Hoppes-Mikanowski limit

The Hoppes-Mikanowski limit is broken when two players on the same team each score above 70 ppg in any format. It was first broken at the 2000 NAQT IFT at Yale, by its namesakes Jeff Hoppes and Jacob Mikanowski. (Stats from this performance are sadly lost to the sands of time.) Their accomplishment remained unmatched until the 2012 TQBA Middle School State Championship, where Corin Wagen and Ethan Russo of Kealing [1] became the second pair of players to do so.

Further investigation reveals that the stat in question may have been a pre-modern stat called PATH rather than PPG, and the original "limit" may not have been set at all; regardless, its power to inspire has remained.

Performances exceeding the Hoppes-Mikanowski limit

• 2011 NAQT Illinois State Tournament [2]: Kevin Malis 89.93 and Zach Blumenfeld (70.13) Stevenson A
• 2012 TQBA Middle School State Championship [3]: Corin Wagen (103.64 PPG) and Ethan Russo (84.09 PPG) Kealing
• 2012 MSNCT [4]: Corin Wagen (80.95 PPG) and Ethan Russo (77.25 PPG) (Kealing)
• 2013 VCU Closed Emory mirror: Adam Silverman (76 PPG) and Will Butler (71.5 PPG) (Georgia Tech)
• 2013 Penn Bowl Ottawa mirror: Trevor Davis (75.56 PPG) and Sinan Ulusoy (72.22 PPG) (Alberta)
• 2015 Missouri Open Minnesota mirror: Rob Carson (128.5 PPG) and Andrew Hart (82.86 PPG) (open team; Andrew played 5.25 rounds of ten)
• 2015 Missouri Open Michigan State mirror: Auroni Gupta (86 PPG) and Will Nediger (71 PPG) (Michigan)
• 2015 Richard Montgomery Fall Novice Tournament [5]: Jakob Boeye (82.5 PPG) and Steen Alme (73 PPG) (Centennial)
• 2016 MIT Winter Academic Tournament [6]: Devin Shang (70.77 PPG) and Colin Cantwell (71.92 PPG) (Lexington)
• 2016 Sacramento Fall Tournament [7]: Eliot Williams (85.56 PPG) and Ethan Skinner (80.00 PPG) (Davis)
• 2016 California Cup #2 [8]: Eliot Williams (84 PPG) and Ethan Skinner (72 PPG) (Davis)

Near misses

• 2009 Minnesota Open MIT Mirror: Jerry Vinokurov (71 PPG) and Eric Mukherjee (61 PPG)
• 2011 TQBA Middle School State Championship[9]: Ethan Russo (78.33 PPG) and Alex Denko (66.11 PPG) (Kealing)
• 2011 MSNCT: Ethan Russo (76.62 ppg) and Alex Denko (64.29 ppg) (Kealing)
• 2011 TIT Michigan Mirror - Andrew Hart (65.91 PPG) and Rob Carson (69.55 PPG)
• 2013 Lisgar's JAMES Mirror - Ted Gan (72.14 PPG) and Cameron Amini (69.29 PPG)
• BrainBusters Fall V - Colin Veevers (79.55 PPG) and Sheena Li (69.09 PPG) (limit exceeded in prelims and before the final)
• Countless others