A report from the Fourth Annual Beer Pong World Championship.

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In the finals, Harry and Lloyd are down nearly a full beer to two men in mustaches and T-shirts that read “Mustache Rides, 5 cents.” The Nice ‘Stashes send a serve glancing off Christmas’ cup, finishing their beers when they do. Harry and Lloyd look like their pet bird’s head just fell off. The championship, the towering trophy—and the customary beer shower that comes with it—go to the ‘Stashes.

And Lloyd Christmas (28-year-old Orange County resident Jeffrey Gates, wearing the same bowl cut and suit that Jim Carey’s character wore in Dumb and Dumber) is left to wander off into the late summer night disappointed.

Come Monday, when he returns to his job as an orthopedic surgery resident, most of the pain will have subsided, even if the stale beer scent has not. It could be worse, he figures. Last year, he finished third, then lost control of his emotions and his consciousness.

“This year was far superior as I was more coherent,” he says gamely. “Last year I passed out on a park bench.”