Here's an at-a-glance guide to who's finished where from all the previous contests, and for the sake of getting meta I've added a ranking system. 1st place gets five points, 2nd gets four, 3rd gets three, 4th gets two and 5th place gets one point. Of course, this system heavily favours users who have entered many competitions, so in the interest of fairness, as of July 16th 2015 the list also shows a comparison of how many contests each user has entered, along with their average-points-per-contest score. The three highest averages under this system are marked in gold, silver and bronze respectively.
*NOTE - As of 07/2013, users who were only ever active on the old site and never signed up for this one are marked in grey text.
NOTE 2 - As of 01/2014, due to the amount of users on the list, the text was beginning to get unreadably small. For this reason, the list now shows only users with five points or more (ie. those who have either won a contest or placed in the top four at least twice).
So, here's the leaderboard as it stands after the What Happened in 2015? contest:
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...And below are all the old ones, for posterity.
After 62 contests (most recent: Inventors & Explorers)
After 61 contests (most recent: Music)
After 60 contests (most recent: Quick!)
After 59 contests (most recent: Fitness)
After 58 contests (most recent: Sidekicks)
After 57 contests (most recent: Middle Ages)
After 56 contests (most recent: Star Wars vs. Star Trek)
After 55 contests (most recent: Toys)
After 54 contests (most recent: Comedians)
After 53 contests (most recent: Mascots)
After 52 contests (most recent: What Happened in the Year 2014?)
After 51 contests (most recent: Historical Figures)
After 50 contests (most recent: Undead)
After 49 contests (most recent: School)
After 48 contests (most recent: Famous Robots)
After 47 contests (most recent: Vacations)
After 46 contests (most recent: Album Covers)
After 45 contests (most recent: Nostalgia)
After 44 contests (most recent: Literature)
After 43 contests (most recent: Disney)
After 42 contests (most recent: Monsters)
After 41 contests (most recent: What Happened in the Year 2013?)
After 40 contests (most recent: Traditions)
After 39 contests (most recent: Food)
After 38 contests (most recent: Dead Celebrities)
After 37 contests (most recent: Time Travel)
After 36 contests (most recent: Movie Posters)
After 35 contests (most recent: Jobs)
After 34 contests (most recent: Aliens)
After 33 contests (most recent: Legends & Fairytales)
After 32 contests (most recent: Superheroes)
After 31 contests (most recent: Famous Artworks)
After 30 contests (most recent: The Internet)
After 29 contests (most recent: What Happened in the Year 2012?)
After 28 contests (most recent: Australia & Antarctica)
After 27 contests (most recent: Musicals)
After 26 contests (most recent: Africa)
After 25 contests (most recent: Classic Movies)
After 24 contests (most recent: Olympic Games)
After 23 contests (most recent: Modern Videogames)
After 22 contests (most recent: Female Musicians)
After 21 contests (most recent: 10 Years of SP-Studio)
After 20 contests (most recent: Religion)
After 19 contests (most recent: America)
After 18 contests (most recent: Animals)
After 17 contests (most recent: What Happened in the Year 2011?)
After 16 contests (most recent: TV Shows (Not Animated))
After 15 contests (most recent: Europe)
After 14 contests (most recent: Male Musicians)
After 13 contests (most recent: Asia)
After 12 contests (most recent: Retro Gaming)
After 11 contests (most recent: Classical Antiquity)
After 10 contests (most recent: Cartoon Villains)
After 9 contests (most recent: Princesses)
After 8 contests (most recent: Sci-Fi Movies)
After 7 contests (most recent: Flower Power)
After 6 contests (most recent: Pokémon)
After 5 contests (most recent: What Happened in the Year 2010?)
After 4 contests (most recent: Movies & Games of 2010)
After 3 contests (most recent: Christmas Cards)
After 2 contests (most recent: Cartoon Heroes of Your Childhood)