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Race Snapshot: Tour de Ski 3/4km Prologue

See here for an explanation of these graphs. The men’s race: And the women’s race:

Tagged Distance, freestyle, interval, race snapshot, tour de ski

2012 12 29 Joran Race Snapshots
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Pre-Tour Status Update

As we approach the Tour de Ski, this is a short assessment of how the US and Canadian teams are doing so far compared to previous seasons. As I typically do, I’m going to include all World Cup results, rather than just the best results. Clearly, there have been some strong results for both the […]

Tagged Analysis, canada, Distance, men, mid season, Sprint, USA, women, World Cup

2012 12 27 Joran Analysis
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Translating Results Back to Europe

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 Cup

2012 12 20 Joran Analysis
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Winning On Your Birthday

Thanks 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 Cup

2012 12 18 Joran Analysis
Fun Stuff
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