See here  At the moment, the top post there is  The answer has 5
upvotes and was accepted. How did it get 57? Is it anything to
do with "the answer is 42" + 15 (accepted)??  share|improve this
question Looks like you hit the reputation cap. –  The Grinch
Jan 24 '11 at 22:13 by adding Heinz catsup? –  Rosinante Jan 25
'11 at 1:15 add comment  3 Answers  up vote 5 down vote accepted
The most likely scenario is that your reputation was capped by
hitting the 200 mark, but you had also accrued one downvote
prior to that 5th upvote. This will make it only worth 2
reputation, to counter the earlier downvote. So +40 for the
first 4 votes, +2 for the last one, and +15 for the acceptance
yields +57.  You can confirm for yourself the exacts of how this
played out using a reputation audit.  share|improve this answer
Seems to be a plausible scenario, certainly. It's worth noting
for the OP's sanity that he can still earn the +15 for accepted
answers even after hitting the rep cap. So upvotes won't get him
anything until