Not everyone’s a winner, baby, that’s the truth. But there’s something just painful about a really close loss.

Alec Fischthal fell just one dollar short of winning the $100,000 ‘Jeopardy! Teen Tournament’ prize on Tuesday night.

The other two finalists were Michael Borecki and Sharath Narayan, the latter of whom was the ultimate winner. Fortunately, Fischthal didn’t go empty handed. He earned $50,000, while Borecki took home $25,000.

Host Alec Trebek commented, ‘What a finish. The best one in a long, long time.’

You can see just how close the three finalists were below:

 

So, so close…