Even if I caught the spree in real time, I am lagging as I am not an AI and I had something carbon-based to care about.
But I enjoyed the fact I was able to intercept the spree even before it stopped dumping merits on me!
Official @ddmrddmr thread
First, the usual the usual spreadsheet, where you see the two last sprees:

According to the total merits per pair of TICK-TOCK sprees, this is the new (lower) record since its inception.
As I said last month, @ddmrddmr has become more efficient at distributing merits in the traditional way, or he's saving merits for later! I honestly am rooting for the first option!
Merit Spree #53 by @ddmrddrmr
Official Description:
Version 53 - 04/05/2024 (76 posts merited (by me) in just over 1 minute) -> 156 sMerits
Remerited all my merited posts since my last spree (+ some backlogged pending ones), for non-banned users (up until last Friday ).
My review:
TICK: This is an almost perfect reply of merit spree #52. Smaller-sized double-meriting spree.
Textbook TICK Spree.
Smallest on record, the machinery is well perfectioned, with sheer efficiency.
Here's the TOP10:
1. d5000 24
2. Hispo 14
3. famososMuertos 14
4. darbitmobilerecovery 10
5. Don Pedro Dinero 8
6. Rikafip 6
6. Porfirii 6
6. fillippone 6
9. Unknown Op 4
9. seoincorporation 4
9. PX-Z 4
9. nc50lc 4
9. Amphenomenon 4
Compared to Merit Spree #51, the numbers to enter the TOP10 are higher, which is quite usual. Only 4 merits to enter the chart, topped yet another time by @d5000, once more time topping the chart with the usual 24 merits, getting just shy of his record of 30 in merits spree #47. Shall I start taking note of who's topping this chart more often?
That's all folks for Merits Spree 53!
Merit Spree #54 by @ddmrddrmr
Official description:
Version 54 - 04/05/2024 78 posts merited (by me) in just over 1 minute) -> 78 sMerits
Merited all posts that:
- I have not merited before.
- Have received merits from at least five different people since april 2024.
- Are not in Services nor in WO nor in off-topic.
- Are not in thread IDs: 5253221, 5156376, 5445913, 5485091, 5485659, 5485801, 5486754
The goal is to merit post I have either ignored or not come across in boards I do not visit, and that others seem to deem merit worthy, allowing me to unload a bunch of sMerits in the process.
My review:
TOCK This second spree was again the smallest of the bunch, right smaller than #52. For the first time, the spree TICK and the spree TOCK had roughly the same number of TXs. This spree was a "single one", as you can see from the spreadsheet and the chart of the most merited users,
Here's the TOP10:
1. paid2 7
2. PowerGlove 3
3. achow101 3
4. TryNinja 2
5. theymos 2
5. gagux123 2
5. BlackHatCoiner 2
5. 7juju 2
5. _act_ 2
Being a single merits spree, numbers are lower: 7 merits to top the chart and 2 to enter the TOP10.
Paid2 once again topped the chart; what is his secret for this consistency?
I will start getting merit statistics for a single merits spree! So 11 merits are the highest on record for a single merits spree! (merit spree 44!), and these 3 merits are the lowest required on the record, together with spree #44, #46 and #48: wen two?
Time to call it a day!
See you at the next merit spree!