I understand he did some editing, but I honestly think the only reason metalflygon's entry is even here is due to using different sprites. Add to that the pattern is abysmal on the sprites itself, the only pattern are those things on the outside of the outline that antisocial does on almost all of his sprites, so its nothing to me at least.
I also don't get the love for cynder's sprites. Woah! recolors...The only one worth mentioning is meganium, and even then its just some lines with some antialiasing.
I do like goldenOza's entry, I just feel some of the designs could use a bit more focus and perhaps have just a few lines on parasect instead of so many for instance. I also like how you went with a different type of pattern for each one, but in that sense, I felt like rapidash was sort of weak, without a recognizable pattern.
That leaves me with digit, who gets my vote, due to having obvious patterns, yet all executed well. You didn't go overboard and make too many of anything, but all of them did having a pattern that was consistant, and that somebody could actaully explain if asked to name it. Excellent job in my opinion.