Populate a table with unique names only, VLookUp attributes

kidkayc

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Hello all,

I'm trying to take an arranged set of competitors and a) source their names uniquely into a one-column leaderboard, and b) display any entries associated into the contest that received honorable mention or were selected by our editors for other features.

I have a main contest title Column A, then:

B- 1st Winner Column
C - 2nd Winner
D- 3rd
E - 4th
Through numerous honorable mentions to Column J.

I was initially using =COUNTIF(ContestEntries!$B$2:$J$31, CELL("contents", A2)) where Contest Entries was the name of the Worksheet and there were 31 entrants in this fashion. This allowed me to use a manually Advanced Filtered list of names from this array and display how many Wins, Mentions, or other Features were associated with their name string.

Now I have interpolated the entry types in this fashion:
B- 1st Winner
C- entry type
D- 2nd winner
E- entry type

How should I best source the entry type and display them next to the entrants' names on another Worksheet?
 

Excel Facts

Which lookup functions find a value equal or greater than the lookup value?
MATCH uses -1 to find larger value (lookup table must be sorted ZA). XLOOKUP uses 1 to find values greater and does not need to be sorted.

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