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'''Rob Carson''' is an alumnus of the [[University of Minnesota]]. He is widely believed to be the youngest man to ever win the [[CBI]] [[CBI NCT|National Championship]], doing so in 2007 at 18 years, three months. As far as real quizbowl goes, he was a member of the inaugural official [[ACF]] Undergraduate and Division II [[2008 ACF Nationals|National Championship]] [[2008 Minnesota|team]]. He has since gone on to win two more ACF undergrad titles, an [[ICT]] undergrad title, the overall [[ICT]] title in 2011, and a [[Chicago Open]] title. He also was part of the Ooh Aah Aah Aah team that won the inaugural CULT national title. He is widely regarded as one of the best mythology players in the game. According to [[Andrew Hart]], he is "an excellent question writer and editor." Less subjectively, he co-created and has served as a major editor and contributor to Minnesota's two annual tournaments, [[Minnesota Open]] and [[MUT]], head-edited [[ACF Regionals]] in 2011, and has generally been among the most prolific writers in quizbowl since around 2007. In that span, he has won a boatload of tournaments and scored lots of points doing so.
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'''Rob Carson''' is an alumnus of the [[University of Minnesota]], where he won the [[2011 ICT]].
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While a freshman at Minnesota, Rob was a member of the inaugural official [[ACF]] Undergraduate and Division II [[2008 ACF Nationals|National Championship]] [[2008 Minnesota|team]]. He has since gone on to win two more ACF undergrad titles, an [[ICT]] undergrad title, the overall [[ICT]] title in 2011, and a [[Chicago Open]] title. He also was part of the Ooh Aah Aah Aah team that won the inaugural CULT national title. He is widely regarded as one of the best mythology players in the game.  
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According to [[Andrew Hart]], Rob is "an excellent question writer and editor." Less subjectively, he co-created and served as a major editor and contributor to Minnesota's two annual tournaments, [[Minnesota Open]] and [[MUT]], before head-editing marquee sets like the accalimed [[2011 ACF Regionals]], the  2017 and 2018 [[PACE NSC]]s, and the [[2016 ACF Nationals]]. He now writes full-time for NAQT.
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He is also widely believed to be the youngest man to ever win the [[CBI]] [[CBI NCT|National Championship]], doing so in 2007 at 18 years, three months.  
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Among his other quizbowl bona fides, Rob is known as an excellent moderator (being selected to read the finals at both the [[2019 ACF Nationals]] and the [[2019 ICT]]), and is a perennial candidate for "handsomest man in quizbowl."
  
 
==Writing/Editing Experience==
 
==Writing/Editing Experience==
 
===Past===
 
===Past===
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''Oh my goodness is this getting overhauled.''
 
 
* 2007 [[Deep Bench]] (with [[Andrew Hart]])
 
* 2007 [[Deep Bench]] (with [[Andrew Hart]])
 
* 2007 [[Illinois Open Literature Tournament]] (contributed some questions)
 
* 2007 [[Illinois Open Literature Tournament]] (contributed some questions)

Revision as of 20:58, 18 April 2019

Rob Carson
Rob.jpg
Noted subjects Literature, fine arts, mythology, trash, shameless fraud, meta, etc.
Current college MCTC (2013-)
Past colleges Minnesota (2007-2011)
High school Chaska (2005-2006)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Rob Carson is an alumnus of the University of Minnesota, where he won the 2011 ICT.

While a freshman at Minnesota, Rob was a member of the inaugural official ACF Undergraduate and Division II National Championship team. He has since gone on to win two more ACF undergrad titles, an ICT undergrad title, the overall ICT title in 2011, and a Chicago Open title. He also was part of the Ooh Aah Aah Aah team that won the inaugural CULT national title. He is widely regarded as one of the best mythology players in the game.

According to Andrew Hart, Rob is "an excellent question writer and editor." Less subjectively, he co-created and served as a major editor and contributor to Minnesota's two annual tournaments, Minnesota Open and MUT, before head-editing marquee sets like the accalimed 2011 ACF Regionals, the 2017 and 2018 PACE NSCs, and the 2016 ACF Nationals. He now writes full-time for NAQT.

He is also widely believed to be the youngest man to ever win the CBI National Championship, doing so in 2007 at 18 years, three months.

Among his other quizbowl bona fides, Rob is known as an excellent moderator (being selected to read the finals at both the 2019 ACF Nationals and the 2019 ICT), and is a perennial candidate for "handsomest man in quizbowl."

Writing/Editing Experience

Past

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Rob also took a prominent role under the overall leadership of Eric Mukherjee in the 5th of March Incident, helping to write and edit an NHBB A-set in an unprecedented 12-hour blitz.

Notable Tournament Appearances

Man alive does this need renovation.

ICT DI Leading Scorer
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Trevor Davis
2013
Matt Bollinger
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