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1MC

Matilde Córdoba Azcárate

10.0/10 · 10 community ratings

1658Few ratings

2GH

Gavin Halm

9.8/10 · 11 community ratings

1652Few ratings

3DM

Dan Martinico

9.8/10 · 9 community ratings

1642Few ratings

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4TRThomas Rainer Schmidt19 community ratingsFew ratings1621—95%

5GLGrant Leuning5 community ratingsFew ratings1610—100%

6AWAndrew Whitworth-Smith14 community ratingsFew ratings1600—86%

7PAPatrick Anderson45 community ratingsSome ratings1591—62%

8BGBill Geibel4 community ratingsFew ratings1590—100%

9AAAyhan Aytes3 community ratingsFew ratings1589——

10KGKelly Gates12 community ratingsFew ratings1584—100%

11CCCamille Campion6 community ratingsFew ratings1583—83%

12NRNatalia Roudakova9 community ratingsFew ratings1576—80%

13MAMorana Alac41 community ratingsSome ratings1575—80%

14DCDean Calbreath3 community ratingsFew ratings1570——

15PRPepe Rojo7 community ratingsFew ratings1569—86%

16PAPatricia Ahn2 community ratingsFew ratings1568—100%

17BGBrian Goldfarb20 community ratingsFew ratings1568—75%

18NGNitin Govil15 community ratingsFew ratings1551——

19DMDenise McKenna14 community ratingsFew ratings1550—70%

20BBBarry Brown10 community ratingsFew ratings1545——

21KMKate Metcalf3 community ratingsFew ratings1544—100%

22MCMike Cole24 community ratingsFew ratings1542——

23SASoraya Abuelhiga1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

24SJSamuel Jude Gaffney1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

25OLOlga Lazitski1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

26RHRebecca Hardesty1 community ratingFew ratings1540——

27MGMichelle Goldwasser1 community ratingFew ratings1540——

28RHRobert Horwitz17 community ratingsFew ratings1539——

29SMStephanie Martin3 community ratingsFew ratings1538——

30IGIvana Guarrasi4 community ratingsFew ratings1530—75%

31DCDiego Cortes3 community ratingsFew ratings1525—67%

32JMJeffery Minson3 community ratingsFew ratings1525——

33AKAndrew Kleske2 community ratingsFew ratings1519——

34CHChad Harris29 community ratingsSome ratings1514——

35AHAnthony Harb16 community ratingsFew ratings1513—63%

36NKNadine Kozak12 community ratingsFew ratings1512——

37MDMcKenna Denise775 community ratingsHigh confidence1511—85%

38ESEduardo Santana1 community ratingFew ratings1511——

39CMCarl McKinney8 community ratingsFew ratings1510—50%

40CMChandra Mukerji8 community ratingsFew ratings1510——

41CHCassandra Hartblay3 community ratingsFew ratings1506—67%

42LCLisa Cartwright27 community ratingsSome ratings1502—60%

43ETErin Truesdell Hill11 community ratingsFew ratings1500—64%

44LMLuci Marzola2 community ratingsFew ratings1495—50%

45LBLisa Bloom5 community ratingsFew ratings1491——

46DHDaniel Hallin19 community ratingsFew ratings1486—100%

47ABAngela Booker3 community ratingsFew ratings1481—33%

48LILilly Irani7 community ratingsFew ratings1480—71%

49DIDeniz Ilkbasaran8 community ratingsFew ratings1479—80%

50GCGiovanna Chesler11 community ratingsFew ratings1476——

51MHMichael Hanson14 community ratingsFew ratings1475——

52SKShawna Kidman19 community ratingsFew ratings1473—70%

53MDMatt Dewey8 community ratingsFew ratings1468—56%

54THTom Humphries9 community ratingsFew ratings1467——

55AFAlexander Fattal13 community ratingsFew ratings1463—57%

56MMMagali Muria2 community ratingsFew ratings1461——

57SBSonja Baumer9 community ratingsFew ratings1456——

58DIDeniz Iikbasaran1 community ratingFew ratings1455——

59NYNaomi Young1 community ratingFew ratings1455——

60ZDZeinabu Davis21 community ratingsFew ratings1445—57%

61RERyan Ellis11 community ratingsFew ratings1441——

62Y(Yvonne (patricia) Montoya5 community ratingsFew ratings1440——

63VHValerie Hartouni41 community ratingsSome ratings1439—0%

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