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Episode

Monster Energy includes 33 scored items from the "Gut Check" series from Good Mythical Morning.

In all charts, Rhett's data is RED, Link's data is BLUE, and combined data is PURPLE.

Episode Monster Energy

Items scored 33

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 33 items in Monster Energy, including rankings, score distributions, disagreement counts, and derived measures.

Dataset snapshot refreshed June 3, 2026 6:57 AM.

Methods

The selected ranking method is applied within this episode only. Rank ties are preserved. Original final rankings are reported separately from recalculated rankings shown under the selected method.

Raw score. Sum of Rhett and Link scores.

Formal notation R = S_R + S_L

Normalized score. Episode-relative placement measure.

Formal notation N = f_episode(R)

Consensus score. Normalized score with disagreement penalty.

Formal notation C = g_episode(N, |S_R - S_L|)

Results

1. Combined Results Raw Score

Table 1. Original Episode Final Ranking
Final Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link	Numeric Rank
1	Nitrous Oxide Infused Nitro Super Dry	164	83	81	3
2	Mango Loco	165	87	78	2
3	Pipeline Punch	176	88	88	1
4	Hyrdro Super Sport Killer Kiwi	162	82	80	4

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Nitrous Oxide Infused Nitro Super Dry	1	3	2	164	83	81
Pipeline Punch	3	1	2	176	88	88
Mango Loco	2	2	0	165	87	78
Hyrdro Super Sport Killer Kiwi	4	4	0	162	82	80

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Monster Energy.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Monster Energy.

Figure 3. Score distribution by ranking method after rescaling each method to a 0-100 index.

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Monster Energy.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Monster Energy on a 0-100 scale.

Figure 6. Items with the largest absolute Rhett-Link score difference.

Score source	0	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80
Rhett	1	2	1	2	5	6	6	5	5
Link	0	2	4	3	9	2	5	5	3
Combined	1	1	3	1	6	8	5	4	4

Figure 7. Heatmap of score bucket counts by score source.

Average Score

108

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Figure 8. Peanut Butter Quotient by score source.

Figure 9. Nice! Factor occurrences by score source.

Table 3. Highest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Pipeline Punch	176	88	88
2	Mango Loco	165	87	78
3	Nitrous Oxide Infused Nitro Super Dry	164	83	81
4	Hyrdro Super Sport Killer Kiwi	162	82	80
5	Reserve White Pineapple	148	77	71
6	Papillon	144	80	64
7	Hydro Super Sport Blue Streak	143	67	76
8	Khaotic	141	72	69
9	Monster Energy	138	68	70
10	Import	137	72	65

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 4. Lowest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Hydro Zero Sugar	12	1	11
2	Java Monster 300 Mocha	39	19	20
3	Java Monster 300 French Vanilla	45	22	23
4	Hydro Watermelon	50	17	33
5	Swiss Chocolate	52	31	21
6	Monster Mule Ginger Brew	70	52	18
7	Zero Sugar	80	37	43
8	Bourbon Cola Flavored Assault	84	55	29
9	Vanilla Light	89	42	47
10	Lo-Carb	92	49	43

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 5. Largest Score Differences
Rank	Item	Score Difference	Rhett	Link
1	Hyrdo Super Sport Red Dawg	34	41	75
2	Monster Mule Ginger Brew	34	52	18
3	Hydro Purple Passion	27	74	47
4	Kona Blend	26	64	38
5	Bourbon Cola Flavored Assault	26	55	29
6	Hyrdo Blue Ice	20	43	63
7	Hydro Tropical Thunder	17	59	42
8	Irish Blend	17	56	39
9	Papillon	16	80	64
10	Loca Moca	16	63	47

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Pipeline Punch	176	88	88
2	Mango Loco	165	87	78
3	Nitrous Oxide Infused Nitro Super Dry	164	83	81
4	Hyrdro Super Sport Killer Kiwi	162	82	80
5	Reserve White Pineapple	148	77	71
6	Papillon	144	80	64
7	Hydro Super Sport Blue Streak	143	67	76
8	Khaotic	141	72	69
9	Monster Energy	138	68	70
10	Import	137	72	65
11	Salted Caramel	132	73	59
12	Reserve Watermelon	130	62	68
13	Hydro Purple Passion	121	74	47
14	Hyrdo Super Sport Red Dawg	116	41	75
15	Pacific Punch	113	64	49
16	Loca Moca	110	63	47
17	Hyrdo Blue Ice	106	43	63
18	Farmer's Oats	103	53	50
19	Mean Bean	102	57	45
	Kona Blend	102	64	38
20	Hydro Tropical Thunder	101	59	42
21	Hydro Supoer Sport Macho Mango	98	49	49
22	Irish Blend	95	56	39
23	Lo-Carb	92	49	43
24	Vanilla Light	89	42	47
25	Bourbon Cola Flavored Assault	84	55	29
26	Zero Sugar	80	37	43
27	Monster Mule Ginger Brew	70	52	18
28	Swiss Chocolate	52	31	21
29	Hydro Watermelon	50	17	33
30	Java Monster 300 French Vanilla	45	22	23
31	Java Monster 300 Mocha	39	19	20
32	Hydro Zero Sugar	12	1	11

Figure 10. Counts of instances in which Rhett, Link, or neither assigned the higher score.

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Monster Energy	20	11	2

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Monster Energy.

Average Score

56

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Pipeline Punch	88
2	Mango Loco	87
3	Nitrous Oxide Infused Nitro Super Dry	83
4	Hyrdro Super Sport Killer Kiwi	82
5	Papillon	80
6	Reserve White Pineapple	77
7	Hydro Purple Passion	74
8	Salted Caramel	73
9	Khaotic	72
	Import	72
10	Monster Energy	68

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 9. Rhett Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Hydro Zero Sugar	1
2	Hydro Watermelon	17
3	Java Monster 300 Mocha	19
4	Java Monster 300 French Vanilla	22
5	Swiss Chocolate	31
6	Zero Sugar	37
7	Hyrdo Super Sport Red Dawg	41
8	Vanilla Light	42
9	Hyrdo Blue Ice	43
10	Lo-Carb	49
	Hydro Supoer Sport Macho Mango	49

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Results

3. Link

Figure 12. Distribution of Link scores within Monster Energy.

Average Score

52

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Khaotic

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Pipeline Punch	88
2	Nitrous Oxide Infused Nitro Super Dry	81
3	Hyrdro Super Sport Killer Kiwi	80
4	Mango Loco	78
5	Hydro Super Sport Blue Streak	76
6	Hyrdo Super Sport Red Dawg	75
7	Reserve White Pineapple	71
8	Monster Energy	70
9	Khaotic	69
10	Reserve Watermelon	68

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 11. Link Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Hydro Zero Sugar	11
2	Monster Mule Ginger Brew	18
3	Java Monster 300 Mocha	20
4	Swiss Chocolate	21
5	Java Monster 300 French Vanilla	23
6	Bourbon Cola Flavored Assault	29
7	Hydro Watermelon	33
8	Kona Blend	38
9	Irish Blend	39
10	Hydro Tropical Thunder	42

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Notes

4. Definitions and Notes

* Peanut Butter Quotient is calculated as the difference between the average score for peanut-butter-focused flavors and the average score for non-peanut-butter flavors. Flavors designated as peanut-butter-focused in this episode are: None in this episode

Formal notation PBQ = x̄_PB - x̄_non-PB

** Nice! Factor is the number of times a score of 69 appears.

Formal notation NF = Σ 1(score = 69)

Rank Drift is the absolute difference between the original final rank and the rank produced by the currently selected ranking method.

Limitations. Scores are treated as interval values although the underlying tasting process is subjective.