Most Surprising Results

The Most Surprising Results in GameFAQs Contest history, based on what percentage of brackets site-wide expected them to occur.

Special Note: All 2007 stats are based solely on how many brackets picked a character to advance, not how many had them to advance in the correct position, because SB's failure to explain the bracket more clearly resulted in nearly 50% of pickers not realizing that order mattered.

Most Surprising Results of All-Time
Entrants who predictors site-wide gave the last chance of advancing out of this particular round (or in the case of the Final, least chance of winning the Championship).


 * 1) L-Block (R6) - 0.99% vs Link, Cloud, Snake in 2007
 * 2) L-Block (R5) - 1.66% vs Snake, Master Chief, Dante in 2007
 * 3) L-Block (R4) - 2.35% vs Snake, Sonic, Squall in 2007
 * 4) L-Block (R3) - 3.48% vs Snake, Kratos, Riku in 2007
 * 5) Cloud (R6) - 6.04% vs Sephiroth in 2003
 * 6) L-Block (R2) - 6.67% vs Kratos, Kirby, Donkey Kong in 2007
 * 7) Melee (R4) - 7.16% vs StarCraft in 2004
 * 8) StarCraft (R3) - 7.91% vs Wind Waker in 2004
 * 9) Snake (BR) - 8.52% to outlast Sephiroth and Mario in the 2006 BR
 * 10) Amaterasu (R2) - 9.38% vs Dante, Ada, Balthier in 2007
 * 11) Mario (BR) - 9.96% to be eliminated before Snake and Sephiroth in the 2006 BR
 * 12) Vincent (R3) - 10.94% vs Link, Crono, Zero in 2007
 * 13) Vincent (R3) - 12.47% vs Squall in 2005
 * 14) Samus (R6) - 12.59% vs Snake in 2006
 * 15) Link (R6) - 12.80% vs Mario in 2002
 * 16) Sonic (R4) - 13.31% vs Crono in 2006
 * 17) Cloud (R5) - 13.37% vs Link in 2003
 * 18) Melee (R3) - 14.18% vs FFX in 2004
 * 19) Mega Man (R4) - 14.50% vs Snake in 2003
 * 20) Crono (R4) - 14.60% vs Snake in 2002
 * 21) Diablo (R3) - 14.76% vs Kefka in 2005
 * 22) Big Boss (R2) - 15.07% vs Mario, Magus, Phoenix in 2007
 * 23) StarCraft (R2) - 15.62% vs Kingdom Hearts 2004
 * 24) Scorpion (R3) - 17.30% vs Pac-Man in 2002
 * 25) Ryu (R3) - 17.39% vs Cloud, Auron, Marcus in 2007

Seasonal Representation

 * Characters '02 - 3
 * Characters '03 - 3
 * Games '04 - 4
 * Villains '05 - 1
 * Characters '05 - 1
 * Characters '06 - 4
 * Characters '07 - 9

Most Surprising Results - 1v1 ONLY
The least-expected results site-wide, when considering only traditional 1v1 main bracket results (no Tournament of Champions, Battle Royale, or 4-ways allowed).


 * 1) Cloud (R6) - 6.04% vs Sephiroth in 2003
 * 2) Melee (R4) - 7.16% vs StarCraft in 2004
 * 3) StarCraft (R3) - 7.91% vs Wind Waker in 2004
 * 4) Vincent (R3) - 12.47% vs Squall in 2005
 * 5) Samus (R6) - 12.59% vs Snake in 2006
 * 6) Link (R6) - 12.80% vs Mario in 2002
 * 7) Sonic (R4) - 13.31% vs Crono in 2006
 * 8) Cloud (R5) - 13.37% vs Link in 2003
 * 9) Melee (R3) - 14.18% vs FFX in 2004
 * 10) Mega Man (R4) - 14.50% vs Snake in 2003
 * 11) Crono (R4) - 14.60% vs Snake in 2002
 * 12) Diablo (R3) - 14.76% vs Kefka in 2005
 * 13) StarCraft (R2) - 15.62% vs Kingdom Hearts 2004
 * 14) Scorpion (R3) - 17.30% vs Pac-Man in 2002
 * 15) Sub-Zero (R1) - 20.27% vs Master Chief in 2006
 * 16) Sephiroth (R5) - 21.70% vs Mega Man in 2003
 * 17) Melee (R2) - 22.03% vs Vice City in 2004
 * 18) Frog (R2) - 22.56% vs Master Chief in 2004
 * 19) StarCraft (R1) - 24.09% vs Halo in 2004
 * 20) Magus (R2) - 24.20% vs Ganondorf in 2003
 * 21) Chrono Trigger (R5) - 24.63% vs Mario 3 in 2004
 * 22) Crono (R5) - 24.49% vs Mega Man in 2005
 * 23) Vincent (R2) - 25.14% vs Dante in 2005
 * 24) Mario (R6) - 26.17% vs Crono in 2005
 * 25) Snake (R5) - 27.07% vs Sonic in 2006

Seasonal Representation



 * 1) Vincent (R1) - 39.39% vs Ganon in 2006