I’ll be the first to admit that sprinting doesn’t get as much love here at Statistical Skier. Â To be honest, that’s probably my subconscious at work, as I have a stronger connection to distance events I suppose. Â But it’s not terribly fair, so here is some World Cup sprint qualification analysis for all you sprint […]
Also tagged Analysis, bootstrapping, pace, qualification, SprintI had fun making those animated charts for World Cup points the other day, so I thought I’d try using the same charts to look at World Juniors. All I’ve done is tally up “World Cup” points for each nation and each year, scoring each (individual) race using the traditional WC point scale. Then I […]
Also tagged animation, google charts, points, WJC/U23In my race recap for the Davos distance race I noted the strong performance of Masako Ishida, and pointed out what an extreme classic specialist she is. Â A certain world famous XC skiing journalist wanted to know if the conventional wisdom he’d heard was correct, that Japan’s skiers typically do better in classic skiing overall. […]
Also tagged Analysis, classic, japan, technicalWhen most people say that World Cup skiers are animals, they probably mean they are fierce, strong competitors. Â I got my PhD in statistics in a department that found itself working quite often with very strong wildlife biology and ecology departments, so for me that reference leads me to think, “Well, what if they really […]
Also tagged Analysis, Distance, survival, technical, World CupThe connection is pretty obvious, actually. Â Both are mass start races that involve switching activities at least once during the race. Â The change in activities is certainly more extreme in triathlon, but you get my drift. Some people (like, say, me) complain on occasion that pursuit races in cross-country skiing place too great an emphasis […]
Also tagged mass start, pursuits, triathlonAn old Dartmouth teammate of mine contacted me recently and asked if I’d be interested in looking at some triathlon data. Â He has some ulterior motives here, as his sister is a very good triathlete. Â Since he volunteered to gather the data himself (I believe from triathlon.org mostly) and send it to me, I just […]
Also tagged Analysis, triathlon