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Welcome to the ReX Awards!

Hey everyone. :slight_smile: It’s only been about 6 months since the last ReX Awards, but a lot has happened, so I thought we would check in and see how people are doing on their way to greatness. :trophy: Let’s do some mid-year celebrating with some new semiannual awards. :partying_face:

ReX Awards Semiannual 2025
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Image by Suzanne from Spiceworks

Last time I did the main awards and then later did a separate post with some backstage awards. This time I am trying just leaving everyone in the same bucket. Cats and dogs, living together? Could be madness… we’ll have to see how it goes. :slight_smile:

That said, let’s jump right in:

Category: Daily Challenge

Most Questions Answered (number of questions attempted)

And the winners are...

Everyone who attempted 121 or more Daily Challenge questions in 2024.

  1. simonsheard4498
  2. scub
  3. peterdigby
  4. Evan7191
  5. HulkSmash
  6. Josh-J-Spiceworks
  7. patriciagreen
  8. Lois-Spiceworks
  9. davidkenney
  10. shelbyzttop
  11. cag16
  12. PatrickFarrell
  13. matthew-martin
  14. Arkane78
  15. Suzanne-Spiceworks
  16. Stay_Dandy
  17. nfosmer
  18. bejaype
  19. spiceuser-6dpw0
  20. jeffjones11
  21. pigdog
  22. neko-neko
  23. kevin-aventis-systems
  24. Steven-Spiceworks
  25. jamesjones15
  26. cafe0411
  27. farokhirani9944
  28. maxsec
  29. robert-zed
  30. spiceuser-underham
  31. robertchesnutt
  32. jeffbrubaker
  33. CharlesHTN
  34. janice777
  35. samn8825
  36. bob2213
  37. edt
  38. jstein
  39. justawanderingnerd
  40. itsupport940
  41. ajason
  42. DailyLlama
  43. spiceuser-eyz9
  44. heikot
  45. craigrrr
  46. ekennedy3
  47. robertpowell
  48. WiseOldelf
  49. stevenshives2
  50. Lockout
  51. spiceuser-ty2u6
  52. randomparts
  53. chrishall5
  54. ode2joy
  55. merlinyoda
  56. markharrison3
  57. richardt
  58. Dennis5204
  59. moorebeers
  60. chrisclay
  61. Just-Ask-Clippy

Most Questions Correct (number of correct answers regardless of how many questions attempted)

And the winners are...

Everyone who got 100 or more questions correct in the first half of 2025:

  1. simonsheard4498
  2. Josh-J-Spiceworks
  3. scub
  4. PatrickFarrell
  5. cafe0411
  6. CharlesHTN
  7. heikot
  8. janice777
  9. joejoethehitman
  10. seppokohonen7039
  11. craigrrr
  12. farokhirani9944
  13. ode2joy
  14. Colts
  15. samn8825
  16. bob2213
  17. bejaype
  18. BadAtNames
  19. merlinyoda
  20. smudd
  21. spiceuser-6dpw0
  22. edt
  23. patriciagreen
  24. miroslavmilovanovic
  25. jstein
  26. spiceuser-ty2u6
  27. benoitt
  28. donutlord
  29. peterdigby
  30. markharrison3
  31. rsz
  32. musicnerd
  33. jma89tk
  34. paweleo6539
  35. Ecrawf099
  36. LarryCK
  37. Lois-Spiceworks
  38. james590
  39. maxsec
  40. kcampbe
  41. shannonwheeler
  42. tommyclark
  43. klace
  44. jeffjones11
  45. joshhale
  46. alexlacombe2
  47. craigjacquez
  48. matthew-martin
  49. chris-kelly
  50. ZangiefBadGuy
  51. alaric2977216
  52. wwwes
  53. ekennedy3
  54. clutka

Category: Questions

Asking questions on our site is central to our mission of helping each other… asking for help is the first step. Here are some of our top askers.

Most Questions Asked (Posts tagged with “question” in the first half of 2025)

And the winners are...

Everyone who asked over 9 questions since January:

  1. robertkwild
  2. WarKraft
  3. mariale-pulseway
  4. PassRusher
  5. spr1
  6. ajason
  7. vincentshanecurtis
  8. spiceuser-fiona
  9. PipeItToDevNull
  10. jrsitman6
  11. ode2joy
  12. paprika-1977-12
  13. Kelemvor
  14. Glenn-Maxwell
  15. donherberts
  16. Datsys
  17. techcreeb
  18. stuartnicols
  19. molan
  20. douglasduke
  21. Daniel9483
  22. thomaswildgruber
  23. itbymiket

Questions Asked by New Users (Posts tagged with “question” by people who joined in 2025)

And the winners are...

New community members who asked 3 or more questions since January:

  1. vincentshanecurtis
  2. spiceuser-hq9
  3. marcolonna
  4. Luthergh
  5. spiceuser-j009
  6. NetByteGuy
  7. lightsnake2012
  8. MicahInNY
  9. SomeonesInTheWolf
  10. spiceuser-eudg
  11. Reda
  12. spiceuser-v8dn
  13. local_stone
  14. spiceuser-5rwa
  15. TechSavvyOps
  16. FlyGirl15
  17. spiceuser-madpoet62
  18. Amber-Airdroid
  19. David-LB
  20. spiceuser-x917

Category: Answers

We can’t help each other very well if questions go unanswered. Here are the people that are jumping in to help.

Most Answers (responses to posts tagged as a question for the first half of 2025)

And the winners are...

Everyone with 100 or more answers since January:

  1. Rod-IT
  2. adrian_ych
  3. PatrickFarrell
  4. Jay-Updegrove
  5. somedude2
  6. molan
  7. ajason
  8. Suzanne-Spiceworks
  9. phildrew
  10. matt7863
  11. Greek-Greg
  12. mariale-pulseway
  13. ode2joy
  14. clutka
  15. Samael1
  16. jarmbrister
  17. matthew-martin
  18. Nerf_Herder
  19. robertkwild
  20. Evan7191
  21. afroz-stellar
  22. jessevas
  23. ich-ni-san
  24. kwelch007
  25. paprika-1977-12
  26. kevinhsieh
  27. shnool

Most Answers by New Users (responses to posts tagged as a question by people who joined in 2025)

And the winners are...

New community members with 10 or more answers in the first half of this year:

  1. fallen-it
  2. vincentshanecurtis
  3. spiceuser-8s80
  4. MicahInNY
  5. Levan-IT
  6. code98765
  7. Amber-Airdroid
  8. Rome_Come
  9. lightsnake2012
  10. spiceuser-madpoet62
  11. elio22
  12. Elethiel38
  13. marcolonna
  14. mike00
  15. ITnerd935
  16. Itguy92
  17. doofusmcgee
  18. mayres120
  19. TechSavvyOps
  20. localcurry
  21. turtleneck_Enjoyer
  22. Techworker-dlr
  23. spice-girl
  24. spiceuser-lxej
  25. spiceuser-y45v
  26. Martronic
  27. Luthergh
  28. srv-hlp-nipdb-spiceusr82
  29. spiceuser-80l
  30. 7thsun
  31. Cty111111
  32. local_stone
  33. SharonZhao00
  34. Ally0025
  35. congo181
  36. GordonIsGreat
  37. Psychoredfish
  38. StivN11
  39. oxoxox
  40. yaslam0x1
  41. BenMond
  42. Sid-1080p
  43. amit_mishra_ji
  44. spiceuser-bf5d
  45. TheTallest

Solutions (most answers marked as “solutions” in 2025 up through the end of June)

And the winners are...

Everyone with 4 or more solutions (best answers) since January:

  1. Rod-IT
  2. clutka
  3. PatrickFarrell
  4. ode2joy
  5. matt7863
  6. Craig-Spiceworks
  7. Suzanne-Spiceworks
  8. ajason
  9. Lois-Spiceworks
  10. phildrew
  11. Evan7191
  12. molan
  13. dbeato
  14. adminofthings
  15. somedude2
  16. matthew-martin
  17. Sean-Spiceworks
  18. adrian_ych
  19. craigrrr
  20. Samael1
  21. jarmbrister
  22. Levan-IT
  23. michaelcoulter

Category: Peppers and Spice

Pepper points and spice are what keeps things hot around here, and getting and giving appreciation is valuable. :slight_smile:

Most pepper points (most pepper points earned for the first half of 2025)

And the winners are...

Everyone that got over 10,000 pepper points for the first half of this year:

  1. Rod-IT
  2. Suzanne-Spiceworks
  3. HulkSmash
  4. Jay-Updegrove
  5. ajason
  6. PatrickFarrell
  7. ode2joy
  8. spiceuser-3q1nq
  9. merlinyoda
  10. DailyLlama
  11. Nerf_Herder
  12. Josh-J-Spiceworks
  13. GeorgeSVFC
  14. Sean-Spiceworks
  15. adrian_ych
  16. CharlesHTN
  17. ich-ni-san
  18. somedude2
  19. jameswalker20
  20. system
  21. clutka
  22. NULL
  23. thedatamaster
  24. molan
  25. Stay_Dandy
  26. Samael1
  27. tim-smith
  28. Greek-Greg
  29. Jonathan-Johnson
  30. Repairatrooper

Most Spice (most spice ups received overall)

And the winners are...

Everyone on the top ten list for spice ups this year so far:

  1. HulkSmash
  2. Suzanne-Spiceworks
  3. ajason
  4. Rod-IT
  5. DailyLlama
  6. Jay-Updegrove
  7. ode2joy
  8. PatrickFarrell
  9. Sean-Spiceworks
  10. NULL

(This particular report is limited to ten. However, the “by topic” and “by post” reports below show more.)

Most Spice by Topic (most spice ups received on topics created)

And the winners are...

(This one seemed pretty heavy on employees, vendors, and bots, so I made the list extra long to make sure we captured enough community members.) This is everyone that got over 700 spice ups from topics they created this year:

  1. Suzanne-Spiceworks
  2. Professor-Capsaicin-Spiceworks
  3. Sean-Spiceworks
  4. HulkSmash
  5. system
  6. Stay_Dandy
  7. DailyLlama
  8. Peter-Spiceworks
  9. Lonny6654
  10. OZ10
  11. Josh-J-Spiceworks
  12. Repairatrooper
  13. mariale-pulseway
  14. VikingMichael
  15. Steve6343
  16. jimender2
  17. Greek-Greg
  18. Jeff-Grettler-Spiceworks
  19. mike-eaton
  20. CharlesHTN
  21. Tamara-Spiceworks
  22. PatrickFarrell
  23. ich-ni-san
  24. moorebeers
  25. mountainbiker
  26. ajason
  27. Rich-Spiceworks
  28. PassRusher
  29. alok-scalefusion
  30. jack-intel
  31. dave-exclaimer
  32. Jonathan-Johnson
  33. Son.of.Jor-El
  34. lamocon
  35. ode2joy
  36. cdoublejj
  37. Lois-Spiceworks
  38. Nerf_Herder
  39. brittany-ninjaone
  40. tim-smith

Most Spice by Post (most spice ups received on posts)

And the winners are...

Everyone that got over 2,000 spice ups for posts they wrote this year, so far:

  1. HulkSmash
  2. Suzanne-Spiceworks
  3. ajason
  4. Rod-IT
  5. DailyLlama
  6. Jay-Updegrove
  7. ode2joy
  8. PatrickFarrell
  9. Nerf_Herder
  10. NULL
  11. Sean-Spiceworks
  12. CharlesHTN
  13. Josh-J-Spiceworks
  14. ich-ni-san
  15. jameswalker20
  16. merlinyoda
  17. Repairatrooper
  18. Stay_Dandy
  19. Jonathan-Johnson
  20. tim-smith
  21. somedude2
  22. thedatamaster
  23. mike-eaton
  24. Samael1
  25. Professor-Capsaicin-Spiceworks
  26. Greek-Greg

Most Spice Given (most spice ups awarded to others)

And the winners are...

Everyone that spiced other people up over 2,500 times since January:

  1. spiceuser-3q1nq
  2. Suzanne-Spiceworks
  3. HulkSmash
  4. Jay-Updegrove
  5. GeorgeSVFC
  6. ajason
  7. merlinyoda
  8. Josh-J-Spiceworks
  9. DailyLlama
  10. tb33t
  11. OscarOneEye
  12. Nerf_Herder
  13. ode2joy
  14. Stay_Dandy
  15. yellowshirtcc
  16. Sean-Spiceworks
  17. Samael1
  18. jameswalker20
  19. Jacob-Spiceworks
  20. thedatamaster
  21. it-monkey-mike
  22. ich-ni-san
  23. CharlesHTN
  24. Lois-Spiceworks
  25. tim-smith
  26. atruex

Category: Other Interesting Stats

Just some other reports that seemed interesting or cool.

Top Spam Fighters (Most approved content flags)

And the winners are...

Everyone (including the system bot that totally surpassed everyone on number of flags approved, but also has the most flags rejected, so not sure it is a shining example) that appropriately flagged 2 or more posts this year, drawing our attention to problems on the site:

  1. system
  2. ajason
  3. rod-it
  4. clutka
  5. dailyllama
  6. denis-kelley
  7. merlinyoda
  8. phil-commquotes
  9. joebridgeman
  10. lois-spiceworks
  11. sean-spiceworks
  12. alexendersmith
  13. graeme-n
  14. itguytk
  15. itskieran
  16. jonathan-johnson
  17. jucyara-spiceworks
  18. kevinhsieh
  19. logan33
  20. molan
  21. null
  22. phildrew
  23. repairatrooper

Top Lurkers Silent Learners (Most Reading without Participating)

And the winners are...

The top silent learners, who have read at least 175 posts in the last 6 months:

  1. Jacob-Spiceworks
  2. spiceuser-3q1nq
  3. erikgerm
  4. jeffhaines0544
  5. realchabot8523
  6. mmbitav8r
  7. wendelowen
  8. Spice-Jachris01
  9. JRITSA2024
  10. spiceuser-1k11v
  11. skugga
  12. ndavies2
  13. ryany2
  14. itguysam
  15. marcgendroz
  16. spiceuser-zmop
  17. timbkle
  18. stuart031
  19. alec567
  20. robertchesnutt
  21. susand
  22. rileymatthew
  23. spiceuser-kko8
  24. cnichols3
  25. spencerhammond8436
  26. jackatoa
  27. TomEgger91
  28. spiceuser-41fhs
  29. alexlacombe2
  30. andrewspeed
  31. kentnakaoka
  32. spiceuser-xu9yi
  33. spiceuser-t22sd
  34. johnbarnett8879
  35. tanelr
  36. james-mackenzie
  37. garrettpeluffo
  38. sean-dahlberg
  39. spiceuser-i1ct3
  40. dsmith64
  41. rowanaitken
  42. desmond78
  43. rsz
  44. spiceuser-nb7w
  45. scottsnell2
  46. kendal3
  47. ianbeange
  48. jeffl4492
  49. Corvette23
  50. nfosmer
  51. seumaslowell
  52. robbrookins2
  53. kevinmcconnell
  54. shepburn
  55. ken-esc7-dmac
  56. stevemedley3558
  57. justingseiwi
  58. Tristan-Day12
  59. km42
  60. danielkees
  61. paulhudson2
  62. pam1911
  63. jfenkhuber
  64. spiceuser-jkyp1
  65. michapatrzaek
  66. rubenlara0197
  67. bessalex
  68. smartinez

Most Answers in Spiceworks Support (Most answers in that specific category)

And the winners are...

Everyone that answered more than 5 questions in Spiceworks Support over the last six months:

  1. clutka
  2. Suzanne-Spiceworks
  3. Rod-IT
  4. Lois-Spiceworks
  5. Craig-Spiceworks
  6. Sean-Spiceworks
  7. ajason
  8. srv-hlp-nipdb-spiceusr82
  9. ode2joy
  10. dbeato
  11. Jay-Updegrove
  12. PatrickFarrell
  13. stefanp4
  14. Josh-J-Spiceworks
  15. Nerf_Herder
  16. greenbj
  17. it-monkey-mike
  18. dpittaway
  19. GeorgeSVFC
  20. techusertas-carl
  21. dwaynewhite2
  22. Rome_Come
  23. molan
  24. ich-ni-san

Most Answers in General (Not overall answers, but most answers in the specific “General” category, where questions often end up when people forget to categorize, and often get lost.)

And the winners are...

Everyone that answered 5 questions or more in the “General” (read: often the lost / uncategorized area):

  1. Rod-IT
  2. ajason
  3. Pierre-A
  4. spiceuser-r1pdc
  5. somedude2
  6. molan
  7. dherr2

Most Answers in Programming & Development (Most answers in that specific category)

And the winners are...

Everyone that answered more than 5 questions in the programming area over the last six months:

  1. fallen-it
  2. Rod-IT
  3. adminofthings
  4. vincentshanecurtis
  5. Evan7191
  6. phildrew
  7. molan
  8. adrian_ych
  9. PatrickFarrell
  10. Jay-Updegrove
  11. somedude2
  12. SpiceAddict85
  13. merlinyoda
  14. BenMond
  15. Neally
  16. jessevas
  17. michaellopez3
  18. Carl-Holzhauer
  19. craigrrr
  20. shreddie
  21. acenyc
  22. TheTallest
  23. ich-ni-san
  24. dk38098
  25. tim-smith
  26. c-t
  27. ajason
  28. lcg86

Also, huge shout-out as always to @Lois-Spiceworks , @Jamie-Spiceworks , and @Josh-J-Spiceworks for their amazing assistance with all of this. The ReX Awards would not exist without them.


Please note that if you are listed here, you should be getting a badge, but we didn’t want to give them all out beforehand and ruin the surprise, so it might take a bit to give them all out after this post comes out. If you are listed here and you haven’t gotten a badge a month after this is posted, feel free to write to community@spiceworks.com and ask for your missing badge(s). :slight_smile:

21 Spice ups
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Wow! I knew I’d been active, but not sure I knew I’d been quite that active! Thanks!! Very neat stats here, though not a huge number of surprises.

11 Spice ups
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Looks like I been slacking, I didn’t make a single list (That I could find). Guess I been busy…

10 Spice ups
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Very nice stats! Hard work is paying off.

8 Spice ups
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That’s fun, thanks for putting this together!

8 Spice ups
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I’m on a worrying number of these lists again…

8 Spice ups
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Okay, all badges should be awarded. Let me know if you are on a list above and didn’t get yours. :slight_smile:

5 Spice ups
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Got 'em!

2 Spice ups
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I saw my rewards before I found this post!
Thanks, Z!! :trophy:

2 Spice ups
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I think you mean an impressive number of lists. :wink:. If it was a worrying number then I’d have to be worrying right along with you!

Same here. I somehow missed it when it was first posted.

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