This whole victims and nemeses thing is entertaining up to a point, but the most interesting about it is that it sometimes leads me to comparisons and graphs that I wouldn’t have thought of looking at otherwise. Â That’s what happened when I sat down today intending to dash off something quick about Kris Freeman’s victims […]
Also tagged Analysis, jiri magal, kris freeman, mathias fredricksson, nemeses, pietro piller cottrer, victimsLast week I ranted a bit about the inadequacies of F-factors[1. The scaling factor FIS uses to adjust FIS points depending on whether the race was an interval or mass start.]. Â We looked at the results from interval vs. mass start races and determined that they do indeed produce different distributions of percent back’s (PB’s). […]
Also tagged Athlete Ranking, eqpb, fis points, mass startPreviously, I described some problems with using percent back (PB) as a basis for comparing race performances. Â Namely, mass start and interval start races produce very different types of PB’s. Â In this post we’ll briefly consider whether this problem is actually worth worrying about and then I’ll finish with a simple solution.
Also tagged Analysis, eqpb, fis points, interval, mass, technicalThis topic is going to be somewhat more technical than usual. Â It involves some inside baseball, to mix sports metaphors, so if the nitty gritty details of FIS point calculations don’t strike you as an exciting page turner, you’ve been warned! Â However, if you stick with me, you’ll learn how brutally stupid FIS’s F-factor adjustments […]
Also tagged Analysis, eqpb, f factor, fis points, interval start, mass start, technicalNow for the women who had rough seasons in 09-10. Â Once again, Â a quick reminder, we’re looking at changes in the average FIS points of a skier’s best five (distance) races between just these two seasons. Below is the top ten table: [table id=11] Our winner, French skier Coraline Hugue had some promising seasons in […]
Also tagged awards, most unimproved, womenA far less cheery topic than skier improvement is, well, the opposite. Â Lacking a better term, I’m sticking with “unimproved”. Â That’s not technically accurate, since I’m actually looking at skiers who went considerably slower year to year. Â But I feel bad enough pointing out trends like these, no need to add gratuitously insulting terminology to […]
Also tagged men, unimproved, World CupAs before, we’re looking at the change in the average of a skier’s best five distance races (by FIS points) from the ’08-’09 to the ’09-’10 season. Â You must have raced in at least five major international events (WC, WSC, or OWG) to be considered. Here’s the table of the ten most improved women: [table […]
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