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Publish Date: October 4th, 2021
Uid Points Primary Listing Location Rank Additional Listings
10296 David Clumpner 334 Missoula 1 Washington, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Anchorage
15956 Jacob Hannah 211 Burlington 2 Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York - Upstate, Connecticut
4299401 Nikhol Esteras 369 Oaxaca 3 Mexico City, San Miguel de Allende, Puerto Vallarta, California - Southern, New Orleans
30781 Michelle Arlotta 100 New Jersey 4 Pennsylvania, New York City - Metro, Atlantic City
4343537 Autumn Parry 310 Fort Collins 5 New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas
4313301 Johnny Shryock 89 Arlington 6 Washington DC, Maryland, Fredericksburg
4301316 Matt Wilson 266 Denver 7 Estes Park
4333471 Xiaoqi Li 90 Charlottesville 8 Richmond, Washington DC, Miami, Baja California, Playa del Carmen
4731 Annie Bang 111 Los Angeles 9 San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, San Jose, Central Coast, Visalia
4313096 Brittany Diliberto 66 Arlington 10 Alexandria
4345073 Mark Creery 167 Fort Collins 11 Estes Park, Denver, Breckenridge, Vail, Wyoming
18536 Ken Pak 145 Washington DC 12 Virginia, Maryland
4320201 Justin Edmonds 44 Denver 13 Boulder, Illinois, New Mexico, Michigan, Utah
2977301 Shaun Baker 100 San Diego 14 California - Northern, Mexico, New York City - Metro, Washington DC
4322256 Ian Chin 122 San Francisco 15 Oakland
34316 JD Land 66 Philadelphia 16 New Jersey, Wyoming
4318021 Stacy Gillespie 67 Summit County 17 Vail, Aspen, Breckenridge, Telluride
4295791 Franck Petit 90 Lot-et-Garonne 18 Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Florida, New York City - Metro
16306 Jesse La Plante 45 Boulder 19 Costa Rica, Caribbean, Riviera Maya, Montana, Hawaii
24846 Ray Iavasile 112 Detroit 20 Ann Arbor, Lansing, Traverse City, Grand Rapids, Ohio
4344231 Sean Lara 112 Fort Collins 21 Estes Park, Denver, Aspen, Jackson Hole
30751 Lauren Lindley 111 Lake Tahoe 22 Nevada, Texas - Central
16666 James Nix 100 Charlotte 23 Asheville, Greensboro, Charleston, Columbia, Greenville
4319301 Erica Dietz 100 Pittsburgh 24 Washington DC, Cleveland, West Virginia, State College
4342166 Peggy Stevinson Bair 100 Kansas 25 Missouri, Iowa, Arkansas, Nebraska
4345435 Oliver Parini 100 Burlington 26 New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York - Upstate
7216 Brett Butterstein 90 San Diego 27 Palm Springs, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Bernardino County
32456 Kate Crabtree 89 Maine 28
34586 Alex Paul 89 Boston 29 Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
4326416 Brenda Bergreen 89 Denver 30 Breckenridge, Vail, Aspen, Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park
24161 Philip Thomas 89 San Antonio 31 Texas - Central, Houston, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth
4345290 Nicole Defilippis 67 Chicago 32 Wisconsin, Michigan
4333196 Breanna Shaw 67 Baltimore 33 Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC
17871 Kenneth Clapp 67 Baltimore 34 Virginia, Georgia, Washington DC
19956 Laura Segall 45 Phoenix 35 Chandler
4316516 Trent Gillespie 66 Summit County 36 Durango, Colorado Springs, Boulder
4340709 Lucy Schultz 44 Denver 37 Boulder, Aspen, Estes Park, Honolulu, Kauai
32596 Kevin Sawyer 22 Lake Tahoe 38 Carson City, Reno
10346 Dennis Crider 66 Cleveland 39 Toledo-Ohio, Columbus, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Rochester
8361 Cindy Brown 66 Atlanta 40 Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
9611 Chris Shum 45 San Francisco 41 San Jose, Pleasanton, Los Angeles, British Columbia, Hong Kong
4345703 Kate Hampson 45 Los Angeles 42 Orange County, San Francisco, Las Vegas, United Kingdom
4344837 Caroline Robert 45 Denver 43
4345684 Vinh Vo 45 Dallas-Fort Worth 44 Austin, San Antonio, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City - Metro
4335071 Will Tee 45 Taipei 45 California - Northern, New York City - Metro, China, Hong Kong, Singapore
4341614 Shea McGrath 44 Denver 46 Hawaii, Minneapolis, Omaha, California - Southern, Mexico
29076 Victoria Sprung 22 Chicago 47
4300841 Michael Freas 44 Asheville 48 Washington DC, Virginia, Colorado, Charlotte, Key West
4302881 Sarah V. Martinez 44 New Hampshire 49 Maine, Vermont, Ohio
16801 Joyce Perlman 22 San Francisco 50 North Carolina, Sacramento
26996 Simi Rabinowitz 22 Boston 51 Cape Cod, Portsmouth
25326 Rebekah Sampson 22 Arizona 52
4318996 Joshua Grasso 22 Atlanta 53 Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina
4331941 Anastasiia Polyakov 22 Arlington 54 New York City - Metro, New York - Long Island, Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania
27191 Stephanie Secrest 22 Santa Barbara 55 Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Monterey
4304901 Milan Lazic 22 Chicago 56
7926 Ben Schaefer 67 Boston 57 New York City - Metro, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
23871 Penny McCoy 22 Minneapolis 58 Texas - Central
Publish Date: January 19th, 2021
Uid Points Primary Listing Location Rank Additional Listings
4310866 Nicky Byrnes 613 Lake Tahoe 59 Nevada, Michigan, Mexico, Canada, Norway
4340838 Alex Gordeev 491 Boston 60 Newport, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New York - Upstate
2753971 Danielle Gardner 346 Schenectady 61 Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
4334141 Tyler Vu 301 San Jose 62 San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Gatos, Napa, Los Angeles
4344312 Edward Ciesielski 278 Chicago 63 Brooklyn, Denver
10141 Drew Bird 223 San Francisco 64 Oakland
14996 Julie Ambos 201 Key West 65 Boca Raton, Tampa, Orlando, Miami
4302291 Meg Brock 145 Philadelphia 66 New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, New York City - Metro, New York - Upstate
4298601 Natasha Lamalle 145 Washington DC 67 Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, Texas - Northern, France
4298781 Katie Kaizer 145 Nantucket 68 Boston, Cape Cod, Newport
4327221 Adam Boole 135 Minneapolis 69 North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Florida, Montana
4327216 Abby Paul 122 Fargo 70 Minnesota, South Dakota, Colorado, Florida, New York - Upstate
4340873 Kimmi Cranes 112 Lake Tahoe 71 San Francisco, Sacramento, Reno, Napa, Los Angeles
4344392 Mike Kory 112 Boulder 72 Utah, New Mexico, Nairobi
23231 Neil Thurston 111 Outer Banks 73 Virginia, South Carolina, Caribbean
4314256 Ilana Bar av 100 Madison 74
4321326 Shannon Cain 100 San Antonio 75 Colorado, California - Southern, New Mexico, Minnesota, Florida
4341130 Loren Haar 90 Los Angeles 76 Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Portugal
6226 Allison Williams 90 Chicago 77 Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, St. Louis
4781 Andrea Bibeault 90 Omaha 78 Iowa, Colorado, Rhode Island, Belize, Dominican Republic
4342557 Bonnie Sizer 67 Boulder 79 Estes Park, Denver, Fort Collins, Wyoming, Kenya
12446 Eric Sucar 45 Ocean Grove 80 Atlantic City
33941 Morgan O'Neil 45 Boston 81
18441 Kent Meireis 44 Montana 82 Missoula
4325186 Thanh Trung 44 San Jose 83 Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, France, Italy
29281 Wenjie Han 22 New York City - Metro 84 Staten Island, Bronx, Queens
10241 Denise Chastain 22 New York - Long Island 85 New York City - Metro, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida
19696 Leah Moyers 22 Knoxville 86 Portland-OR, Chicago, Florida, Washington, British Columbia
12126 Emily Liang 22 Houston 87 Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, New York City - Metro, New Jersey, Philadelphia
4300846 Earl McCoy 22 Minneapolis 88
4344395 Jennifer Catron 22 Fredericksburg 89 Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Mexico
18821 Kevin Trimmer 22 Providence 90 Newport, New Haven, Hartford
30686 Heather DeCamp 22 Los Angeles 91
9826 Chris Werner 22 Lake Tahoe 92
4323561 Leo Do 22 Orange County 93 San Francisco, San Jose, Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles
4344161 Samantha Moore 22 Sarasota 94 Tampa, Palm Beach County, Asheville, Portland-OR
Publish Date: January 18th, 2020
Uid Points Primary Listing Location Rank Additional Listings
26056 Shaunte Dittmar 836 Lake Tahoe 95 San Francisco, Central Coast, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America
10526 Denis Gostev 435 Manhattan 96 New York - Long Island, New York - Upstate, New Jersey, Connecticut, Philadelphia
4335026 Ruben Parra 257 Panama 97 Miami
30561 Ashley Davenport 246 London 98 Indonesia, Israel, Channel Islands, Paris, New York City - Metro
8351 Carl Bower 235 Denver 99 Vail, Aspen, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona
4311031 Yun Li 212 New York - Long Island 100 New York City - Metro, New York - Upstate, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania

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