Beer Pong Statistics

Pong I (a.k.a. Beer Pong Party)

Pong I featured two divisions, with round-robin play in each. The heart division consisted of:

Ace of Hearts (The Chocolate Factor): Joe and Bonnie
2 of Hearts (Two Hearts Beat As One): Mat and Ryan
3 of Hearts (The Happy Capitalists): Rich and Alicia
4 of Hearts (Asian Metabolism): Ian and Mario/Jade

	Mat and Ryan	Rich and Alicia	Ian and Mario/Jade
Joe and Bonnie	Mat and Ryan (1 cup)	Joe and Bonnie (4 cups)	Joe and Bonnie (3 cups)
Mat and Ryan	---	Mat and Ryan (1 cup)	Ian and Mario/Jade (1 cup)
Rich and Alicia	---	---	Ian and Mario/Jade (4 cups)

Team	Wins	Losses	Cup differential
Joe and Bonnie	2	1	+6
Ian and Mario/Jade	2	1	+2
Mat and Ryan	2	1	+1
Rich and Alicia	0	3	-9

The club division consisted of:

Ace of Clubs (It's Peanut Butter & Jelly Time): Brian and Jason
2 of Clubs (The Terminators): Keith and David
3 of Clubs (License To Drink & Ticket To Drive): Dan and Lokie
4 of Clubs (Beers For Fears): Rob and Abbie

	Keith and David	Dan and Lokie	Rob and Abbie
Brian and Jason	Brian and Jason (3 cups)	Brian and Jason (2 cups)	Brian and Jason (2 cups)
Keith and David	---	Keith and David (4 cups)	Keith and David (6 cups)
Dan and Lokie	---	---	Dan and Lokie (4 cups)

Team	Wins	Losses	Cup differential
Brian and Jason	3	0	+7
Keith and David	2	1	+7
Dan and Lokie	1	2	-2
Rob and Abbie	0	3	-12

Playoffs were then held with seeding based on the round-robin and opposite divisions playing each other in the first round.

Joe and Bonnie						Brian and Jason
	Joe and Bonnie (bye)				Brian and Jason (4 cups)
---*						Rich and Alicia
		Joe and Bonnie (2 cups)		Brian and Jason (2 cups)
Mat and Ryan			Brian and Jason (2 cups)			Ian and Mario
	Keith and David (2 cups)				Dan and Lokie (6 cups)
Keith and David						Dan and Lokie

*Rob and Abbie chose not to participate in playoffs, so Joe and Bonnie received a bye.

Final statistics:

Team	Wins	Losses	Cup differential
Brian and Jason	6	0	+15
Joe and Bonnie	3	2	+6
Keith and David	3	2	+7
Mat and Ryan	2	2	-1
Ian and Mario/Jade	2	2	-4
Dan and Lokie	2	3	+2
Rob and Abbie	0	3	-12
Rich and Alicia	0	4	-13

Pong II: The Revenge of Redemske

Pong II featured round-robin play between six teams:

Ace of Diamonds (Muddy Muddy Bostones): Keith and David
2 of Diamonds (Teh Suck): Mat and Ryan
3 of Diamonds (The Prize Comes Wet): Rich and Alicia
Ace of Spades (Peanut Butter & Jelly Time): Brian and Jason
2 of Spades (Yikes): Eric and Zhenye/Cathy
3 of Spades (Screw You): Ian and Lokie

	Mat and Ryan	Rich and Alicia	Brian and Jason	Eric and Zhenye/Cathy	Ian and Lokie
Keith and David	Mat and Ryan (4 cups)	Keith and David (4 cups)	Brian and Jason (5 cups)	Eric and Zhenye/Cathy (2 cups)	Keith and David (3 cups)
Mat and Ryan	---	Mat and Ryan (4 cups)	Brian and Jason (5 cups)	Eric and Zhenye/Cathy (2 cups)	Mat and Ryan (2 cups)
Rich and Alicia	---	---	Brian and Jason (6 cups)	Eric and Zhenye/Cathy (2 cups)	Ian and Lokie (4 cups)
Brian and Jason	---	---	---	Brian and Jason (1 cup, OT)	Brian and Jason (1 cup)
Eric and Zhenye/Cathy	---	---	---	---	Ian and Lokie (1 cup)

(There was also an exhibition match between Cindy and Akshay and Brian and Jason. Brian and Jason won by 4 cups, but this is not counted in official records.)

Team	Wins	Losses	Cup differential
Brian and Jason	5	0	+18
Eric and Zhenye/Cathy	3	2	+4
Mat and Ryan	3	2	+3
Keith and David	2	3	-4
Ian and Lokie	2	3	-1
Rich and Alicia	0	5	-20

Playoffs were then held. All teams were invited to participate in playoffs, but only the top three accepted.

Mat and Ryan				Brian and Jason
	Mat and Ryan (cups unknown)		Brian and Jason (bye)
Eric and Zhenye		Brian and Jason (1 cup)		---

Final statistics (counting the unknown cup differential as 1):

Team	Wins	Losses	Cup differential
Brian and Jason	6	0	+19
Mat and Ryan	4	3	+3
Eric and Zhenye/Cathy	3	3	+3
Keith and David	2	3	-4
Ian and Lokie	2	3	-1
Rich and Alicia	0	5	-20

Pong III: The Search for Santarelli

Pong III, like Pong I, featured two divisions, with round-robin play in each. The heart division consisted of:

Ace of Hearts (Ask Mat in a Minute): Mat and Ryan
2 of Hearts (Our Cups Are Athletic): Jeff and Emily
3 of Hearts (Peanut Butter & Jelly Time): Brian and Jason
4 of Hearts (Ryan-cide): Eric and Zhenye

	Jeff and Emily	Brian and Jason	Eric and Zhenye
Mat and Ryan	Jeff and Emily (1 cup)	Brian and Jason (2 cups)	Mat and Ryan (1 cup)
Jeff and Emily	---	Brian and Jason (7 cups)	Eric and Zhenye (3 cups)
Brian and Jason	---	---	Brian and Jason (4 cups)

Team	Wins	Losses	Cup differential
Brian and Jason	3	0	+13
Mat and Ryan	1	2	-2
Eric and Zhenye	1	2	-2
Jeff and Emily	1	2	-9

The club division consisted of:

Ace of Clubs (Santarelli Searchers): David, Cathy, and Gretchen
2 of Clubs (Das Schadenfreüde): Rich and Kapil
3 of Clubs (In a Minute): Dan and Lokie
4 of Clubs (3-some): Cindy, Alicia, and Lyan

	Rich and Kapil	Dan and Lokie	Cindy, Alicia, and Lyan
David, Cathy, and Gretchen	Rich and Kapil (8 cups)	Dan and Lokie (7 cups)	David, Cathy, and Gretchen (1 cup)
Rich and Kapil	---	Rich and Kapil (5 cups)	Rich and Kapil (2 cups)
Dan and Lokie	---	---	Dan and Lokie (1 cup)

Team	Wins	Losses	Cup differential
Rich and Kapil	3	0	+15
Dan and Lokie	2	1	+3
David, Cathy, and Gretchen	1	2	-14
Cindy, Alicia, and Lyan	0	3	-4

Playoffs were then held with seeding based on the round-robin and opposite divisions playing each other in the first round.

Brian and Jason						Rich and Kapil
	Brian and Jason (6 cups)				Rich and Kapil (1 cup)
Cindy, Alicia, and Lyan						Jeff and Emily
		Brian and Jason (1 cup)		Mat and Ryan (2 cups)
Eric and Zhenye			Brian and Jason (1 cup, OT)			David, Cathy, and Gretchen
	Eric and Zhenye (bye)				Mat and Ryan (5 cups)
---*						Mat and Ryan

*Dan and Lokie chose not to participate in playoffs, so Eric and Zhenye received a bye.

The finale was exciting. Brian and Jason battled back from a large deficit to tie the match at 1 cup left. After many rounds, Mat and Ryan were the first to sink their ball, but then Jason was able to retaliate and send the match into overtime. The defending champs then pulled out the victory.

Final statistics:

Team	Wins	Losses	Cup differential
Brian and Jason	6	0	+21
Rich and Kapil	4	1	+14
Mat and Ryan	3	3	+4
Dan and Lokie	2	1	+3
Eric and Zhenye	1	3	-3
Jeff and Emily	1	3	-10
David, Cathy, and Gretchen	1	3	-19
Cindy, Alicia, and Lyan	0	4	-10

PONG WARS Episode IV: A New Hope

Pong IV again featured two divisions, with round-robin play in each. The first division consisted of:

Ace (Ace of Spades): Eric and Zhenye
2 (No No No): Mat and Ryan
3 (Team Ramrod): David and Mike
4 (Chocolate Factory): Joe and Bonnie

	Mat and Ryan	David and Mike	Joe and Bonnie
Eric and Zhenye	Eric and Zhenye (2 cups)	Eric and Zhenye (5 cups)	Eric and Zhenye (1 cup)
Mat and Ryan	---	Mat and Ryan (3 cups)	Mat and Ryan (1 cup)
David and Mike	---	---	Joe and Bonnie (3 cups)

Team	Wins	Losses	Cup differential
Eric and Zhenye	3	0	+8
Mat and Ryan	2	1	+2
Joe and Bonnie	1	2	+1
David and Mike	0	3	-11

The second division consisted of:

5 (Team Hungry): Cathy and Andrew
6 (Can We Get Back to You): Rich and Jeff
7 (I'm Going to Beat My Child): Alicia and Cindy (first game), Dan and Lokie (thereafter)
8 (Lactalis): John and Dave (a.k.a. random rude people)

	Rich and Jeff	Alicia and Cindy/Dan and Lokie	John and Dave
Cathy and Andrew	Rich and Jeff (1 cup)	Cathy and Andrew (1 cup)	Cathy and Andrew (1 cup)
Rich and Jeff	---	Dan and Lokie (2 cups)	John and Dave (1 cup)
Alicia and Cindy/Dan and Lokie	---	---	John and Dave (1 cup)

Team	Wins	Losses	Cup differential
Cathy and Andrew	2	1	+1
John and Dave	2	1	+1
Alicia and Cindy/Dan and Lokie	1	2	0
Rich and Jeff	1	2	-2

Playoffs were then held with seeding based on the round-robin and opposite divisions playing each other in the first round.

Zhenye and Rich*						Cathy and Andrew
	Zhenye and Rich (bye)				David and Mike (3 cups)
---**						David and Mike
		Joe and Bonnie (2 cups)		Mat and Ryan (2 cups, 2 OT)
Joe and Bonnie			Mat and Ryan (1 cup)			Rich and Jeff
	Joe and Bonnie (1 cup)				Mat and Ryan (1 cup)
John and Dave						Mat and Ryan

*Eric was unable to stay for playoffs, so Rich, who was eliminated in the first round, was allowed to play with Zhenye.
**Dan and Lokie chose not to participate in playoffs, so Zhenye and Rich received a bye.

Final statistics:

Team	Wins	Losses	Cup differential
Mat and Ryan	5	1	+6
Eric and Zhenye/Zhenye and Rich	3	1	+6
Joe and Bonnie	3	3	+3
Cathy and Andrew	2	2	-2
John and Dave	2	2	0
Alicia and Cindy/Dan and Lokie	1	2	0
Rich and Jeff	1	3	-3
David and Mike	1	4	-10