I’ve been swamped with grading this week, so I feel a little bad about not posting anything about World Juniors specifically. I’ll try to put something together over the weekend. But these percent back difference plots are pretty easy to pump out for the U23s, since they tend to have a bit more racing behind […]
Also tagged andrew musgrave, Distance, kevin sandau, noah hoffman, percent back, U23Today’s U23 races in Estonia resulted in victories for some talented young skiers, Russia’s Evgeniy Belov and Finland’s Krista Lahteenmaki. In both cases their wins were fairly convincing, with Belov distancing himself from second place by 16 seconds and Lahteemaki crushed the women’s field by a full minute. One of the difficulties in gauging performance […]
Also tagged Distance, evgeniy belov, krista lahteenmaki, percent back, U23Once again many thanks to Jan at WorldOfXC.com for providing the sprint split data. Clearly we need to begin with the women this week: For some reason the qualification round times seem a fair bit slower than many of the times from the rest of the day. I’ve noticed that the women’s heats do tend […]
Also tagged kikkan randall, liberec, ola vigen hattestad, recap, Sprint, World CupWhat can you say, except that today is a very good day?
Also tagged kikkan randall, race snapshot, Sprint, World CupI’ve opted not to adjust the points on these, despite their being a a bit abnormal. Â I think the performance comparisons are clear enough without making any alterations. Â But, as you can see, there was definitely some concerted skiing in groups today.
Also tagged handicap, pursuit, race snapshot, tour de ski, World CupIt was a banner day for North America, to be sure. Â Let’s take a look at how the heats played out, starting with the semifinalists: I’ve removed Roger Aa Djupvik from the men’s plot, as he ran into a spot of difficulty in the quarters and packed it in for a very slow time. Â It’ll […]
Also tagged devon kershaw, kikkan randall, recap, Sprint, tour de skiJust as I did yesterday, let’s take a closer look at the results form Saturday’s World Cup mass start race in La Clusaz, France, this time focusing on the North Americans. Â As I discussed yesterday, we’re going to use percent-back difference plots from mass start or pursuit races to evaluate each skier’s race, since the […]
Also tagged Distance, la clusaz, mass start, recap, USA, women, World Cup