Chazingdra Chats with TOM ROCKS MATHS - Countdown, Maths Content Creator, Pokémon Lover

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Tom Rocks Maths aka Dr Tom Crawford was presented to the UK on the hugely popular game show Countdown in early 2025 - and as his tattoos show, he loves Pokémon! Here's your chance to discover the maths content creator's life story: relishing solving maths problems deep into the night as an 8-year-old, the tale of his Oxford University interview, of course a deep dive into his Countdown experience - and as always find out the 6 Pokémon most special to Tom over the years that he would choose for his Dream Team... Let Tom Rocks Maths & I #makeyourdaymerry !

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My name's Charlie Merriman - Merri by name, merry by nature - a pleasure to meet you! I'm a host & commentator for the Pokémon Video Game Championships Series and a content creator. You can find me as @Chazingdra on YouTube, X, BlueSky, Instagram & TikTok - on my channel I stream Pokémon games both competitively & casually including Shiny hunting, vlog events I cast, make comedy skits and loads more! Come be a part of the merriment!
And there are now more than 60 episodes of the show featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community, from competitive to casual players & beyond - enjoy!
All episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0M4tSxPGQg&list=PLwf6eLFz9YAQfrHjSGoMIAE5hflGIkiyV&pp=gAQB0gcJCWMEOCosWNin
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As mentioned: Tom's favourite moment from Countdown solving a near-impossible maths problem - https://youtu.be/kiEzqGZKQyU?si=ei6QayPVeOneTGTN

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Welcome!
03:04 First memory of doing maths for fun
10:04 Tom's 1st Dream Team Pokémon
15:42 Tom's realisation that he was clever
22:54 Tom's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon
25:36 Oxford interview
36:02 Tom's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon
40:38 Tom's PhD supervisor
49:59 Tom's 4th Dream Team Pokémon
52:35 Starting YouTube
1:06:45 Tom's 5th Dream Team Pokémon
1:11:28 Countdown
1:22:35 Tom's 6th Dream Team Pokémon
1:25:55 Tom's complete Dream Team & partner Pokémon
1:28:43 If Tom were a Pokémon, what would he be?
1:30:08 Community questions for Tom
1:40:17 What's next for Tom?
1:43:50 What advice would Tom give his younger self?
1:45:40 Tom's Rapidash Round Teaser
1:46:30 Get involved & see you next time!

Apologies for the choppiness of Tom's footage - we encountered internet problems while recording!

Music by Tom Hiom
Channel art by Lee 'Osirus' Provost
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Countdown footage at the relevant timestamp from Channel 4

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