(8)?-Block vs (11)Lyndis vs (20)Rikku 2013

Ulti's Analysis
?-Block was hilarious for a lot of reasons. One, he was the favorite in the match. That by itself is nuts to me even though I picked him, because L-Block's run in 2007 is still having after-effects. 6 years later, we're still sitting here trying to predict the strength of random inanimate objects in character battles.

The other thing is that even though he was the favorite, Rikku had an amazing case for pulling the so-called upset and winning: http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/L-Block_vs_Paddle_vs_Weighted_Companion_Cube_vs_?_Block_2007

?-Block was literally destined to have a sophomore slump in his first actual contest appearance, all because he beat ?-Block in the bonus poll back in 2007 (and is still the reason we have bonus polls). That is unbelievably hilarious to me, and given all this the match played out exactly as one would expect. Rikku jumped out to a lead that couldn't be beaten, but ?-Block still had this crazy contest strength that could have won a lot of other matches. Rikku won easily, but 1266 votes isn't some huge number that says ?-Block should never see a contest again. Were he in the 2008 field instead of 2013's, he might have done some serious damage.

The killer here is Lyndis might me my favorite female character ever short of Commander Shepard, and after trying to get her into a contest for years I get to watch her lose to a coin block. Yay.