Anytime the World Cup hits North America, the issue of weaker fields always comes up. Frequently, even when American or Canadian skiers do seemingly very well here, there’s always that nagging feeling about how that result would translate to a more “complete” World Cup field in Europe. Overall, I think the US results in particular […]
Tagged Analysis, canada, performance, projection, USA, World CupThanks to a very helpful Bothan (who did not die to bring me this information!) I got a hold of the full birth dates of FIS registered XC skiers. That opens up a whole lot of new territory for me, but first things first: we need to talk about data quality. One minor caveat about […]
Tagged Analysis, birthdays, coincidences, World CupAs usual, this format produces tight races up front, and some big gaps through the field, so keep that in mind. The men: And the women:
Tagged canmore, classic, mass start, race snapshot, World CupA commenter on my last post correctly pointed out that it might be interesting to look at performance using a percent back based measure on the qualifying times, since the number of racers present can greatly effect finishing place. I didn’t quite have time to pull together the standardization piece that I typically use with […]
Tagged andrew newell, canada, kikkan randall, men, Sprint, USA, women, World CupIt’s always fun when the World Cup takes a turn through North America, although I’m a cranky old traditionalist, so sprints aren’t my favorite event, and city sprints are even further down the list for me. One challenge that comes up in trying to assess performance in WCs held in North America is that the […]
Tagged Analysis, canada, city sprint, men, Sprint, USA, women, World Cup