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1. Zulan with 2522 points (i: 73,k: 57, avg. 44)
2. bekateen with 1867 points (i: 125,k: 36, avg. 52)
3. Nabobmob1 with 1622 points (i: 59,k: 40, avg. 41)
4. CodOnMyRod with 1324 points (i: 12,k: 29, avg. 46)
5. Mvinyl with 1275 points (i: 4,k: 39, avg. 33)
6. pointpleco with 1179 points (i: 110,k: 21, avg. 56)
7. Andrewjw with 1094 points (i: 29,k: 24, avg. 46)
8. Lars Jamne with 1038 points (i: 64,k: 26, avg. 40)
9. Rita Aspevik with 948 points (i: 93,k: 21, avg. 45)
10. flatfish with 934 points (i: 94,k: 16, avg. 58)
11. Cristoffer Forssander with 933 points (i: 25,k: 22, avg. 42)
12. rmc with 909 points (i: 23,k: 21, avg. 43)
13. jac with 755 points (i: 16,k: 15, avg. 50)
14. CharlieM9 with 724 points (i: 3,k: 15, avg. 48)
15. djtonyel with 595 points (i: 24,k: 23, avg. 26)
16. Koi-fantast with 582 points (i: 2,k: 15, avg. 39)
17. AleGer with 562 points (i: 53,k: 13, avg. 43)
18. Valb68 with 549 points (i: 16,k: 12, avg. 46)
19. MarcW with 525 points (i: 15,k: 11, avg. 48)
20. MMurray with 507 points (i: 0,k: 11, avg. 46)
21. scandicman with 502 points (i: 10,k: 10, avg. 50)
22. donpetty with 464 points (i: 8,k: 13, avg. 36)
23. Mol_PMB with 416 points (i: 34,k: 8, avg. 52)
24. krazyGeoff with 410 points (i: 7,k: 7, avg. 59)
25. ars with 397 points (i: 1,k: 11, avg. 36)
27. kwalker with 392 points (i: 2,k: 16, avg. 25)
28. jmw975 with 391 points (i: 3,k: 17, avg. 23)
29. MissNoodle with 389 points (i: 35,k: 7, avg. 56)
30. Narwhal72 with 379 points (i: 0,k: 27, avg. 14)
31. ElTofi with 373 points (i: 0,k: 7, avg. 53)
32. steveh28 with 347 points (i: 2,k: 10, avg. 35)
33. PseudaSmart with 310 points (i: 10,k: 9, avg. 34)
34. Tamcon83 with 307 points (i: 0,k: 23, avg. 13)
35. fishdoc313 with 299 points (i: 9,k: 6, avg. 50)
36. OregonOutdoorsChris with 293 points (i: 20,k: 5, avg. 59)
37. parrot1974 with 284 points (i: 5,k: 7, avg. 41)
38. nvcichlids with 279 points (i: 4,k: 6, avg. 47)
39. Mexnotex with 267 points (i: 0,k: 11, avg. 24)
40. Speedy1985 with 255 points (i: 9,k: 5, avg. 51)
41. OlePaulsen with 254 points (i: 0,k: 16, avg. 16)
42. seliel with 248 points (i: 16,k: 8, avg. 31)
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