[media-credit name="Helen Richardson, The Denver Post" align="alignnone" width="495"][/media-credit] Competitor Mike Groesbeck, of Detroit, concentrates on his game of Donkey Kong during the third annual Kong Off world championships at the 1Up Arcade and Bar.
Jeff Willms held off Ross Benziger and world-record holder Hank Chien in Donkey Kong to repeat as the Kong Off champion Sunday at The 1Up Arcade and Bar in downtown Denver.
The annual tournament pits the world’s top Donkey Kong players in a three-day competition. Willms won the event last year. More than 50 people participated and nine players broke the 1 million mark.
Chien, who won the inaugural Kong Off, holds the world record with 1,138,600. Check out the full results of the event below.
Kong Off 3 standings
1. Jeff Willms 1,096,200
2. Ross Benziger 1,067,100
3. Hank Chien 1,056,900
4. Steve Wiltshire 1,053,200
5. Steve Wiebe 1,048,800
6. Dean Saglio 1,033,000
7. David McCrary 1,032,000
8. Mike Groesbeck 1,020,700
9. Kyle Goewert 1,006,500
10. Vincent Lemay 989,700
11. Corey Chambers 893,300
12. Jonathan McCourt 891,200
13. Eric Tessler 883,300
14. Robbie Lakeman 840,300
15. Jeff Wolfe 809,200
16. Ben Falls 736,800
17. Ethan Daniels 711,400
18. Aaron Rounsaville 703,600
19. Daniel Desjardans 702,500
20. Daniel Dock 680,000
21. Shaun Boyd 639,300
22. Billy Mitchell 598,800
