Andrew He

Andrew He is a Jeopardy contestant, a five-game winning champ and a 2022 ToC 1st runner-up. Of course, the person with the same name as the competitive programmer.

Jeopardy! Run[]

Regular Play[]

As a challenger, he had a record of winning by setting a record of $52,001, which is the best record ever for a challenger. The previous record for a challenger is $50,000 by Myron Meyer (September 5, 2002). However, this one ended in a single win. For reference, it was $2 more than 2-day champion, Dane Reighard, and this is the second-best record behind Adam Levin ($53,999). After that, he continued to win, accumulating $157,365 during his five consecutive victories. If it's a hurdle, you've won by a difference of $1 in his 4th games.

Later, when Amy Schneider, who had a 40-game winning streak, came out as a challenger, he performed so well that he even led the FJ. People agree that if he had hit FJ, Amy's record would not have been the same.

Game No.	Air Date	Final score	Cumulative Winnings	Notes
1	November 10, 2021	$52,001	$52,001	Andrew's first nonrunaway game.
2	November 11, 2021	$20,300	$72,301
3	November 12, 2021	$34,800	$107,101
4	November 15, 2021	$30,401	$137,502	Molly Karol had exactly half of Andrew's score going into Final Jeopardy. In the end, everyone got Final correct. Molly bet everything and Andrew bet $1.
5	November 16, 2021	$19,863	$157,365
6	November 17, 2021	$14,399	$159,365	Andrew's second and final nonrunaway game in regular season play. Lost to Amy Schneider, who went on a 40-game winning streak.

Tournament of Champions[]

In the second quarterfinal game, he faced off against Jonathan Fisher. He is the champion who has won 11 consecutive victories over Matt Amodio, the 38-game winning streak champion. and Christine Whelchel. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 23/24 correct responses (including 1/2 Daily Doubles). Nobody got Final Jeopardy correct. Andrew came from behind to advance to the semifinals. Jonathan and Christine received $5,000.

In the third semifinal game, he faced off against Eric Ahasic and Mattea Roach and gave 24/28 correct responses (including 3/3 Daily Doubles). Not only did nobody get Final Jeopardy correct, everyone blanked. Andrew advanced to the finals via runaway. Mattea and Eric received $10,000.

In the finals, he faced off against Amy Schneider and Sam Buttrey. Throughout the finals (which lasted six games), he came up with 92/102 correct responses (including 7/8 Daily Doubles). He and Sam got 2/6 Final correct, but after losing to Amy, he won first runner-up with a score of 3:2:1. Coincidentally, all three finalists are from California.

Jeopardy! Masters[]

He played in the 2023 Jeopardy Masters.

He played in game one of night one against Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 27/28 correct responses (including 2/2 Daily Doubles). Everyone got Final correct and he earned 3 match points.

He played in game two of night two against James Holzhauer and Matt Amodio. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 13/14 correct responses. No one got Final correct. He earned 1 match point for a total of 4 match points.

He played in game two of night three against Mattea Roach and Matt Amodio. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 17/18 correct responses. Everyone got Final correct and he earned 1 match point for a total of 5 match points.

He played in game one of night four against Sam Buttrey and Amy Schneider. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 20/21 correct responses (including 2/2 Daily Doubles). No one got Final correct. His runaway gave him 3 match points for a total of 8 match points.

He played in game two of night five against James Holzhauer and Sam Buttrey. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 11/13 correct responses (including 1/1 Daily Double). He was the only player correct in Final and earned 1 match point for a total of 9 match points.

He played in game one of night six against Mattea Roach and Sam Buttrey. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 26/31 correct responses (including 1/3 Daily Doubles). He and Mattea got Final correct. He earned 3 match points for a total of 12 match points.

He played in game two of night seven against James Holzhauer and Amy Schneider. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 13/14 correct responses. He and Amy went for joke responses and only James attempted a response. He earned 1 match point for a total of 13 match points.

He advanced to the semifinals along with Matt Amodio, James Holzhauer and Mattea Roach. [[Sam Buttrey took home $50,000 and Amy Schneider took home $75,000.

He played in both games of night one. In game one, he faced off against James Holzhauer and Matt Amodio. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 18/19 correct responses (including 1/1 Daily Double). Everyone got Final correct and he earned 1 match point. In game two, he faced off against James Holzhauer and Mattea Roach. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 9/11 correct responses. He and James got Final correct. He earned no match points and finished night one with one match point.

He played in game two of night two against Mattea Roach and Matt Amodio. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 16/20 correct responses (including 1/1 Daily Double). No one got Final correct. He earned one match point for a total of 2 match points.

He was tied for last with Mattea Roach who also earned two match points. The first tiebreaker was the number of games won during the semifinals. Both have 0. The second tiebreaker is the number of correct responses in the semifinals. Mattea Roach won the tiebreaker (50-45). He took home $100,000 for finishing in fourth place.

Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament[]

In the first quarterfinal game, he faced off against Dan Pawson and Pam Mueller. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 20/24 correct responses (including 2/3 Daily Doubles). He had exactly double the amount of Pam's score going into Final. He was the only player correct and advanced to the semifinals. Dan and Pam received $5,000.

In the second semifinal game, he faced off against Sam Kavanaugh and Larissa Kelly. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 20/21 correct responses (including 1/1 Daily Double). He was the only player correct in Final and advanced to the finals. Sam and Larissa received $10,000.

In the finals, he faced off against Amy Schneider and Victoria Groce. Throughout the finals (which lasted three games), he came up with 39/44 correct responses (including 1/1 Daily Double). He and Victoria got 2/3 Final correct, but after losing to Victoria, he took home $25,000 for second runner-up.

Evaluation[]

As the biggest beneficiary of this ToC along with Sam Buttrey, he emerged as the strongest dark horse, defeating 11-game winning champion Jonathan Fisher in the quarterfinals and advancing to the finals with a landslide victory over 23-game winning champion Mattea Roach. In addition, in the match against Amy Schneider and Sam Buttrey, who competed together, he played a big role, winning the second round and unfolding a close match.

He showed a particularly weak appearance in FJ but showed a bold attack with True DD in DD, and as a result, he proved his potential by winning the final runner-up. People agree that if he was lucky, Amy's all-time record probably wouldn't have been set.

Although he unfortunately did not ToC win, he is considered one of the people who will make a big difference in the future special event. It can be said that it is a similar case to Alan Lin, who has won six consecutive championships. In the two Superchampion competitions, he finished runner-up in the ToC and placed third in the All-star Games. In particular, he proved his skills by winning all three fights against Austin Rogers. As a result, it can be seen that winning streaks are not simply factors that determine skill. Even Ken Jennings, who won 74 straight wins without going far right away, was stuck for a while against Brad Rutter, an honorary graduate with 5 consecutive wins, and in S22 ToC, the finalists were champions with less than 5 wins (2 champions with 3 consecutive wins, 1 4-game winning streak champion). As such, in Jeopardy, the outcome cannot be predicted only by winning streaks in regular games.

Common with Other Champions[]

Bill MacDonald[]

The opponent who beat me also advanced to ToC (3-time champ Vik Vaz) and competed together in the finals.
They won the quarterfinal and semi-final with a lock game and competed in the semifinals with a champion with more than 10 wins in a row and a champion with 6 wins in a row. Also, a champion with 6 consecutive wins has a record of beating a champion with 5 or more wins in a regular game.
Both of them came from behind to lose in the final and finished runner-up. The difference is, Bill actually competed against a third party (Michael Falk) rather than a fellow opponent.

Roger Craig[]

Both have recorded more than $50,000 in one game; Roger is the second game ($77,000) and He is the first.
Took over $100,000 in three Games, and Roger broke through in just two.
There is a record of successive True DD (All-in) succession in ToC. Roger is one final match, and Andrew is the semi-finalist.
both of them are from Group 2 of the ToC, and they played last in the semifinals.
Both have seven $10,000+ DDs overall, and the DD record is the same at 4-3.

Ben Ingram[]

In regular games, there are many cases where they narrowly win. Ben won by $1 in his 2, 4, and 8 streak challenges, and even shared a tie for the 3rd consecutive win. In the case of Andrew, he won by a difference of $2 in the first win and the ToC qualifier (the latter wins from a comeback), and by a difference of $1 in the fourth game.
The two have defeated two all-time champions in the ToC. Ben faced both Arthur Chu (x11) and Julia Collins (x20) in the final, Andrew defeated Jonathan Fisher (x11) and Mattea Roach (x23) in the qualifiers and semifinals respectively.
Like Bill, the opponent he beat also made it to ToC (4-time champ Mark Japinga). The difference is, the opponent who beat Ben was not eligible for ToC as usual, but one person was unable to attend for some reason.

Andrew Pau[]

Both set new records in their first match. In Pau's case, his opponent set the record for most third place (Margaret Miles - $31,999), and He set the record for the second most points of his opponent's history.
Also, Pau and He both narrowly won by a difference of $2 and $1.
All the champions who defeated them served for a long time. Buzzy Cohen has a 9-game winning streak, and Amy Schneider has a 40-game winning streak. In particular, in the case of Pau, the prize money is higher than that of the champion with 5 or more consecutive wins ($170,202 > $164,603).
The two met super champion (Austin Rogers) in the semifinals. The difference is that Pau lost while He rather won.

James Holzhauer[]

Both broke over $80,000 in the second episode and over $100,000 in the third.
Both won over $40,000 in their first match.
In a match where both men won over $50,000, the runner-up is also over $50,000, a close margin. It's a $2 difference from Andrew (Dane Reighard - $51,999) and an $18 difference from James (Adam Levin - $53,999). In addition, the runners-up are ranked 1st and 2nd, respectively, for the most records among the runners-up.
Both lost their place to the women's champion and later faced off again in the ToC finals. The difference is, James won and Andrew lost to that contestant.
Both faced the winners of other tournaments in the final, who both finished third.
In the confrontation that won DD, everyone bet as much as they could and they all succeeded. James in Master game #2 and Andrew in the 2022 ToC semifinals.

Emma Boettcher[]

They won with $40,000+ on their first challenge. The prize money is also $4,000 difference.
Like the ultrachampion they both competed in, they advanced to the ToC finals. The difference is that Emma won and came up, and Andrew got off.
Another one in the ToC finals is the winner of another tournament (Sam Buttrey).
Both of them finished first runner-up, and even indirectly won against their opponents in the regular game.

Trivia[]

The ToC in which he appeared was particularly unusual, with 11 wins champ Jonathan Fisher and 16 wins champ Ryan Long being eliminated from the qualifiers, and even the best contender Matt Amodio was sacked by Sam Buttrey.
Like Ben Ingram, he often wins by a narrow margin of $1 or 2.
Like Roger Craig and Alex Jacob, he was strong in DD, but was particularly weak in FJ.
Through his activities, it can be seen that no matter how knowledgeable a participant is, catastrophic results can occur depending on DD selection and Question luck.
While finishing runner-up, he couldn't break the jinx that he couldn't win if he beat ultra champion before the finals, but like Ben Ingram, he set a record of beating two ultra champions and competing against three Super champions in one ToC. Like S37~38, a number of super champions come out, and this record seems to be maintained for a while unless luck follows.
Just looking at the ToC right now, you can see that the winning streak can also depend on the luck of the opponent, just as ultra champions often lose to the champion with a low winning streak. Right now, when he faced Amy, he was ahead before FJ, so there are many opinions that if he hit FJ, he could play ultra champion as easily as Amy. Of course, there is no guarantee that you will become an ultra champ, as many contestants with good skills do not perform well.
Perhaps because he was active during a time when super champions were in power, he has competed with many super champions. In ToC, he competed against super champions (Jonathan Fisher, Mattea Roach, Amy Schneider) every time, and in Masters, he competed against James Holzhauer and Matt Amodio, a total of 6 super champions. In particular, seeing them win multiple times against super champions and achieve good results in big competitions reminds us that winning streak and prize money are not proportional to skill.
In particular, he competed against Amy, who stopped his winning streak, several times after ToC, and also had return matches in various venues such as Masters and JIT. Perhaps it could be said to be another rivalry match following Brad Rutter vs Ken Jennings.
The previous ToC winner, Sam Kavanaugh, mentioned on twitter that Andrew had helped Sam Prepare for the Tournament. They later met in the 2024 JIT semifinals, where Andrew won by a landslide.