top-of-reddit/2023/05/05-01-2023.md

1. During the 2018 wildfires, this man captured his drive to work in the morning - 91073

r/interestingasfuck - u/padmanabhapillai - 2817 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

2. TRUMP raped 13 year old with Epstein - 74107

r/WhitePeopleTwitter - u/TerrySharpHY - 4170 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

3. Why replanted forrests don’t create the same ecosystem as old-growth, natural forrests. - 66649

r/Damnthatsinteresting - u/Morgentau7 - 1484 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

4. Dallas cowboys scout gets to call his own son and tell him that the cowboys are drafting him - 54533

r/MadeMeSmile - u/handlewithcareme - 833 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

5. Lemur asks children not to stop cuddling - 53906

r/aww - u/DoctaKiD - 537 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

6. At my local Dominos - 52586

r/pics - u/Dangerous-Beginning4 - 508 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

7. just wow - 51832

r/facepalm - u/chata187 - 4683 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

8. American democracy - 50369

r/WorkReform - u/TeenPanter - 752 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

9. That’s a lot of effort - 49793

r/oddlyspecific - u/Afraid-Falcon270 - 1098 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

10. Pencil test by veteran animator James Baxter for Sony Pictures Animation's canceled "Medusa" animated feature film. - 48248

r/nextfuckinglevel - u/infinitiumvortex - 1165 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

11. That's what the GPS said - 47963

r/technicallythetruth - u/Alarmed_Jellyfish771 - 582 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

12. The perfect plan - 47567

r/Unexpected - u/bakshup - 469 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

13. Hooray? - 47214

r/comics - u/Pizzacakecomic - 1218 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

14. I asked for 8 inches off - 44068

r/mildlyinfuriating - u/bluenighthawk - 2782 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

15. Guns turn cowardly men into psychopathic, posturing lunatics, and that's all there is to it. - 43319

r/WhitePeopleTwitter - u/TrumpterOFyvie - 3253 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

16. Hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke the law, feds say - 40782

r/news - u/MeatsimPD - 1627 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

17. TIL that the deepest scuba dive of all time was 1,090 feet, set by Ahmed Gabr in 2014. It took him nearly a decade to properly prepare for the dive. While the descent took only 15 minutes, the ascent back to the surface took over 13 hours. - 39773

r/todayilearned - u/derstherower - 1413 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

18. Full Karen - 38912

r/mildlyinfuriating - u/amy2kim22 - 3295 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

19. Biden calling out republicans for their terrible vote! - 37427

r/WhitePeopleTwitter - u/Miserable-Lizard - 1302 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

20. Pornhub Blocks All of Utah From Its Site - 36844

r/politics - u/vaxick - 2907 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

21. 15 years after the original, Alan Becker and his incredibly talented team have come out with Animator vs Animation VI! - 36101

r/nextfuckinglevel - u/MaximumKirb - 438 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

22. TIL that unlike most animals, African wild dogs follow an age-based food sharing system where pups are given immediate access to kills, making older dogs wait before they can eat - 35674

r/todayilearned - u/unsw - 633 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

23. (OC) How my cat looks at my boyfriend - 35190

r/MadeMeSmile - u/Connect-Internal-867 - 356 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

24. Cat enjoying beach - 35187

r/aww - u/makeliketome - 484 Comments - Top position achieved: 9

25. American democracy - 34012

r/antiwork - u/TeenPanter - 309 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

26. [ Removed by Reddit ] - 33599

r/WhitePeopleTwitter - u/dobbyisafreepup - 967 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

27. Billionaire Spits in Restaurant Managers Face for Asking Him to Stop Hitting on Woman Eating With Her Boyfriend. - 33233

r/PublicFreakout - u/No_Tax5256 - 2555 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

28. We all need a friend like that - 33040

r/MadeMeSmile - u/DemonLordDiablo1 - 384 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

29. Omg, haha - 32423

r/FunnyandSad - u/Devils_negotiator - 181 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

30. These Tourists in Hawaii took a wrong turn - 30763

r/facepalm - u/pandabatron - 2957 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

31. Agreed - 30556

r/WhitePeopleTwitter - u/emilyblunt2023 - 744 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

32. me irl - 30500

r/me_irl - u/Express_Sherbet_4657 - 324 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

33. "Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is." - 30392

r/PrequelMemes - u/asilvertintedrose - 255 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

34. Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr sues Republicans over ‘terrifying’ vote to expel her from statehouse - 30349

r/politics - u/theindependentonline - 1457 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

35. Inside a hippos mouth - 30268

r/interestingasfuck - u/TheLordXanax - 978 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

36. Speeding into waves - 30246

r/Whatcouldgowrong - u/Content_Video_1000 - 1147 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

37. Had a 55 lb dumbbell dropped on my toe at the gym. The guy said "sorry bro" and disappeared. - 29738

r/pics - u/battylol - 2194 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

38. ‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google with regrets and fears about his life’s work - 29576

r/technology - u/pstbo - 4643 Comments - Top position achieved: 6

39. Richard Feynman said, “Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.” What are some real life examples of this? - 29572

r/AskReddit - u/SgtSkillcraft - 6776 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

40. Autonomous water guns protecting buildings from fires in Wengding village - 28482

r/oddlysatisfying - u/SinjiOnO - 644 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

41. Don’t judge a person until you’ve walked a mile in their crocs - 27821

r/facepalm - u/PowderHound40 - 1074 Comments - Top position achieved: 13

42. Greg Abbott criticized for response to Texas shooting: "A new low" - 27275

r/politics - u/BelleAriel - 1284 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

43. The death of a single celled organism. RIP - 27000

r/interestingasfuck - u/xJkurtz - 2093 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

44. Bernie Sanders Calls For Confiscating All Money People Make Over $999 Million Per Year - 26387

r/politics - u/Capital_Ad_2489 - 1796 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

45. Try this trick at home - 26235

r/comics - u/DanbyDraws - 171 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

46. Texas, where they're banning books in schools based on "pronagraphy" but have no issue picking up their elementary school kids with this. - 25139

r/mildyinteresting - u/Additional-Local8721 - 2888 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

47. Jack Ma, the billionaire co-founder of Alibaba who disappeared from public life in 2020, has taken up a teaching role in Japan - 25112

r/worldnews - u/Bice_Num - 1393 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

48. Here’s how a train conductors’ view looks at night - 24742

r/oddlyterrifying - u/TheConfusedLord - 645 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

49. The headline death gap - 24443

r/coolguides - u/a1rsupp0rt - 1132 Comments - Top position achieved: 6

50. Looks great on my machine - 24086

r/ProgrammerHumor - u/OreoSnorty69 - 813 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

51. Here’s what a train conductors’ view looks like during the night - 23783

r/Damnthatsinteresting - u/TheConfusedLord - 657 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

52. To prove that anesthesia isn’t going to work because you’re a “real gangster” - 23721

r/therewasanattempt - u/PacmanTheHitman - 1672 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

53. Russian reporter: We know that you don't support aid to Ukraine, can you comment if U.S Policy will change? Kevin McCarthy: No, I vote for aid for Ukraine. I support aid for Ukraine. I do not support what your country has done to Ukraine - 21999

r/ukraine - u/TotalSpaceNut - 784 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

54. maybe maybe maybe - 21855

r/maybemaybemaybe - u/This-Office-5122 - 221 Comments - Top position achieved: 18

55. Saucon Valley must allow After School Satan Club to meet, judge rules - 21718

r/news - u/LeaveThatCatAlone - 877 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

56. still feeling it - 21567

r/memes - u/daHny24 - 245 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

57. the arrival and retrieval of cargo on the ISS - 20909

r/nextfuckinglevel - u/a1_1rep - 721 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

58. Not my idea but a good one! - 20819

r/lifehacks - u/OkMaybeLater90 - 413 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

59. Police getting hit by firebombs in Paris today - 20081

r/CrazyFuckingVideos - u/GnolRevilo - 871 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

60. Man thinks he is calling out stolen valor, gets owned when he pulls out his VA ID - 19866

r/PublicFreakout - u/Blackbarrystock - 1516 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

61. Just look at the smug smiles on these people who showed up first thing in the morning to try to obstruct Zooey Zypher from doing her work today. Same smug smiles that have always opposed the progress of civil rights throughout history. - 19784

r/WhitePeopleTwitter - u/CriticalThinkingBoop - 913 Comments - Top position achieved: 2

62. It stops me too - 19546

r/technicallythetruth - u/Freezinio - 234 Comments - Top position achieved: 20

63. The sheer stupidity of people is insane! - 19286

r/facepalm - u/JumpyInvasion - 1898 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

64. Lakitu has it tough - 19025

r/gaming - u/johnlen1n - 254 Comments - Top position achieved: 17

65. What a view. - 18937

r/Unexpected - u/Draxtonsmitz - 194 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

66. Gov. Greg Abbott prompts swift rebukes after calling Texas mass shooting victims 'illegal immigrants' in a statement offering condolences to their loved ones - 18913

r/politics - u/Beckles28nz - 1074 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

67. Feel the music. - 17729

r/facepalm - u/Trickytrippy - 1797 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

68. My hens face after she laid her first egg 😂 - 17281

r/AnimalsBeingDerps - u/cowskeeper - 490 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

69. Pedro Pascal Joins Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ Sequel At Paramount - 17255

r/movies - u/MarvelsGrantMan136 - 812 Comments - Top position achieved: 14

70. In "The Mitchells vs The Machines" (2020), the main character says to her mom: "Thanks for being the best mom ever". This is false as the best mom ever is my mom. - 17169

r/shittymoviedetails - u/valfonso_678 - 96 Comments - Top position achieved: 13

71. Eating in class is amazing though - 17132

r/tumblr - u/Old_Specialist7892 - 144 Comments - Top position achieved: 16

72. She definitely has superpowers - 16978

r/memes - u/vinoooodh - 155 Comments - Top position achieved: 7

73. Checking in on their sleepy bro - 16955

r/AnimalsBeingBros - u/westcoastcdn19 - 148 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

74. No words - 16813

r/facepalm - u/Ferropal - 2182 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

75. This family getting a new dog... - 16678

r/Unexpected - u/kewkkid - 528 Comments - Top position achieved: 16

76. Bite: then and now. - 16612

r/Eyebleach - u/fat_old_boy - 113 Comments - Top position achieved: 17

77. Surely it means nothing, right? … right? - 16511

r/dankmemes - u/PacmanTheHitman - 390 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

78. how to get ya nails done. - 16140

r/clevercomebacks - u/yeezee93 - 192 Comments - Top position achieved: 19

79. I’ve got time - 16129

r/dankmemes - u/ryan_godzez - 106 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

80. Namaste - 16030

r/KidsAreFuckingStupid - u/ItsMichaelRay - 260 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

81. This is why I love dogs - 15958

r/MadeMeSmile - u/pseudo__pandit - 864 Comments - Top position achieved: 9

82. me_irl - 15794

r/me_irl - u/Guy-Named-AECH-536 - 227 Comments - Top position achieved: 9

83. She’d be flour - 15704

r/rareinsults - u/Unreal-Memes - 129 Comments - Top position achieved: 21

84. If anyone needs motivation to go this monday o7 - 15270

r/funny - u/Emm-003 - 279 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

85. Base game is basically intro now - 15052

r/pcmasterrace - u/NoIdeaHow2Breath - 605 Comments - Top position achieved: 13

86. me_irl - 14790

r/meirl - u/AlvinAnimations - 179 Comments - Top position achieved: 22

87. [Highlight] Harden drills the classic stepback over Horford to put the Sixers up with 8.4 left - 14742

r/nba - u/CP3_for_MvP - 1076 Comments - Top position achieved: 1

88. Some clients are a nightmare - 14496

r/ProgrammerHumor - u/NakliBatman_ - 327 Comments - Top position achieved: 18

89. me.irl - 14447

r/me_irl - u/Mayaanz - 49 Comments - Top position achieved: 21

90. Soon.... - 14267

r/gaming - u/Lo_jak - 1190 Comments - Top position achieved: 22

91. Why did they bother with CGI?? - 14190

r/StarWars - u/ctopherrun - 660 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

92. Anakin was like an older brother - 13982

r/PrequelMemes - u/asilvertintedrose - 109 Comments - Top position achieved: 21

93. Swahili - 13743

r/tumblr - u/DioJoestar04 - 224 Comments - Top position achieved: 13

94. This laptop has a trackpad above the keyboard - 13354

r/mildlyinteresting - u/pandaKrusher - 926 Comments - Top position achieved: 19

95. me irl - 13257

r/meirl - u/missy_white - 343 Comments - Top position achieved: 21

96. A stolen KIA rear ends a school bus while it is letting children off. May 1st in Milwaukee WI. - 13240

r/IdiotsInCars - u/MyDogGoldi - 585 Comments - Top position achieved: 17

97. This refrigerator from 1956 has more features than modern day fridges - 13197

r/Damnthatsinteresting - u/ThroatYogurt_27 - 684 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

98. I just need the photo op, officer - 13084

r/memes - u/Ajawad87 - 193 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

99. Gov. Abbott Calls Texas Mass Shooting Victims 'Illegal Immigrants' - 13067

r/nottheonion - u/gootyy - 920 Comments - Top position achieved: 3

100. meirl - 12975

r/meirl - u/Alarid - 368 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

101. I caught Acuna's 448 ft dinger - 12869

r/baseball - u/kab06 - 338 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

102. First Republic seized by California regulator, JPMorgan to assume all deposits - 12852

r/news - u/DictatorDoge - 883 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

103. Why hello there! 🦎 - 12513

r/gifs - u/LadyAbraxus - 137 Comments - Top position achieved: 18

104. China Votes in Favor of UN Resolution Condemning Russian Aggression - 12509

r/worldnews - u/GA_Emergency - 367 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

105. Bro put all his points into Resilience - 11946

r/shitposting - u/CT-4426 - 157 Comments - Top position achieved: 17

106. They really got the the right guys - 11892

r/ABoringDystopia - u/M1kt1 - 328 Comments - Top position achieved: 16

107. Meirl - 11808

r/meirl - u/Spectrelegit - 753 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

108. rotten tomatoes - 11761

r/lotrmemes - u/Numerous-Gur-9008 - 72 Comments - Top position achieved: 15

109. Florida Principal Resigns After Sending $100K to Scammer Posing as Elon Musk - 11538

r/news - u/Artbytimsmith - 858 Comments - Top position achieved: 5

110. Police getting hit by firebombs in Paris today - 11436

r/ThatsInsane - u/GnolRevilo - 1440 Comments - Top position achieved: 20

111. Protest in France is still on going after Macron's plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 was enacted into law 3 weeks ago - 11084

r/LateStageCapitalism - u/XXmynameisNeganXX - 421 Comments - Top position achieved: 19

112. Sometimes there's more to sports than just winning - 11041

r/MadeMeSmile - u/FuturisticFighting - 292 Comments - Top position achieved: 23

113. Nope it's not a skull it’s a fly infected by Cordyceps Fungus - 10942

r/oddlyterrifying - u/tausif-sahat - 205 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

114. Let's be clear - 10937

r/WhitePeopleTwitter - u/appropriate_lizard09 - 196 Comments - Top position achieved: 10

115. Case is closed - 10908

r/ProgrammerHumor - u/linegel - 79 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

116. This rainbow walkway at the Miami International Airport - 10858

r/woahdude - u/delusionsheeep - 208 Comments - Top position achieved: 22

117. Who's gonna tell him? - 10851

r/HolUp - u/itsnotsoez - 208 Comments - Top position achieved: 14

118. Over 100 dolphins die in Black Sea in April because of Russian actions - 10843

r/worldnews - u/volossaveroniki - 345 Comments - Top position achieved: 24

119. Cal Cletus - 10834

r/gaming - u/Verittan - 394 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

120. Idiocracy at The Highest Level - 10743

r/facepalm - u/ltachi15 - 2007 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

121. One of the few things I can do better than a 20th level dnd character - 10669

r/dndmemes - u/Ok_Blackberry_1223 - 329 Comments - Top position achieved: 16

122. We Stayed roommates until he died. - 10424

r/wholesomememes - u/LocalCharacterz - 155 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

123. Egyptians taking honking to next level - 10317

r/funny - u/menshawy8 - 315 Comments - Top position achieved: 22

124. Only 70%? - 9916

r/memes - u/Bright-Repeat-4616 - 656 Comments - Top position achieved: 23

125. If Saturn was our moon, at the same distance away as the moon, it would look like this - 9553

r/interestingasfuck - u/Stotallytob3r - 673 Comments - Top position achieved: 4

126. Adult website PornHub blocks users in Utah from accessing the site - 9306

r/technology - u/marketrent - 947 Comments - Top position achieved: 6

127. Wow… - 9199

r/madlads - u/HibibitySkibibity - 126 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

128. Canelo Alvarez cheering up his opponent after the fight. - 9184

r/nextfuckinglevel - u/Classic-Slide-2213 - 305 Comments - Top position achieved: 6

129. Ever Wonder Why My Ribs Were Always Taped up?💥💎 - 9082

r/SquaredCircle - u/RealDDP - 622 Comments - Top position achieved: 17

130. they are in huge trouble ! They regulate themselves & no one stopped them. - 8869

r/Superstonk - u/TappyDev - 226 Comments - Top position achieved: 17

131. Cyborg friend group - 8863

r/wholesomememes - u/nativeFauces432 - 224 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

132. They made a tap like this - 8783

r/DiWHY - u/JohnW305 - 119 Comments - Top position achieved: 23

133. To Eat A Badger - 8719

r/therewasanattempt - u/Heymynameisdistance - 926 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

134. Bill Burr on the Catholic Church - 8712

r/clevercomebacks - u/Thickmeow - 110 Comments - Top position achieved: 16

135. This is the funniest comeback I have seen in a while - 8703

r/clevercomebacks - u/despisedpolonium - 454 Comments - Top position achieved: 22

136. A man who got shamed for proposing in KFC has inspired multiple companies to pay for their dream wedding. - 8660

r/MadeMeSmile - u/dil_mangoes - 262 Comments - Top position achieved: 8

137. Mothering woes - 8598

r/comics - u/portsherry - 155 Comments - Top position achieved: 6

138. M A G I C - 8554

r/suspiciouslyspecific - u/AdjoiningSloth - 57 Comments - Top position achieved: 11

139. Steel Yourself - 8308

r/CuratedTumblr - u/AscendedDragonSage - 198 Comments - Top position achieved: 22

140. Cursed_Valentines day - 7707

r/cursedcomments - u/Brone9 - 69 Comments - Top position achieved: 23

141. Canadian vs. American Froot Loops - 7481

r/mildlyinteresting - u/_ziggy_stardust - 735 Comments - Top position achieved: 9

142. Jamiroquai dropped Virtual Insanity in 1996 - I was a senior in high school... - 7278

r/OldSchoolCool - u/BrevitysLazyCousin - 466 Comments - Top position achieved: 19

143. Bro got downvoted for being french... - 6957

r/teenagers - u/Cakestering - 316 Comments - Top position achieved: 16

144. Thanks Kyle, very cool - 6756

r/rareinsults - u/Lexachsurf - 106 Comments - Top position achieved: 6

145. BREAKING: Russia has just launched a massive wave of missile strikes against Ukraine. More than 20 TU-95/TU-160s bombers are in the air and Kalibr missiles have also been launched from ships/subs The missiles will reach Ukraine in 20-30 minutes It’s 3AM and people are asleep - 6685

r/ukraine - u/Necessary-Canary3367 - 619 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

146. When you can't unsee it. - 6466

r/rareinsults - u/abruptlyRun - 44 Comments - Top position achieved: 16

147. In the midst of «don’t say gay», abortion bans, book banning, GEC-ban, drag show ban etc. etc. they have a point - 6335

r/SelfAwarewolves - u/victor0709 - 224 Comments - Top position achieved: 12

148. Surge of gamma wave activity in brains of dying patients suggest that near-death experience is the product of the dying brain - 6268

r/science - u/marketrent - 526 Comments - Top position achieved: 20

149. This shoe was left in the window for 2 months & it shrunk - 6177

r/interestingasfuck - u/NotablySink - 217 Comments - Top position achieved: 14

150. TIL that U.S. cities with more country music on the radio have higher suicide rates - 6123

r/todayilearned - u/rocksboulders - 383 Comments - Top position achieved: 14

151. Me🤔irlgbt - 6105

r/me_irlgbt - u/Ello_Pickle - 128 Comments - Top position achieved: 23

152. A selfmade, solar powered 7 seater vehicle, cost about 8000-10000 rupees. - 5960

r/nextfuckinglevel - u/Anna---Prince - 432 Comments - Top position achieved: 20

153. TIFU agreeing to watch my friend have sex - 5946

r/tifu - u/TriedNotToLaugh - 571 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

154. That face - 5846

r/FunnyAnimals - u/Conyou1 - 33 Comments - Top position achieved: 23

155. Never forget Benjamin golden then ceo of Taco Bell assaulting an Uber driver - 5170

r/PublicFreakout - u/BpImperial - 305 Comments - Top position achieved: 13

156. TIL that the invention of bicycles was fundamental to the early women's liberation movement. Bicycles promised freedom to women long accustomed to relying on men for transportation. It was also the main reason corsets and long skirts fell out of fashion in the early 20th century. - 5167

r/todayilearned - u/Alesyia789 - 62 Comments - Top position achieved: 13

157. Happening now in France - this looks like a revolution, it's beautiful to watch - 4991

r/WorkersStrikeBack - u/uw888 - 173 Comments - Top position achieved: 25

158. I can smell the top of the beer bottle from here... - 4463

r/CrappyDesign - u/JINROH-Scorpio - 151 Comments - Top position achieved: 13

159. The New York Rangers have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs after losing to the New Jersey Devils in 7 games - 3536

r/hockey - u/EliminatorBot - 1169 Comments - Top position achieved: 21

160. ich🍝🤑iel - 3383

r/ich_iel - u/FamoserSchelm - 100 Comments - Top position achieved: 22

161. Cleaning the mirrors - 3373

r/WatchPeopleDieInside - u/delusionsheeep - 75 Comments - Top position achieved: 18

162. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the current state of Street Fighter 6 - 3217

r/gaming - u/MonteBellmond - 574 Comments - Top position achieved: 24