Sometimes you have some data and a specific question. Â Other times, you have some data, and you just sort of noodle around with it aimlessly. Â Sadly, I’ve been known to do that just for fun. Â I know, I’m a nerd. So I was looking at the gaps between 1st and 2nd place finishers in World […]
Tagged oddities, time gap, trend, World CupI’m a bit pressed for time at the moment, so not much commentary on these. They are just the updated versions of the graphs I showed on Wednesday, giving some historical context for the results at WJC & U23’s for the US and Canada. WJC – USA WJC – CAN
Tagged canada, Distance, junior, men, Sprint, U23, US, WJC, womenWorld Junior/U23s are underway, of course, in the exotic locale of Turkey. Monday wasn’t a spectacular day for the North Americans in the WJC freestyle sprint. For some quick context, here’s a look at the historical results in each discipline for the US: I’m just using finishing place here, rather than FIS points, since I […]
Tagged canada, junior, men, Sprint, USA, WJC, womenAs always, thanks to Jan at worldofxc.com for the heat time data… I’m beginning to get a feel for the relationship between heat times and sprint courses. It’s hard, cause I’m not actually there skiing on the courses, so I do the best I can reading about them. But it seems this course was pretty […]
Tagged heat times, men, recap, Sprint, women, World CupA commenter on Monday’s post noted that there are some folks fairly close behind Kershaw in the WC overall, so he has more to worry about than just catching Petter Northug. In particular, Marcus Hellner is only 57 points back, while Alexander Legkov is fully 168 points back. Hellner is obviously the more immediate concern, […]
Tagged alexander legkov, devon kershaw, marcus hellner, maxim vyleghanin, men, overall, petter northug, points, World CupThat was the question in a comment I got the other day. So here’s the situation. Devon Kershaw currently has 953 WC points, Petter Northug has 1199. Northug is apparently going to skip the next two weekends of WC racing in order to prepare for the Vasaloppet. Could Kershaw catch and overtake Northug in that […]
Tagged devon kershaw, petter northug, World Cup, world cup pointsA couple quick notes about some sprinting results. Devon Kershaw Kershaw’s having a heck of a season. On of the things I’m been most impressed with is how much his sprinting has improved, which is something I feel like hasn’t been mentioned much in a lot of the coverage: The circled result in the most […]
Tagged devon kershaw, sprinting, torin koos