Hoppes-Mikanowski limit

The Hoppes-Mikanowski limit is broken when two players on the same team each score above 70 ppg in any format. It was first broken at the 2000 NAQT IFT at Yale, by its namesakes Jeff Hoppes and Jacob Mikanowski. (Stats from this performance are sadly lost to the sands of time.) Their accomplishment remained unmatched until the 2011 NAQT Illinois State Tournament, where Kevin Malis and Zach Blumenfeld of Stevenson. [1] became the second pair of players to do so.

Further investigation reveals that the stat in question may have been a pre-modern stat called PATH rather than PPG, and the original "limit" may not have been set at all; regardless, its power to inspire has remained.

Performances exceeding the Hoppes-Mikanowski limit

Middle and High School

• 2011 NAQT Illinois State Tournament [2]: Kevin Malis 89.93 PP20TUH (103.08 PPG) and Zach Blumenfeld 70.13 PP20TUH (80.38 PPG) Stevenson A
• 2012 TQBA Middle School State Championship [3]: Corin Wagen (103.64 PPG) and Ethan Russo (84.09 PPG) Kealing
• 2012 MSNCT [4]: Corin Wagen (80.95 PPG) and Ethan Russo (77.25 PPG) (Kealing)
• 2013 Delaware Fall Tournament [5]: Jaimie Carlson (90.00 PPG) and Varun Wadhwa (70.91 PPG) (Wilmington Charter)
• 2015 Delaware Fall Tournament [6]: Mohan Malhotra (98.64 PPG) and Rohan Narayan (74.55 PPG) (Wilmington Charter)
• 2015 Give Thanks for Quizbowl II [7]: John John Groger (101.25 PPG) and William Groger (71.88 PPG) (Miami Valley)
• 2015 Richard Montgomery Fall Novice Tournament [8]: Jakob Boeye (82.5 PPG) and Steen Alme (73 PPG) (Centennial)
• 2016 MIT Winter Academic Tournament [9]: Devin Shang (70.77 PPG) and Colin Cantwell (71.92 PPG) (Lexington)
• 2016 Sacramento Fall Tournament [10]: Eliot Williams (85.56 PPG) and Ethan Skinner (80.00 PPG) (Davis)
• 2016 California Cup #2 [11]: Eliot Williams (84 PPG) and Ethan Skinner (72 PPG) (Davis)
• 2017 California Cup #4 [12]: Eliot Williams (76 PPG) and Ethan Skinner (74 PPG) (Davis)
• 2017 Sacramento Spring Tournament #4 [13]: Eliot Williams (94 PPG) and Ethan Skinner (83 PPG) (Davis)
• 2018 Philadelphia City-Wide Quiz Bowl Championship [14]: Richard Chen (95 PPG) and Jacob Shapiro (70.56 PPG) (Friends Select)
• 2018 MSU Harvard Fall [15]: John John Groger (108.33 PPG) and William Groger (73.33 PPG) (Miami Valley)
• 2018 Thirteenth Annual Rowdy Raider Invitational [16]: John John Groger (89.41 PPG) and William Groger (71.82 PPG) (Miami Valley)
• 2019 Northmont Middle School Invitational [17]: Arshaan Kahlon (83.75 PPG) and Andrew Holzinger (74.38 PPG) (Miami Valley)
• 2019 Comet Winter Clash Invitational [18]: John John Groger (109.5 PPG) and William Groger (73.5 PPG) (Miami Valley)
• 2021 New Jersey Middle School State Championship [19]: Mihir Tadeparti (98.89 PPG) and Thomas Catuosco (72.78 PPG) (John Adams)
• 2021 Small School National Championship Tournament [20]: Ned Tagtmeier (83.00 PPG) and Aayush Goodapaty (73.00 PPG) (St. Mark's School of Texas)

College and Open

• 2013 VCU Closed Emory mirror: Adam Silverman (76 PPG) and Will Butler (71.5 PPG) (Georgia Tech)
• 2013 Penn Bowl Ottawa mirror: Trevor Davis (75.56 PPG) and Sinan Ulusoy (72.22 PPG) (Alberta)
• 2015 STIMPY [21]: Matt Bollinger (108.64 PPG) and Tommy Casalaspi (77.00 PPG) (Virginia)
• 2015 Missouri Open (24-tossup rounds) Minnesota mirror: Rob Carson (128.5 PPG) and Andrew Hart (82.86 PPG) (open team; Andrew played 5.25 rounds of ten)
• 2018 FILM (included superpowers) Illinois mirror: Matt Lafer (95 PPG) and Mike Cheyne (91.11 PPG)
• 2019 MUSES (included superpowers) Illinois mirror: John Lawrence (76.36 PPG) and Auroni Gupta (72.27 PPG)
• 2020 Michigan Winter (22-tossup rounds) Auburn mirror: Taylor Harvey (76.67 PPG) and Tracy Mirkin (72.22 PPG) (potentially-irreversible statistical input error explains the PPG discrepancy between here and attached link)
• 2021 JORDU Main site: Aseem Keyal (85.83 PPG) and John Lawrence (78.33 PPG)

Near misses

• 2008 Minnesota Open MIT Mirror: Jerry Vinokurov (71 PPG) and Eric Mukherjee (61 PPG)
• 2011 TQBA Middle School State Championship[22]: Ethan Russo (78.33 PPG) and Alex Denko (66.11 PPG) (Kealing)
• 2011 MSNCT: Ethan Russo (76.62 ppg) and Alex Denko (64.29 ppg) (Kealing)
• 2011 TIT Michigan Mirror - Andrew Hart (65.91 PPG) and Rob Carson (69.55 PPG)
• 2013 Lisgar's JAMES Mirror - Ted Gan (72.14 PPG) and Cameron Amini (69.29 PPG)
• 2013 SAGACITY IX - Brandon Shull (89.44 PPG) and Thomas Moore (69.57 PPG) (Fisher Catholic)
• BrainBusters Fall V - Colin Veevers (79.55 PPG) and Sheena Li (69.09 PPG) (limit exceeded in prelims and before the final)
• 2015 Missouri Open (24-tossup rounds) Michigan State mirror: Auroni Gupta (86 PPG) and Will Nediger (71 PPG) (Michigan) [Prelims only]
• 2018 Penn Bowl Main site: Jacob Reed (88 PPG) and Stephen Eltinge (70 PPG) [Prelims only]
• Countless others