Quite right, good sir. We've had 89 placed entries in Iron Chef history. A few things factored into this number:
- The bronze medal didn't exist until round XIV. In round I, there were 3 placed entries since there was a tie for silver, but rounds II-XIII only saw 2 placed entries each.
- Honorable mention was [unofficially] started in round XIII due to chairman error in not posting a build. The new chairman picked it up and ran with it, starting in round XIV.
- There have been a few rounds where no honorable mention was posted by the chairman: rounds XVI and XXI, to be exact.