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1JM

James Messina

9.8/10 · 41 community ratings

1700Some ratings

2CR

Casey Rufener

10.0/10 · 22 community ratings

1697Few ratings

3CC

Clinton Castro

9.6/10 · 19 community ratings

1664Few ratings

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4JAJames Anderson30 community ratingsSome ratings1663——

5SNSteven Nadler46 community ratingsSome ratings1657—83%

6JBJoel Ballivian9 community ratingsFew ratings1655—100%

7EPEmma Prendergast9 community ratingsFew ratings1655—100%

8MTMichael Titelbaum36 community ratingsSome ratings1653—75%

9LSLarry Shapiro81 community ratingsSome ratings1648—95%

10SSStephanie Sheintul11 community ratingsFew ratings1643—100%

11BSBen Schwan8 community ratingsFew ratings1638—100%

12PKPaul Kelly8 community ratingsFew ratings1638—100%

13JLJason Leardi8 community ratingsFew ratings1638—100%

14TATim Aylsworth8 community ratingsFew ratings1638——

15DODavid O'Brien19 community ratingsFew ratings1637—80%

16ABArun Baxter7 community ratingsFew ratings1631—100%

17HBHarry Brighouse53 community ratingsSome ratings1628—100%

18RSRuss Shafer-Landau52 community ratingsSome ratings1627—90%

19APAdam Pham11 community ratingsFew ratings1619—80%

20JVJonathon Vandenhombergh6 community ratingsFew ratings1613—100%

21CHCasey Hart6 community ratingsFew ratings1613—100%

22DWDanielle Wylie6 community ratingsFew ratings1613—100%

23JLJonathan Lang7 community ratingsFew ratings1611——

24HLHallie Liberto4 community ratingsFew ratings1607——

25LMLukas Myers4 community ratingsFew ratings1607—80%

26AMAlexander Meinhof4 community ratingsFew ratings1607—100%

27PCPatrick Cronin4 community ratingsFew ratings1607—100%

28EBElizabeth Bell4 community ratingsFew ratings1607—100%

29HKHolly Kantin8 community ratingsFew ratings1607—100%

30MGMichael Goldsby4 community ratingsFew ratings1607——

31JSJesse Steinberg15 community ratingsFew ratings1605—86%

32MGMolly Gardner4 community ratingsFew ratings1600——

33HCHayley Clatterbuck3 community ratingsFew ratings1591—100%

34FCFrank Cabrera3 community ratingsFew ratings1591—100%

35MWMatt Waldren3 community ratingsFew ratings1591——

36MBMavis Biss3 community ratingsFew ratings1591——

37HGHunter Gentry6 community ratingsFew ratings1585—83%

38PVPeter Vranas51 community ratingsSome ratings1581—89%

39JBJeff Behrends3 community ratingsFew ratings1578——

40APAbiral Phnuyal3 community ratingsFew ratings1572—100%

41RSRussel Shafer-Landau3 community ratingsFew ratings1572—100%

42BWBruno Whittle20 community ratingsFew ratings1571—80%

43AYAaron Yarmel4 community ratingsFew ratings1570—100%

44BWBrynn Welch2 community ratingsFew ratings1569——

45DVDavid Vessel2 community ratingsFew ratings1569—100%

46SNShannon Nolen2 community ratingsFew ratings1569—100%

47ESEric Senseman2 community ratingsFew ratings1569——

48MBMichael Bruckner6 community ratingsFew ratings1567—83%

49ALAnnina Loets13 community ratingsFew ratings1564—77%

50DHDaniel Hausman34 community ratingsSome ratings1562—71%

51JBJohn Basl5 community ratingsFew ratings1561——

52JKJason Kido-Lopez22 community ratingsFew ratings1558—73%

53JPJames Paul Kelleher6 community ratingsFew ratings1558—100%

54HMHubert Marciniec4 community ratingsFew ratings1555—75%

55AMAlexander Meehan5 community ratingsFew ratings1553—80%

56ASAlan Sidelle52 community ratingsSome ratings1550—33%

57ARAlexander Roberts9 community ratingsFew ratings1546—78%

58BBBurgandy Basulto2 community ratingsFew ratings1545—50%

59PMPhil Mack2 community ratingsFew ratings1545—100%

60KDKatie Deaven2 community ratingsFew ratings1545—100%

61AZAnnette Zimmermann17 community ratingsFew ratings1542—77%

62RSRobert Streiffer15 community ratingsFew ratings1541—100%

63MKMatthew Kopec1 community ratingFew ratings1540——

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