Jeopardy! contestant Zoe Grobman admits to 'beating myself up' after major math error

Zoe Grobman is reflecting on a math mistake she made on Jeopardy! that had her "beating" herself up .

The therapist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania faced off against two-day champion Eamonn Campbell, a lawyer from Manchester, Vermont and Rishabh Wuppalapati, an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois on the trivia game show. The episode aired on Tuesday, October 15 and while Zoe did not win, she made an impressive comeback and did end up coming second which is something she expressed in a Jeopardy subreddit .

On a Jeopardy! subreddit for the October 15 game, Zoe shared insight to her experience and feelings about the game . In her lengthy post, she mentioned $1600 math clue that she "miffed" and explained what happened.

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"I've also been beating myself up about the $1600 math clue I miffed. I saw the multiplication sign but 9-16-25 is such a prominent Pythagorean Triple that my brain just went on autopilot. Ken did compliment my speed on the $2000 clue though which definitely made me very proud, " Zoe wrote, underneath the username theraquizt.

She also ended the post reiterating that pride that she had but this time on her performance. She added that she "pulled off a major turnaround in Double Jeopardy!" with $10k especially against "two very strong opponents" and ended up beating one of them (the returning champion) in the final round. She exclaimed that she was proud of her Jeopardy! Silver Medal.

In first round of Jeopardy, the Pennsylvania native had $600 and when Double Jeopardy came around, she completely did a one-eighty when she got the Daily Double under the "Domestication" category and some wins in the "Talking Heads" category that Zoe was clearly excited about. She ended up second with $11,100 before Final Jeopardy. Rishabh lead with $15,600 and Eamonn came in third with $9,800.

In Final Jeopardy, the category was "Presidential nomination acceptance speeches" and the answer was "Who is Richard Nixon." Both Zoe and Rishabh got it correct but Rishabh won with a final score of $22,201 to Zoe's $19,601.

Fans on responded to Zoe's comment on the thread with congratulations and commended her performance on Jeopardy!. One fan said: "You played great Zoe! Congrats on an impressive showing and well-deserved silver." A second fan said: "You did amazing, I was cheering for you massively with the comeback you pulled off to make FJ so close!" Another said: "You played well and were fun to watch!"