
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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In a cycling competition with  $14$  stages, one each day, and  $100$  participants, a competitor was characterized by finishing  $93^{\text{rd}}$  each day.What is the best place he could have finished in the overall standings? (Overall standings take into account the total cycling time over all stages.)

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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