Deathmatch 2026

Jim · June 14, 2026, 3:00pm

Right - to close off the All the Music category.

Knockout outcomes

Winner: OHMSS
Runner-Up: Live and Let Die
3rd: Thunderball
4th: Moonraker

Knockout outcomes for this category over the years

This is a bit tricky given the merging of Song category with Score category. Up to and including 2025, Song looked like this:

	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Winner	Live and Let Die	Live and Let Die	Live and Let Die	Live and Let Die	Live and Let Die
Runner-Up	Casino Royale	The Spy who Loved Me	The Spy who Loved Me	Goldfinger	Diamonds are Forever
Third	The Spy who Loved Me	OHMSS	You Only Live Twice	Diamonds are Forever	The Spy who Loved Me
Fourth	You Only Live Twice	Goldfinger	Casino Royale	OHMSS	You Only Live Twice

…and up to and including 2025, Score looked like this:

	2023	2024	2025
Winner	OHMSS	OHMSS	OHMSS
Runner-Up	You Only Live Twice	Moonraker	Moonraker
Third	Moonraker	Diamonds are Forever	You Only Live Twice
Fourth	Diamonds are Forever	You Only Live Twice	Goldfinger

Some familiar names across both, although possibly the merging of the categories has not been to Live and Let Die’s favour, but more so to Moonraker’s and Thunderball’s.

Justice has to be seen to be done. Seen it. Done, it be.

Most Valuable Player (have to get a placing in a knockout to qualify)

	Placings	Wins	Top Tens	Top Form	Points
Moonraker	2	1	2	1	6
OHMSS	1	1	2	1	5
From Russia with Love	1	0	2	0	3
Goldfinger	1	0	2	0	3
Thunderball	1	0	2	0	3
Live and Let Die	1	0	1	0	2
Skyfall	1	0	1	0	2

It might, after all, be Moonraker’s year but there’s a long, long way to go yet.

Deathmatch knockout outcomes to date 2026

	Villain	Music
Winner	Moonraker	OHMSS
Runner-Up	Skyfall	Live and Let Die
3rd	Goldfinger	Thunderball
4th	From Russia with Love	Moonraker

It might, after all, be Moonraker’s year but there’s a long, long way to go yet. Albeit slightly fewer seconds than when you read this same statement a moment ago.

Top Ten of Everything to Date 2026

2 visits to Top Ten	1 visit to Top Ten	Yet to bother the scorers
From Russia with Love	You Only Live Twice	Dr No
Goldfinger	Diamonds are Forever	TMwtGG
Thunderball	Live and Let Die	For Your Eyes Only
OHMSS	TSWLM	Octopussy
Moonraker	AVTAK	GoldenEye
Casino Royale	The Living Daylights	Tomorrow Never Dies
	Licence to Kill	TWINE
	Skyfall	Die Another Day
		Quantum of Solace
		Spectre
		No Time to Die

Beginning to stretch itself in a familiar manner, although there will be a couple of new categories this year that could and should shake it up.

It might, after all, be Moonraker’s year but there’s a long, long way to go yet. Albeit even slightly fewer seconds than when you read this same statement for a second time a moment ago.

Seeds and Pots for 2027

	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Average form	Seed/Pot 2027
Dr No	24	24	22.5	24	23.5	25	23.83	Pot 3
FRWL	19	10	10	14	14	10	12.83	Pot 1
Goldfinger	4	9	3.5	4	3	4	4.58	Seed 3
Thunderball	9	11	10.5	7	6.5	2	7.67	Seed 8
YOLT	11	6	5	9	6	3	6.67	Seed 6
OHMSS	2	8	2.5	4.5	2.5	1	3.42	Seed 1
DAF	12	4	6.5	3	5	6	6.08	Seed 4
LALD	1	1	4	4.5	6	9	4.25	Seed 2
TMwtGGun	20	19	22	19	17	17	19	Pot 2
TSWLM	8	7	6.5	6	5	11	7.25	Seed 7
Moonraker	13	13	8	3	10.5	5	8.75	Seed 9
FYEO	10	15	15	13.5	13	13	13.25	Pot 1
Octopussy	21	20	19.5	20	18.5	20	19.83	Pot 2
AVTAK	3	3	13.5	12	11	19	9.75	Pot 1
TLD	14	14	13.5	12	12	7	12.08	Pot 1
LTK	16	22	21.5	20.5	24	22	21	Pot 3
GoldenEye	18	17	17.5	18.5	23.5	23	19.58	Pot 2
TND	17	16	16	14.5	15.5	15	15.67	Pot 2
TWINE	5	12	11	14.5	13.5	14	11.67	Pot 1
DAD	25	23	22.5	24	25	24	23.92	Pot 3
C Royale	7	2	7	7	6.5	8	6.25	Seed 5
QoS	22	25	19	18.5	19.5	19	20.5	Pot 3
Skyfall	6	5	11	10.5	10	12	9.08	Seed 10
Spectre	23	21	23	23	21.5	21	22.08	Pot 3
NTTD	15	18	14	18.5	19.5	18	17.17	Pot 2

2021 and 2022 it was Songs only, the Score category commencing in 2023. For 2023 onwards, the average of the two categories has been entered, hence the fractions. Are you still with me? I’m not.

Some have benefited from the merger; some most assuredly not and Dr No remains a difficult listen down-which to boogie.

Bonus Points to date

	Film	Bonus Points
1	Moonraker	27
2	A View to a Kill	17
3	Thunderball	13
4	The Living Daylights	13
5	Licence to Kill	12
6	Tomorrow Never Dies	11
7	TWINE	11
8	Live and Let Die	9
9	OHMSS	6
10	Die Another Day	6
11	You Only Live Twice	5
12	Quantum of Solace	5
13	Octopussy	3
14	From Russia with Love	2
15	No Time to Die	2
16	Diamonds are Forever	1
17	Dr No	0
18	Spectre	-1
19	Goldfinger	-5
20	The Spy who Loved Me	-5
21	GoldenEye	-5
22	TMwtGGun	-7
23	For Your Eyes Only	-7
24	Skyfall	-7
25	Casino Royale	-8

Taken as the difference between this year’s form finish and the one from either Score or Song last year that causes the least damage. I must be feeling generous, although that’s not a characteristic I value very highly, and nor should you.

It might, after all, be Moonraker’s year, etc…

Jim · June 15, 2026, 3:54pm

Right, so, new category with Action Sequences & Stunts and in certain quarters it has hurled Blofeld’s cat amongst the double-taking pigeons. Jolly good sport.

Group A	Played	W	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
For Your Eyes Only	4	4	0	57	12	45	82.48	12
Skyfall	4	3	1	46	24	22	65.45	9
Goldfinger	4	2	2	26	42	-16	38.23	6
A View to a Kill	4	1	3	25	45	-20	35.48	3
TMwtGGun	4	0	4	20	51	-31	28.38	0

I think that’s the first time For Your Eyes Only, otherwise a tribute to colossal mediocrity, has ever won a Group. There is a lot of running about in it, one admits, usually to distract from the fact that it makes not one femtoatom of sense. But, still, an achievement. Nothing happens in The Man with the Golden Gun and even zhuzhing-up with a penny-whistle just doesn’t work. Fascinations galore with the fate of Goldfinger; we may have found its weak spot. There is a lot of hanging about, true. That score won’t get it into the Second Round, which is a novelty. Actually something of a shock. The sort instigated by dropping an electric fire into me bathtub.

Group B	Played	W	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
The Spy who Loved Me	4	4	0	57	11	46	83.83	12
Live and Let Die	4	3	1	43	24	19	64.15	9
Octopussy	4	2	2	37	30	7	54.98	6
Diamonds are Forever	4	1	3	17	51	-34	24.98	3
Die Another Day	4	0	4	15	53	-38	22.08	0

The Spy who Loved Me does have the stunt, arguably the car chase and lots of lovely massacring at its conclusion, so not a surprise, but perhaps Live and Let Die coming second is? Diamonds are Forever, a depiction of the results of ingesting lard, is a sitty (I said sitty) down, snarly affair rather than anything exertive but still, even then, it sees off the multi-millions thrown at trying to get us to engage with Die Another Day, which yet again finds itself dangling off the precipice in a non-too-convincing way.

Group C	Played	W	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
OHMSS	4	4	0	55	9	46	85.94	12
Tomorrow Never Dies	4	3	1	37	27	10	57.81	9
No Time to Die	4	2	2	34	30	4	53.13	6
You Only Live Twice	4	1	3	21	43	-22	32.81	3
TWINE	4	0	4	13	51	-38	20.31	0

Convincing performance by a Brosnan film shocker! But none-too-shocking really; Tomorrow Never Dies seemed bound to do pretty well. That said, TWINE has lots going on but it all seems a bit diluted and underpowered. No Time to Die gets through to the Second Round pretty clearly, whereas swarms of ninjas don’t; I don’t make the World, so I am free to despair at it.

Group D	Played	W	D	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Thunderball	4	3	1	0	42	18	24	69.58	10
Licence to Kill	4	3	1	0	40	19	21	67.5	10
Quantum of Solace	4	2	0	2	34	26	8	56.65	6
From Russia with Love	4	1	0	3	32	29	3	52.93	3
Dr No	4	0	0	4	2	58	-56	6.7	0

Well, Dr No was always going to suffer a bit here - whilst active, murdering a bedtime spider is probably no match for harpoons and jetpacks, exploding heads and cocaine tankers, and whatever it is that’s happening in Quantum of Solace - but its immediate sequel did walk over it which tends to suggest they saw they could spend a bit more on whizzbangs second time around, and changed course quickly. Interesting group, this one, with significantly varying approaches to “action”.

Group E	Played	W	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Casino Royale	4	4	0	48	12	36	79.98	12
Moonraker	4	3	1	34	26	8	56.68	9
The Living Daylights	4	2	2	31	31	0	49.26	6
GoldenEye	4	1	3	30	32	-2	47.93	3
Spectre	4	0	4	10	52	-42	16.16	0

I was thinking GoldenEye might have done a bit better given some stunts that have become signature to the series, but there y’go; it does however reach the Second Round, and two Brosnans getting out of their groups is a rarity. Lots is thrown at us in Spectre; does any of it really land? It does seem lethargic.

Form table after Group Stage - Action Sequences & Stunts

		Form	Seed	Group Outcome
1	OHMSS	85.94	3	Winner C
2	The Spy who Loved Me	83.83	2	Winner B
3	For Your Eyes Only	82.48		Winner A
4	Casino Royale	79.98	6	Winner E
5	Thunderball	69.58	4	Winner D
6	Licence to Kill	67.5		Runner-Up D
7	Skyfall	64.45	10	Runner-Up A
8	Live and Let Die	64.15		Runner-Up B
9	Tomorrow Never Dies	59.81		Runner-Up C
10	Moonraker	56.68	5	Runner-Up E
11	Quantum of Solace	56.65		Lucky Loser 1
12	Octopussy	54.98		Lucky Loser 2
13	No Time to Die	53.13		Lucky Loser 3
14	From Russia with Love	52.93	7	Lucky Loser 4
15	The Living Daylights	49.26		Lucky Loser 5
16	GoldenEye	47.93		Lucky Loser 6
17	Goldfinger	38.23	1
18	A View to a Kill	35.48
19	You Only Live Twice	32.81	8
20	TMwtGGun	28.38
21	Diamonds are Forever	24.98	9
22	Die Another Day	22.08
23	TWINE	20.31
24	Spectre	16.16
25	Dr No	6.7

Category is yet to settle and as a new one, the seedings and pots were against the overall final positions at the end of December 2025, so this was always going to be a touch haywire. Goldfinger, Goldfinger, Goldfinger… oh dear. Most of the ones not getting into the Second Round are a bit fat and elderly, or just scenes of sit-about, or just cretinous displays of the fundamentally unengaging. Except the ninjas.

Bonus Points at the end of the Group Stage - Action Sequences & Stunts

	Film	Bonus Points
1	Moonraker	27
2	AVTAK	17
3	Thunderball	13
4	The Living Daylights	13
5	Licence to Kill	13
6	Tomorrow Never Dies	11
7	TWINE	10
8	Live and Let Die	9
9	OHMSS	8
10	Die Another Day	5
11	Quantum of Solace	5
12	You Only Live Twice	4
13	From Russia with Love	3
14	Octopussy	3
15	No Time to Die	2
16	Diamonds are Forever	1
17	Spectre	-1
18	Dr No	-2
19	Goldfinger	-5
20	The Spy who Loved Me	-5
21	GoldenEye	-5
22	TMwtGGun	-7
23	For Your Eyes Only	-7
24	Skyfall	-7
25	Casino Royale	-8

Not much movement here as this is the first year, so no performance comparison possible with a previous Group Stage. Points here and there for any walkovers, so Dr No drops a bit (he’s used to that) and OHMSS starts an ominous upward trajectory.

Jim · June 16, 2026, 12:31pm

After the Second Round for Action Sequences & Stunts, form is “as”:

		Form	(% shift)	Place shift
1	The Spy who Loved Me	85.81	(+1.98)	+1
2	OHMSS	84.05	(-1.89)	-1
3	Casino Royale	78.1	(-1.88)	+1
4	For Your Eyes Only	76.56	(-5.92)	-1
5	Thunderball	66.91	(-2.67)	-
6	Licence to Kill	66.5	(-1)	-
7	Skyfall	64.12	(-1.33)	-
8	Live and Let Die	58.82	(-5.33)	-
9	Tomorrow Never Dies	56.83	(-0.98)	-
10	Moonraker	54.76	(-1.92)	-
11	Quantum of Solace	54.74	(-1.91)	-
12	Octopussy	52.22	(-2.76)	-
13	No Time to Die	48.38	(-4.75)	-
14	GoldenEye	47.09	(-0.84)	+2
15	The Living Daylights	44.11	(-5.15)	-
16	From Russia with Love	43.6	(-9.33)	-2
17	Goldfinger	38.23
18	A View to a Kill	35.48
19	You Only Live Twice	32.81
20	TMwtGGun	28.38
21	Diamonds are Forever	24.98
22	Die Another Day	22.08
23	TWINE	20.31
24	Spectre	16.16
25	Dr No	6.7

A bit of movement at the top, and very loose at the bottom, but enough about how I age. Not a lot happening in the middle but the Quarter-Finals will sort that. Moonraker just about clings onto a Top Ten place although it could find itself higher up later on, depending on the violence yet to be administered during this category.

MY GOD IT IS SO TENSE THAT I HAVE SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH MRS JIM REGARDING THE JOINT ACCOUNT AND SHOE PURCHASES, FULLY IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT BOTH OF US ARE LYING AND WILL NEVER STICK TO IT.

Dustin · June 16, 2026, 3:34pm

‘Peace*…’

*No, not exactly…

Jim · June 17, 2026, 6:49am

After the Quarter-Final stage for Action Sequences & Stunts, it all tumbles as per:

		Form	(% shift)	Place shift
1	The Spy who Loved Me	82.63	(-3.18)	-
2	OHMSS	81.16	(-2.89)	-
3	Casino Royale	79.9	(+1.8)	-
4	For Your Eyes Only	65.65	(-10.91)	-
5	Thunderball	65.03	(-1.88)	-
6	Licence to Kill	60.97	(-5.53)	-
7	Skyfall	58.98	(-5.14)	-
8	Live and Let Die	58.82
9	Tomorrow Never Dies	54.76	(-2.07)	-
10	Moonraker	54.76
11	Quantum of Solace	54.74
12	Octopussy	52.22
13	No Time to Die	48.38
14	GoldenEye	47.09
15	The Living Daylights	44.11
16	From Russia with Love	43.6
17	Goldfinger	38.23
18	A View to a Kill	35.48
19	You Only Live Twice	32.81
20	TMwtGGun	28.38
21	Diamonds are Forever	24.98
22	Die Another Day	22.08
23	TWINE	20.31
24	Spectre	16.16
25	Dr No	6.7

No movement in places but those form percentages are narrowing so still an amount to play for - the top three can easily swap around quite merrily over the final stages of the knockout.

Albeit ending on the same form as Moonraker, Tomorrow Never Dies finishes higher simply by dint of having been in the fray for longer. It’s had years of never getting into any Top Ten, so with this new category, its level may have been unearthed.

MY GOD IT IS SO TENSE THAT I HAVE TURNED THE FRONT GARDEN INTO A CAGE FIGHTING ARENA AND AM DOING MY BEST TO BECKON INTO IT BEEFY YOUNG MEN TO ENGAGE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. THE NEIGHBOURS HAVE MENTIONED “GETTING AN INJUNCTION”. YET AGAIN.

Jim · June 18, 2026, 8:39am

With the Semi-Finals for Action Sequences & Stunts now Semi-Finalled, the form table with one round of knockout to go teeters into view.

		Form	(% shift)	Place shift
1	The Spy who Loved Me	81.54	(-1.09)	-
2	Casino Royale	76.34	(-3.56)	+1
3	OHMSS	75.99	(-5.17)	-1
4	For Your Eyes Only	65.65
5	Licence to Kill	60.97	(-)	+1
6	Thunderball	59.31	(-5.72)	-1
7	Skyfall	58.98
8	Live and Let Die	58.82
9	Tomorrow Never Dies	54.76
10	Moonraker	54.76
11	Quantum of Solace	54.74
12	Octopussy	52.22
13	No Time to Die	48.38
14	GoldenEye	47.09
15	The Living Daylights	44.11
16	From Russia with Love	43.6
17	Goldfinger	38.23
18	A View to a Kill	35.48
19	You Only Live Twice	32.81
20	TMwtGGun	28.38
21	Diamonds are Forever	24.98
22	Die Another Day	22.08
23	TWINE	20.31
24	Spectre	16.16
25	Dr No	6.7

Ooh, a bit of wibble-wobble. I do like a bit of wibble-wobble. Most likely outcome I fear is that Thunderball will slip a bit. Do people not like jetpacks? Mine still works fine, as does my harpoon, as I fly o’er the countryside meting out experimental justice. That I do this dressed as my own widow can get a bit fraught for those immediately beneath me if a gust’s up. I blame the conch chowder.

MY GOD IT IS ALL SO TENSE I HAVE JUST ASKED CHAT GPT TO CREATE A HIGHLY SEXUALISED IMAGE OF MRS JIM AND IT CLAIMS THAT IT CANNOT IMPROVE UPON REALITY. I SUSPECT IT’S BEEN GOT AT.

secretagentfan · June 18, 2026, 11:45am

„Experimental justice“ is one of the greatest terms ever coined.

I shall use it from now on, claiming I came up with it. Yeah, like groceries.

Jim · June 19, 2026, 8:22am

With the new category of Action Sequences & Stunts done, mop-up (it needs a big, absorbent mop, whatever one of those is):

Knockout

	2026
Winner	TSWLM
Runner-Up	Casino Royale
Third	OHMSS
Fourth	Thunderball

Knockouts 2026 to date

	Villain	Music	Action & Stunts
Winner	Moonraker	OHMSS	TSWLM
Runner-Up	Skyfall	Live and Let Die	Casino Royale
3rd	Goldfinger	Thunderball	OHMSS
4th	From Russia with Love	Moonraker	Thunderball

Some names beginning to reappear. Some familiar names, at that.

Final Form table - Action Sequences & Stunts

		Form	(% shift)	Place shift
1	The Spy who Loved Me	78.7	(-2.84)	-
2	OHMSS	77.52	(+1.53)	+1
3	Casino Royale	71.95	(-2.84)	-1
4	For Your Eyes Only	65.65
5	Licence to Kill	60.97
6	Skyfall	58.98	(-)	+1
7	Live and Let Die	58.82	(-)	+1
8	Tomorrow Never Dies	54.76	(-)	+1
9	Moonraker	54.76	(-)	+1
10	Quantum of Solace	54.74	(-)	+1
11	Thunderball	53.37	(-5.94)	-5
12	Octopussy	52.22
13	No Time to Die	48.38
14	GoldenEye	47.09
15	The Living Daylights	44.11
16	From Russia with Love	43.6
17	Goldfinger	38.23
18	A View to a Kill	35.48
19	You Only Live Twice	32.81
20	TMwtGGun	28.38
21	Diamonds are Forever	24.98
22	Die Another Day	22.08
23	TWINE	20.31
24	Spectre	16.16
25	Dr No	6.7

Thunderball took such a kick to the thunderballs in the Final that it drops out of the Top Ten completely. This leaves Quantum of Solace with a Top Ten place, which is a novelty. The category certainly seems to have shaken things up a bit.

Well, a bit.

Seeds and Pots for 2027

	Final Reckoning 2025	2026	Average form	Seed/Pot 2027
Dr No	15	25	20	Pot 3
FRWL	7	16	11.5	S10
Goldfinger	1	17	9	S9
Thunderball	4	11	7.5	S5
YOLT	8	19	13.5	Pot 1
OHMSS	3	2	2.5	S2
DAF	9	21	15	Pot 2
LALD	11	7	9	S8
TMwtGGun	22	20	21	Pot 3
TSWLM	2	1	1.5	S1
Moonraker	5	9	7	S4
FYEO	13	4	8.5	S7
Octopussy	17	12	14.5	Pot 1
AVTAK	19	18	18.5	Pot 2
TLD	14	15	14.5	Pot 2
LTK	20	5	12.5	Pot 1
GoldenEye	16	14	15	Pot 2
TND	18	8	13	Pot 1
TWINE	24	23	23.5	Pot 3
DAD	25	22	23.5	Pot 3
C Royale	6	3	4.5	S3
QoS	23	10	16.5	Pot 2
Skyfall	10	6	8	S6
Spectre	21	24	22.5	Pot 3
NTTD	12	13	12.5	Pot 1

With no previous run to compare it to, average and therefore seeding or potting based on overall finish last year (which is how the initial Groups for this category were worked out, so probably “fair”). Goldfinger being Seed 9 is a bit random given how poorly it did here but it may take another year or so for this to settle overall.

Most Valuable Player

	Placings	Wins	Top Tens	Top Form	Points
OHMSS	2	1	3	1	7
Moonraker	2	1	3	1	7
TSWLM	1	1	2	1	5
Thunderball	2	0	2	0	4
Casino Royale	1	0	3	0	4
FRWL	1	0	2	0	3
Goldfinger	1	0	2	0	3
LALD	1	0	2	0	3
Skyfall	1	0	2	0	3

New entrant The Spy who Loved Me makes an immediate impact, although OHMSS steadily racks up the points as it goes along. Thunderball does its usual thing of not bothering to actually win anything but rolling about nonetheless in a frothy pointspume.

Top Ten of Everything to Date

3 visits to Top Ten	2 visits to Top Ten	1 visit to Top Ten	Yet to bother the scorers
OHMSS	From Russia with Love	You Only Live Twice	Dr No
Moonraker	Goldfinger	Diamonds are Forever	TMwtGGun
Casino Royale	Thunderball	For Your Eyes Only	Octopussy
	Live and Let Die	A View to a Kill	GoldenEye
	The Spy who Loved Me	The Living Daylights	TWINE
	Licence to Kill	Tomorrow Never Dies	Die Another Day
	Skyfall	Quantum of Solace	Spectre
			No Time to Die

Tomorrow Never Dies makes it out of Club Zero! So does Quantum of Solace! Goldfinger won’t be in a Top Ten for everything! It’s a minor revolution.

Bonus Points to Date

	Film	Bonus Points
1	Licence to Kill	28
2	Moonraker	23
3	Tomorrow Never Dies	21
4	A View to a Kill	18
5	Quantum of Solace	18
6	Live and Let Die	13
7	The Living Daylights	12
8	TWINE	11
9	OHMSS	9
10	Octopussy	8
11	Die Another Day	8
12	Thunderball	6
13	For Your Eyes Only	2
14	No Time to Die	1
15	GoldenEye	-3
16	Skyfall	-3
17	The Spy who Loved Me	-4
18	Spectre	-4
19	You Only Live Twice	-5
20	TMwtGGun	-5
21	Casino Royale	-5
22	From Russia with Love	-6
23	Diamonds are Forever	-11
24	Dr No	-12
25	Goldfinger	-21

Carnage. Based on where they finished in the Form Table for this category vs. the overall finish last year. This may yet undulate.

Jim · June 22, 2026, 2:05pm

Already the Group Stage for Bond is done, and we are past the (Northern Hemisphere) longest day. Winter sets in (doesn’t really feel that way today), and for some participants, it’s only ever winter anyway.

Thus:

Group A	Played	W	D	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Connery – FRWL	4	4	0	0	74	6	68	92.5	12
Connery – Dr No	4	2	1	1	45	35	10	56.25	7
Craig – NTTD	4	2	1	1	41	39	2	51.25	7
Moore – TMwtGGun	4	1	0	3	23	57	-34	28.75	3
Brosnan – TWINE	4	0	0	4	17	63	-46	21.25	0

Connery’s performance in From Russia with Love may be hard to beat, although it’s not as far ahead of its competition from other Groups as may be thought. Connery in Dr No being preferred fairly significantly over Craig’s last go is interesting. Moore’s most interestingly peevish performance still outstrips the Brosnan go; the Brosnan try doesn’t make it to the Second Round. A theme develops. Saved the series, he did; more or less on his own, some say.

Group B	Played	W	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Connery – Goldfinger	4	4	0	60	17	43	78.15	12
Moore – Moonraker	4	3	1	53	24	29	69.2	9
Moore – Octopussy	4	2	2	37	39	-2	48.68	6
Craig – QoS	4	1	3	32	44	-16	42.13	3
Brosnan – DAD	4	0	4	9	67	-58	11.85	0

The Brosnan try doesn’t make it to the Second Round. A theme continues. Saved the series, he did; more or less on his own, some say. Quite a range of performances here, with Moore’s messy Octopussy effort demonstrating them all in one film, occasionally in the same line of “dialogue”. Craig’s Quantum of Solace performance makes it through as the last of the lucky losers, although one may wish to review one’s understanding of the word “lucky”.

Group C	Played	W	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Craig – Casino Royale	4	4	0	70	10	60	87.5	12
Dalton – TLD	4	3	1	55	23	32	70.98	9
Brosnan – TND	4	2	2	30	48	-18	39.08	6
Craig – Spectre	4	1	3	25	52	-27	32.7	3
Connery – YOLT	4	0	4	15	62	-47	19.75	0

The Brosnan try doesn’t make it to the Second Round. A theme bangs on. Saved the series, he did; more or less on his own, some say. It was the closest to getting through to the Second Round but it failed. A very clear winner here, though, again playing to the “marginally less farcical” reading of the “character”. The Connery - You Only Live Twice effort falls victim to its own reputation of being lazy, bored and bloated. Being myself lazy, bored and bloated, it speaks to me and one day very, very soon, it’ll speak to you too, and then you’ll finally appreciate its middle-aged ennui. My hero. Got walked over completely by Craig’s Casino Royale turn, though. Or parkoured over; it all seems so energetic.

Group D	Played	W	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Moore – TSWLM	4	4	0	63	17	46	78.75	12
Moore – FYEO	4	3	1	48	31	17	60.65	9
Lazenby – OHMSS	4	2	2	40	39	1	50.6	6
Connery – DAF	4	1	3	27	44	-17	33.75	3
Brosnan – GoldenEye	4	0	4	21	59	-38	26.25	0

The Brosnan try doesn’t make it to the Second Round. A theme concludes. Saved the series, he did; more or less on his own, some say. Can’t even get over Bloaty Sean the washed-up stinky Minky, although he’d probably need a stepladder. Can’t even get over George Bleedin’ Lazenby. Dear oh dear oh dear. Still don’t quite get why Moore’s underpowered turn in For Your Eyes Only tends to be favoured; the stuntmen are busy but he seems wrinkly and corpulent. Wrinkly Minky.

Group E	Played	W	D	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Connery – Thunderball	4	4	0	0	62	18	44	77.5	12
Craig – Skyfall	4	3	0	1	54	26	28	67.5	9
Dalton – LTK	4	1	1	2	39	41	-2	48.75	4
Moore – LALD	4	1	1	2	35	45	-10	43.75	4
Moore – AVTAK	4	0	0	4	10	70	60	12.5	0

Connery in Thunderball did win this knockout category a few years ago, so definitely a dark horse, or at least a slightly greyish pony. One would have thought, given all the fuss about shifting the character to his strengths, the Dalton performance would be performing better but since those strengths seem to be DRACULA RAGE CRETIN, perhaps not. Poor result for Roger Moore and his Moving Mole of Mystery in A View to a Kill, but actually not as bad as last year.

Form Table after Group Stage - Bond

		Form	Seed	Group Outcome
1	Connery – From Russia with Love	92.5	1	Winner A
2	Craig – Casino Royale	87.5	3	Winner C
3	Moore – The Spy who Loved Me	78.75	4	Winner D
4	Connery – Goldfinger	78.15	2	Winner B
5	Connery – Thunderball	77.5	6	Winner E
6	Dalton – The Living Daylights	70.98	8	Runner-Up C
7	Moore – Moonraker	69.2	9	Runner-Up B
8	Craig – Skyfall	67.5	5	Runner-Up E
9	Moore – For Your Eyes Only	60.65	7	Runner-Up D
10	Connery – Dr No	56.25		Runner-Up A
11	Craig – No Time to Die	51.25	10	Lucky Loser 1
12	Lazenby – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service	50.6		Lucky Loser 2
13	Dalton – Licence to Kill	48.75		Lucky Loser 3
14	Moore – Octopussy	48.68		Lucky Loser 4
15	Moore – Live and Let Die	43.75		Lucky Loser 5
16	Craig – Quantum of Solace	42.13		Lucky Loser 6
17	Brosnan – Tomorrow Never Dies	39.08
18	Connery – Diamonds are Forever	33.75
19	Craig – Spectre	32.7
20	Moore – The Man with the Golden Gun	28.75
21	Brosnan – GoldenEye	26.25
22	Brosnan – The World is Not Enough	21.25
23	Connery – You Only Live Twice	19.75
24	Moore – A View to a Kill	12.5
25	Brosnan – Die Another Day	11.85

Generally playing to the younger and harder iterations, although that’s not an absolute rule. Interesting how much in the middle Lazenby sits.

Bonus Points to date

	Film	Bonus Points
1	Licence to Kill	29
2	Moonraker	24
3	Tomorrow Never Dies	24
4	A View to a Kill	19
5	Quantum of Solace	14
6	The Living Daylights	13
7	Octopussy	12
8	The World is Not Enough	12
9	Live and Let Die	11
10	On Her Majesty’s Secret Service	8
11	Die Another Day	7
12	Thunderball	5
13	For Your Eyes Only	1
14	Casino Royale	1
15	The Spy who Loved Me	-3
16	No Time to Die	-3
17	The Man with the Golden Gun	-4
18	From Russia with Love	-5
19	You Only Live Twice	-5
20	Skyfall	-6
21	Spectre	-6
22	GoldenEye	-7
23	Dr No	-10
24	Diamonds are Forever	-12
25	Goldfinger	-22

Not a vast amount of movement this time, and Goldfinger has had a couple of rough categories (by its standards) - but you can never rule it out completely…

MY GOD IT IS SO TENSE THAT I SHALL IMMEDIATELY BECKON UNTO MYSELF SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION. AND A LOVELY BICCY.

Double-OhAgent · June 22, 2026, 7:27pm

Sorry, Jim, but I believe you have one typo in Group D. Roger Moore’s For Your Eyes Only actually had 3 wins, 0 draws, and 1 loss. Other than that, solid as usual.

Jim · June 22, 2026, 7:48pm

Ah, sorted, thank you.

Jim · June 23, 2026, 6:35am

Second Round for Bond is dead; dead, I tells yer. Form Table is what it is, which is:

		Form	(% shift)	Place shift
1	Connery – FRWL	94	(+1.5)	-
2	Craig – Casino Royale	86.7	(-0.8)	-
3	Connery – Goldfinger	79.18	(+1.03)	+1
4	Moore – TSWLM	78.54	(-0.21)	-1
5	Connery – Thunderball	76.44	(-1.06)	-
6	Moore – Moonraker	68.7	(-0.5)	+1
7	Craig – Skyfall	66.22	(-1.28)	+1
8	Dalton – The Living Daylights	64.56	(-6.42)	-2
9	Connery – Dr No	58.34	(+2.09)	+1
10	Moore – FYEO	55.18	(-5.47)	-1
11	Craig – No Time to Die	46.56	(-4.69)	-
12	Lazenby – OHMSS	43.82	(-6.78)	-
13	Moore – Octopussy	43.4	(-5.28)	+1
14	Dalton – Licence to Kill	42.34	(-6.41)	-1
15	Craig – QoSolace	40.36	(-1.77)	+1
16	Brosnan – TND	39.08	(-)	+1
17	Moore – Live and Let Die	35	(-8.75)	-2
18	Connery – DAF	33.75
19	Craig – Spectre	32.7
20	Moore – TMwtGGun	28.75
21	Brosnan – GoldenEye	26.25
22	Brosnan – TWINE	21.25
23	Connery – You Only Live Twice	19.75
24	Moore – AVTAK	12.5
25	Brosnan – Die Another Day	11.85

Top five seem to be where the quality is at; the remainder much more fluid and Moore - Live and Let Die took a hell of a beating. Interesting to see Connery - Dr No vying for a Top Ten place but it has a challenging Quarter-Final ahead of it.

Quarter-Finals line-up - the first four Connerys; Moore in his superstar stage of the late 1970s; Craig in Casino Royale and Skyfall. Sounds about right to me.

MY GOD IT IS SO TENSE THAT THE LINING OF MY SWIMMING POOL HAS COME LOOSE AND IT’S FULL OF ALGAE. THIS IS ITS USUAL STATE, HOWEVER. NOT EVEN THE DOG (UNFUSSY ABOUT WHERE IT ROLLS AT THE BEST OF TIMES) WILL GO NEAR. I SHOULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BUT I KNOW I WON’T. I BLAME VANDALS. OR PERHAPS VISIGOTHS.

Jim · June 24, 2026, 5:02pm

Quarter-Finals for Bond DONE. Done done done done done. And therefore:

		Form	(% shift)	Place shift
1	Connery – FRWL	86.67	(-7.33)	-
2	Craig – Casino Royale	83.37	(-3.33)	-
3	Connery – Goldfinger	78.95	(-0.23)	-
4	Moore – TSWLM	77.48	(-1.06)	-
5	Connery – Thunderball	72.03	(-4.41)	-
6	Dalton – The Living Daylights	64.56	(-)	+2
7	Moore – Moonraker	62.8	(-5.9)	-1
8	Craig – Skyfall	59.82	(-6.4)	-1
9	Moore – For Your Eyes Only	55.18	(-)	+1
10	Connery – Dr No	52.32	(-6.02)	-1
11	Craig – No Time to Die	46.56
12	Lazenby – OHMSS	43.82
13	Moore – Octopussy	43.4
14	Dalton – Licence to Kill	42.34
15	Craig – QoSolace	40.36
16	Brosnan – TND	39.08
17	Moore – Live and Let Die	35
18	Connery – DAF	33.75
19	Craig – Spectre	32.7
20	Moore – TMwtGGun	28.75
21	Brosnan – GoldenEye	26.25
22	Brosnan – TWINE	21.25
23	Connery – You Only Live Twice	19.75
24	Moore – AVTAK	12.5
25	Brosnan – Die Another Day	11.85

There’s been very little movement amongst the top five, which might be an indication of their inherent qualities. Connery - Dr No secures his film a Top Ten finish, which feels about right. Still baffled about the relative popularity of Moore - For Your Eyes Only; I just think he looks knackered.

Anyway, tension. VERY MUCH TENSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

Jim · June 25, 2026, 4:10pm

Bond Semi-Finals have concluded. I wonder if the auditioning process for the next poor sod to have their pretentious artistic dreams constrained by a five picture dinner jacket and a licence to leer, will be quite as bloody?

Hope so.

		Form	(% shift)	Place shift
1	Connery- FRWL	83.22	(-3.45)	-
2	Craig – Casino Royale	76.82	(-6.55)	-
3	Moore – TSWLM	74.45	(-3.03)	+1
4	Connery – Goldfinger	73.92	(-5.03)	-1
5	Connery – Thunderball	72.03
6	Dalton – The Living Daylights	64.56
7	Moore – Moonraker	62.8
8	Craig – Skyfall	59.82
9	Moore – For Your Eyes Only	55.18
10	Connery – Dr No	52.32
11	Craig – No Time to Die	46.56
12	Lazenby – OHMSS	43.82
13	Moore – Octopussy	43.4
14	Dalton – Licence to Kill	42.34
15	Craig – QoSolace	40.36
16	Brosnan – TND	39.08
17	Moore – Live and Let Die	35
18	Connery – DAF	33.75
19	Craig – Spectre	32.7
20	Moore – TMwtGGun	28.75
21	Brosnan – GoldenEye	26.25
22	Brosnan – TWINE	21.25
23	Connery – You Only Live Twice	19.75
24	Moore – AVTAK	12.5
25	Brosnan – Die Another Day	11.85

Depending on the final round of mashing and kicking and stabbage and gouging and plasma-dripping, Thunderball could still yet strike like… itself.

MY GOD IT IS ALL SO TENSE THAT I HAVE DECIDED TO EAT MY WAY THROUGH THE PERIODIC TABLE.

Jim · June 28, 2026, 2:55pm

Right. so to wrap up Bond, June and the first third of Deathmatch 2026 (time for a hydration break; pass the Bordeaux):

Bond Knockout outcomes 2026

Winner: Connery - From Russia with Love
Runner-Up: Moore - The Spy who Loved Me
3rd: Connery - Goldfinger
4th: Craig - Casino Royale

Bond knockouts over the years

	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Winner	From Russia with Love	Thunderball	From Russia with Love	Goldfinger	From Russia with Love
Runner-Up	Goldfinger	Casino Royale	The Spy who Loved Me	Thunderball	The Spy who Loved Me
Third	Casino Royale	From Russia with Love	Goldfinger	From Russia with Love	Goldfinger
Fourth	Skyfall	Goldfinger	Thunderball	Casino Royale	Casino Royale

Some others (not that many) turn up and Sean Connery wins it. Jushtish ish done.

Deathmatch 2026 knockout outcomes to date

	Villain	Music	Action & Stunts	Bond
Winner	Moonraker	OHMSS	TSWLM	From Russia with Love
Runner-Up	Skyfall	Live and Let Die	Casino Royale	TSWLM
3rd	Goldfinger	Thunderball	OHMSS	Goldfinger
4th	From Russia with Love	Moonraker	Thunderball	Casino Royale

Goldfinger possibly underperforming, albeit I may come to regret that statement, much like I regret that haircut in 1989, the thought of which still wakes me at 2 a.m.

Still 8 categories to go, including a new one (Story), so still possibly a chance for a Brosnan to appear - but possibly not for Story, granted.

Uniquely, every Knockout winner so far has won their Form table as well. THIS IS INTERESTING.

Form table - Bond 2026

		Form	(% shift)	Place shift
1	Connery – FRWL	79.85	(-3.37)	-
2	Craig – Casino Royale	72.69	(-4.13)	-
3	Connery – Thunderball	72.03	(-)	+2
4	Connery – Goldfinger	71.71	(-2.21)	-
5	Moore – TSWLM	70.61	(-3.84)	-2
6	Dalton – The Living Daylights	64.56
7	Moore – Moonraker	62.8
8	Craig – Skyfall	59.82
9	Moore – For Your Eyes Only	55.18
10	Connery – Dr No	52.32
11	Craig – No Time to Die	46.56
12	Lazenby – OHMSS	43.82
13	Moore – Octopussy	43.4
14	Dalton – Licence to Kill	42.34
15	Craig – QoSolace	40.36
16	Brosnan – TND	39.08
17	Moore – Live and Let Die	35
18	Connery – DAF	33.75
19	Craig – Spectre	32.7
20	Moore – TMwtGGun	28.75
21	Brosnan – GoldenEye	26.25
22	Brosnan – TWINE	21.25
23	Connery – You Only Live Twice	19.75
24	Moore – AVTAK	12.5
25	Brosnan – Die Another Day	11.85

That top five - yeah, seems about right.

Bottom five, too.

Seeds and Pots for 2027 for Bond category

	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Average form	Seed/Pot 2027
Dr No	13	13	11	12	10	11.8	Pot 1
FRWL	1	1	1	2	1	1.2	Seed 1
Goldfinger	2	4	3	1	4	2.8	Seed 2
Thunderball	12	6	7	3	3	6.2	Seed 6
YOLT	18	24	22	23	23	22	Pot 3
OHMSS	15	16	16	11	12	14	Pot 1
DAF	10	19	14	17	18	15.6	Pot 2
LALD	19	15	10	16	17	15.4	Pot 2
TMwtGGun	14	18	19	21	20	18.4	Pot 2
TSWLM	4	3	6	4	5	4.4	Seed 4
Moonraker	11	10	8	8	7	8.8	Seed 9
FYEO	9	11	5	7	9	8.2	Seed 8
Octopussy	21	17	15	19	13	17	Pot 2
AVTAK	25	25	23	25	24	24.4	Pot 3
TLD	5	8	9	10	6	7.6	Seed 7
LTK	16	7	13	18	14	13.6	Pot 1
GoldenEye	23	20	24	20	21	21.6	Pot 3
TND	7	21	17	14	16	15	Pot 1
TWINE	24	22	21	22	22	22.2	Pot 3
DAD	20	23	25	24	25	23.4	Pot 3
C Royale	3	5	2	5	2	3.4	Seed 3
QoS	17	12	18	13	15	15	Pot 1
Skyfall	6	2	4	6	8	5.2	Seed 5
Spectre	22	14	20	15	19	18	Pot 2
NTTD	8	9	12	9	11	9.8	Seed 10

Varied over any given tenure. Nobody’s perfect, it seems.

Except me.

Most Valuable Player 2026

	Placings	Wins	Top Tens	Top Form	Points
Moonraker	2	1	4	1	8
FRWL	2	1	3	1	7
OHMSS	2	1	3	1	7
TSWLM	2	1	3	1	7
Casino Royale	2	0	4	0	6
Goldfinger	2	0	3	0	5
Thunderball	2	0	3	0	5
Skyfall	1	0	3	0	4
Live and Let Die	1	0	2	0	3

Still looking like it might be Moonraker’s year. Not calling it yet, though.

Top Ten of Everything to date 2026

4 visits to Top Ten	3 visits to Top Ten	2 visits to Top Ten	1 visit to Top Ten	Yet to bother the scorers
Moonraker	From Russia with Love	Live and Let Die	Dr No	TMwtGGun
Casino Royale	Goldfinger	For Your Eyes Only	You Only Live Twice	Octopussy
	Thunderball	The Living Daylights	Diamonds are Forever	GoldenEye
	OHMSS	Licence to Kill	A View to a Kill	TWINE
	TSWLM		Tomorrow Never Dies	Die Another Day
	Skyfall		Quantum of Solace	Spectre
				No Time to Die

Bit of movement with this category, albeit the Zeros seem familiar, year-on-year. That the only two with a 100% record to date might be considered at the extremes of silly/serious possibly evidences that regardless of tone, it’s a good Bond film if it has a strong villain, strong music, good stunts and an appealing lead performance. Perhaps the tone isn’t as important if those things are in place. Oi, Bezos, yeah, you, baldy greed gibbon - take note.

Bonus Points to date

	Film	Bonus Points
1	Licence to Kill	33
2	Moonraker	25
3	Tomorrow Never Dies	22
4	A View to a Kill	20
5	Octopussy	18
6	The Living Daylights	17
7	TWINE	12
8	Quantum of Solace	12
9	Live and Let Die	10
10	OHMSS	7
11	Die Another Day	6
12	Thunderball	5
13	Casino Royale	4
14	For Your Eyes Only	-1
15	TMwtGGun	-3
16	From Russia with Love	-4
17	The Spy who Loved Me	-4
18	You Only Live Twice	-5
19	No Time to Die	-5
20	Dr No	-8
21	GoldenEye	-8
22	Skyfall	-8
23	Spectre	-10
24	Diamonds are Forever	-13
25	Goldfinger	-25

Goldfinger definitely underperforming compared to last year. But we’re only 1/3 of the way through and one can never really rule it out. Still, someone else needs a turn. Why it’s Licence to Kill is slightly baffling but let’s see how it plays out and probably blows up.

Your Top Tens so far - as voted for by YOU - yes, YOU!

	Villain	Music	Action & Stunts	Bond
One	Moonraker	On Her Majesty’s Secret Service	The Spy who Loved Me	From Russia with Love
Two	On Her Majesty’s Secret Service	Thunderball	On Her Majesty’s Secret Service	Casino Royale
Three	Goldfinger	You Only Live Twice	Casino Royale	Thunderball
Four	A View to a Kill	Goldfinger	For Your Eyes Only	Goldfinger
Five	Thunderball	Moonraker	Licence to Kill	The Spy who Loved Me
Six	Licence to Kill	Diamonds are Forever	Skyfall	The Living Daylights
Seven	Skyfall	The Living Daylights	Live and Let Die	Moonraker
Eight	The Spy who Loved Me	Casino Royale	Tomorrow Never Dies	Skyfall
Nine	Casino Royale	Live and Let Die	Moonraker	For Your Eyes Only
Ten	From Russia with Love	From Russia with Love	Quantum of Solace	Dr No

OHMSS probably in the lead for Best Picture at this stage, although ruling out Casino Royale would be foolish. As would dismissing Goldfinger, but it’s definitely not quite as potent as it has been in the past.

MY GOD IT IS ALL SO TENSE THAT I NEED TWO MONTHS’ REST SO DEATHMATCH WILL RETURN IN SEPTEMBER.

Jim · September 3, 2026, 11:06am

Ah, so the fearsome and majestic Deathmatch awakens from its slumber, a bit like that part of The Odyssey where the whatsit does the thingy, and that’s my translation and if anyone dare adapt it differently I shall criticise them with some very prissy self-aggrandising academic twaddle.

Group Stage for Women - most of whom either end up in bed or in dead, it’s a tough old World - is already now done and its outcomes splay before one like a submissive Labrador rolling in something quite remarkably whiffy.

Group A	Played	W	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Tracy	4	4	0	59	5	54	92.2	12
Pam	4	3	1	38	26	12	59.38	9
Madeleine (Spectre)	4	2	2	30	34	-4	46.88	6
Solitaire	4	1	3	22	42	-20	34.88	3
Goodnight	4	0	4	11	53	-42	17.18	0

Bit of a NotShocker all round really, although the slightly insipid performance by Solitaire seems lowish, albeit it is a slightly insipid performance anyway. How life imitates “art”. She probably didn’t see that one coming. Always a bit surprised about how well La Senorita Bouvier does in these, given that the character runs out of much to do about 40 minutes in when the sizzlehot romance between Bond and Sanchez kicks in. Madeleine gets by as a Lucky Loser, although given the Second Round opponent, one wonders about the word “lucky”, frankly.

Group B	Played	W	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Vesper	4	4	0	55	9	46	86	12
Holly	4	3	1	40	24	16	62.5	9
Moneypenny	4	2	2	33	31	2	51.58	6
Octopussy	4	1	3	28	36	-8	43.75	3
Christmas	4	0	4	4	60	-56	6.2	0

Again probably no great surprise with the winner here, but that is a minor shock at how “well” Moneypenny does, not least because that’s massively better than The Dench ever achieved, and also freezes out regular Second-Rounder Octopussy. Whilst on the subject of freezing - Christmas. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. How very unmerry. Notably, 3 of the 5 last places across these groups are occupied by lissome young laydeez from the United States. Whether that is of any significance I leave to you to contemplate.

Group C	Played	W	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Anya	4	4	0	48	16	32	75	12
Honey	4	3	1	39	25	14	61	9
Wai Lin	4	2	2	40	24	16	62.5	6
Madeleine (No Time to Die)	4	1	3	30	34	-4	46.88	3
Stacey	4	0	4	3	61	-58	4.65	0

That’s a solid performance by Wai Lin, although possibly benefiting from being in The Group with Stacey Sutton In It. The Madeleine outcome is interesting - exactly the same performance as achieved for her Spectre outing. Nothing in it, other than games won. Either that’s a brilliant consistency of performance by Her What Plays Her, or she’s just equally (un)popular wherever she appears. Another Lucky Loser. Lucky-ish.

Group D	Played	W	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Pussy	4	4	0	44	17	27	72.4	12
Domino	4	3	1	38	23	15	62.6	9
Camille	4	2	2	33	27	6	55.03	6
Melina	4	1	3	28	32	-4	46.65	3
Jinx	4	0	4	8	52	-44	13.33	0

Bit of a reversal of fortune here on the basis Domino was the higher seed, but a fairly straightforward set of outcomes regardless. Melina lucks out of being a Lucky Loser by a whisker, and she has several of those. Jinx inevitably last, although not the worst performance in this category and not the worst performance by a Die Another Day element at all. Jinx - one of the better things puked at us by Die Another Day, apparently. You must all be quite, quite insane.

Group E	Played	W	D	L	F	A	GD	%	Points
Tatiana	4	4	0	0	51	13	38	79.7	12
Tiffany	4	2	1	1	36	28	8	56.28	7
Natalya	4	2	1	1	36	28	8	56.25	7
Kara	4	1	0	3	25	39	-14	39.05	3
Kissy	4	0	0	4	12	52	-40	18.73	0

Another Russian, another group winner. I only make the point to avoid “falling out of a window”. Ms Case gets by as runner-up by a very slim margin; even for her, a bit more cheek than usual. I forgot, there are actually two Russians here (lovely), although as Natalya is a bit forgettable it may only mean a drop from a ground floor window on this occasion.

Form Table after Group Stage - Women

		Form	Seed	Group Outcome
1	Tracy	92.2	1	Winner A
2	Vesper	86	2	Winner B
3	Tatiana	79.7	5	Winner E
4	Anya	75	3	Winner C
5	Pussy	72.4	7	Winner D
6	Domino	62.6	4	Runner-Up D
7	Holly	62.5	9	Runner-Up B
8	Wai Lin	62.5		Lucky Loser 1
9	Honey	61	8	Runner-Up C
10	Pam	59.38	10	Runner-Up A
11	Tiffany	56.28	6	Runner-Up E
12	Natalya	56.25		Lucky Loser 2
13	Camille	55.03		Lucky Loser 3
14	Moneypenny	51.58		Lucky Loser 4
15	Madeleine (Spectre)	46.88		Lucky Loser 5
16	Madeleine (NTTD)	46.88		Lucky Loser 6
17	Melina	46.65
18	Octopussy	43.75
19	Kara	39.05
20	Solitaire	34.38
21	Kissy	18.73
22	Goodnight	17.18
23	Jinx	13.33
24	Christmas	6.2
25	Stacey	4.65

Only chronology and wins separating the two Madeleines; given the Second Round draws I don’t hold out much hope for the future, but let’s see. There seems to be a definite top 5 and a definite bottom 5 and it’s all tops and bottoms and TENSE.

Jim · September 3, 2026, 3:04pm

Bonus points as they now stand (i.e. improvement over this stage last year)

	Film	Bonus Points
1	Licence to Kill	36
2	Moonraker	24
3	Tomorrow Never Dies	24
4	A View to a Kill	20
5	The Living Daylights	15
6	Quantum of Solace	13
7	OHMSS	10
8	Octopussy	10
9	TWINE	10
10	Die Another Day	5
11	Live and Let Die	4
12	Casino Royale	4
13	Thunderball	0
14	The Spy who Loved Me	0
15	For Your Eyes Only	0
16	From Russia with Love	-3
17	TMwtGGun	-3
18	Skyfall	-3
19	Spectre	-3
20	GoldenEye	-4
21	No Time to Die	-4
22	You Only Live Twice	-7
23	Dr No	-9
24	Diamonds are Forever	-16
25	Goldfinger	-26

The only conclusion so far is that Licence to Kill must have done very badly last year because it’s not really done all that well this one, and yet look upon its majesty and despair. Conversely, Goldfinger hasn’t been doing too badly but last year it crushed everything so this is probably cyclical and it will come good again, although I’ve a feeling it won’t stay in last place that long.

THIS IS PROPER SPORT, PROPERLY REGULATED, AND I SHALL SHORTLY BE AWARDING THE INAUGURAL JIFA PEACE PRIZE TO AN ILLITERATE SEBACEOUS MANIAC.

Double-OhAgent · September 4, 2026, 7:35am

Hi Jim. I assume Tatiana Romanova in Group E finished with 3 wins and 1 loss. Is that correct?

Jim · September 4, 2026, 7:55am

Oh, butterhook as usual. Was 4 wins. Edited back in.

Jim · September 4, 2026, 8:38am

Form table after Second Round for Women:

		Form	(% shift)	Place shift
1	Tracy	87.88	(-4.32)	-
2	Vesper	87.62	(+1.62)	-
3	Tatiana	75.52	(-4.18)	-
4	Anya	75.3	(+0.3)	-
5	Pussy	72.92	(+0.52)	-
6	Honey	65.92	(+4.92)	+3
7	Domino	65.38	(+2.78)	-1
8	Pam	59.27	(-0.11)	+2
9	Wai Lin	55.88	(-6.62)	-1
10	Holly	54.7	(-7.8)	-3
11	Tiffany	50.9	(-5.38)	-
12	Camille	48.72	(-6.31)	+1
13	Melina	46.65	(-)	+4
14	Moneypenny	46.26	(-5.32)	-
15	Natalya	46.18	(-10.07)	-3
16	Madeleine (Spectre)	45.74	(-1.14)	-1
17	Madeleine (NTTD)	45.74	(-1.14)	-1
18	Octopussy	43.75
19	Kara	39.05
20	Solitaire	34.38
21	Kissy	18.73
22	Goodnight	17.18
23	Jinx	13.33
24	Christmas	6.2
25	Stacey	4.65

A stimulating spectacle of Second Round matches causes quite a bit of shifting and a marked tightening at the top; tight in all the right places. Quite a lot left to play for, here, which does so invigorate one.

Albeit getting a bit mashed up in the Second Round, Moneypenny for Skyfall has been a considerable improvement over The Dench, so it’s Moneypenny’s place in this category indefinitely, or at least for 2027 if I can remember to do it.

Still nothing to separate the Madeleines, which is a bit weird.

1st to 5th places all still capable of considerable gyration. IT IS SO TENSE THAT I HAVE ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AND RENAMED LAKE COMMANDERBOND.NET “LOVEPUDDLE JIM”. GOOGLE MAPS HAVE ALREADY UPDATED THIS.