (170.2972)
Nov 7, 2014	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	13 / 42 (670.7084)	11 (170.2628)	21 (162.7884)	16 (168.5372)	10 (169.1200)
Aug 22, 2014	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL	32 / 40 (651.8168)	9 (173.1428)	29 (158.7884)	20 (165.6684)	38 (154.2172)
Aug 1, 2014	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	39 / 56 (652.4228)	31 (167.9656)	51 (151.3600)	21 (168.5600)	30 (164.5372)
Jul 10, 2014	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	14 / 86 (670.1716)	19 (171.4172)	70 (154.2288)	20 (168.5256)	5 (176)
May 23, 2014	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA	38 / 65 (648.3772)	41 (163.9544)	51 (155.9316)	41 (159.3828)	16 (169.1084)
Mar 14, 2014	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) Bainbridge, GA	27 / 43 (653.5544)	27 (163.3828)	13 (169.1316)	23 (164.5256)	32 (156.5144)
Feb 21, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL	14 / 21 (638.7316)	12 (163.4172)	8 (165.6800)	12 (162.8344)	18 (146.8000)
Jan 23, 2014	The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	32 / 69 (648.9940)	57 (153.6456)	3 (174.2856)	49 (155.3484)	21 (165.7144)
Nov 22, 2013	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	20 / 53 (655.9204)	1 (176.5600)	27 (162.8688)	45 (154.8344)	23 (161.6572)
Feb 15, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL	17 / 24 (647.4282)	8 (173.1428)	23 (149.7142)	6 (167.4284)	19 (157.1428)
Jan 25, 2013	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	52 / 70 (616.5708)	49 (155.9996)	62 (147.4286)	58 (150.2856)	20 (162.8570)

SMOKIN BLUE Q FL

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (15 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A November team

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)