Pokemon Go is displayed on a cell phone in Los Angeles on Friday, July 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

The city of Lawrence was one level behind Topeka’s city government at the end of an hourlong competition Friday of the popular augmented reality game Pokémon Go.

Nick Combs, the city’s digital communications specialist, said Topeka won the contest by about 2,000 experience points, which are accumulated as the player catches Pokémon. Topeka ended at level 7 and Lawrence at level 6.

The competition — dubbed the “PiKAWchu Showdown” — pitted Kim Anspach, the community relations manager for Explore Lawrence, against Topeka’s assistant city attorney, Jason McIlrath. Each player created a new account and walked a six-block route through their cities starting at noon.

Combs said approximately 30 to 40 people showed up to play with Ansbach and put down “lure modules,” which attracted Pokémon to her location.

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