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Ranking the Teams -- A basis for comparing all teams (TAR 1 - 33)
theschnauzers:
33 Races, 366 teams, 677 Racers
Here is a list of all the teams from the 33 seasons to date in order of average leg placement. (Future seasons will be added to the main list after that season(s) ends; during that season the leg-by-leg leaderboard will be updated after each night’s episode(s).)
Except for season 33, the numbers before the team name on each row shows that team's season and that team's overall order of finish in that season. Season 33 teams are shown as “33-**” due to the unique circumstances of that season. The fraction is a numerator equal to the total ordinal placements from the legs that team raced in added together, divided by the number of legs that team raced. The final number is the average placement taken out to a value of one-ten thousandth. Where more than one team has the same average, a team that completed more legs is ranked ahead of a team that completed fewer legs, and then, for teams that competed for the same number of legs, a team from an earlier season is ranked ahead of a team from a later season. Finally, where there are teams from the same season, with the same average, and lasted for the same number of legs, the team that placed closer to first place is ranked ahead of the other team.
Keep in mind that in seasons 6, 7, 9, and 10, there was an überleg (which is treated as two legs for the purposes of this list), that seasons 18 and 19 had legs with pit stops that had no intervening rest period before the next leg started; that 12 teams competed in seasons 3, 4, 10, and 15, and that ten teams competed in season 8. (In season 22, David-Connor decided to withdraw after starting the fifth leg due to David’s injury in leg 2 that required immediate surgery. While they reached the pit stop before any of the teams completed the leg, they are shown as checking in last for computation purposes. In seasons 25 and 26, there were four teams that started the final leg, with an elimination mid-leg. The eliminated team is shown being in fourth place.) Seasons 11, 18, 24, and 31 featured teams with returning Racers only, although in two instances, a team was composed of team members who did not compete together in their earlier season. Teams with more than one appearance are listed separately for each of their seasons. In season 30, Leg 7 in Zimbabwe featured the first ever "partner swap" where a pair of teams switched partners for the leg and were checked in once both teammates had reached the check in point. Leg 7 was also a KOR leg. Because the only information given on air was the arrival order of the swapped pairs before teams were reunited and checked in, the team placement for leg 7 is the average of each team member’s arrival order as a swapped pair. No actual placement order for each team was announced. Season 31 had 11 returning racers and 11 new racers who were cast from alumni of other CBS reality shows. Each season 31 team is ranked sepaeately for any returning race team. Season 32 featured a “Megaleg” which is treated as having two leg segments with a midpoint, as typical for “double length legs, and which had two roadblocks, two detours, and two Yields, which returned in modified form for the first time since season 7. Leg 1 was a KOR leg with an elimination, the first such leg ever. And it also included a “city rush” leg with with no detours nor roadblocks, u-turns, nor yields. Season 33 had a situation due to the suspension of production for over 19 months that resulted in the withdrawal of four teams due to extenuating circumstances during the Covid-19 pandemic before production could resume safely, and the return of two eliminated teams. The average leg placement methodology is not changed, but no team will be shown as eliminated in the first leg, and no placement order is shown for that season., which had only 11 legs.
The lines in navy blue with italics are the final three teams of each season.
Teams in purple are the winning teams of each season.
The teams that were eliminated during the first leg are in maroon.
The teams in green are from season 33.
No team from seasons 18, 19, 28 or 33 is in maroon, as no team was eliminated on the first leg (or returned to race in subsequent legs. There is a paragraph break in the list after every tenth team.
The lower the average, the better the team placed on average. The best possible average for a team that reaches the final three (for an 12-leg race with 11 teams) and therefore, completes the Race would be:
(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1) 12/12= 1.0000.
The worse possible average for a team that reaches the final three (for an 12-leg race with 11 teams) would be:
(11+11+10+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+3) 87/12=7.2500.
(I used 12 legs, 11 teams as the most common variation in describing the highest and lowest values. This will vary slightly, depending on the designations of some legs as either NELs or an überleg in the Race design, and for the number of teams (10 to 12) and number of legs (11 to 13) for any given season, except for season 33.)
I plan to update this list after every season using this first post.
The Amazing Race team comparisons
09-02 Eric-Jeremy 22/13 1.6923
20-01 Rachel-Dave 22/12 1.8333
15-01 Meghan-Cheyne 24/12 2.0000
27-02 Justin-Diana 25/12 2.0833
33-** Kim-Penn 23/11 2.0909
24-01 Dave-Connor 26/12 2.1666
32-03 Riley-Maddison 26/12 2.1666 [/i]
14-01 Tammy-Victor 27/12 2.2500
20-02 Art-J.J. 27/12 2.2500
07-02 Rob-Amber 30/13 2.3076
10
33-** Ryan-Dusty 26/11 2.3636
01-02 Frank-Margarita 31/13 2.3846
06-02 Kris-Jon 31/13 2.3846
10-01Tyler-James 31/13 2.3846
22-01 Bates-Anthony 29/12 2.4166
28-03 Tyler-Korey 29/12 2.4166
31-01 Colin-Christie 29/12 2.4166
13-01 Nick-Starr 27/11 2.4545
30-03 Kristi-Jen 29.5/12 2.4583
01-01 Rob-Brennan 32/13 2.4615
20
05-02 Colin-Christie 32/13 2.4615
09-01 BJ-Tyler 32/13 2.4615
02-02 Tara-Wil 33/13 2.5384
29-04 Matt-Redmond 28/11 2.5454
16-02 Jet-Cord 31/12 2.5833
23-03 Nicole-Travis 31/12 2.5833
25-02 Misti-Jim 31/12 2.5833
[color= purple]32-01 Will-James 31/12 2.5833 [/color]
28-05 Kurt-Brodie 26/10 2.6000
13-02 Ken-Tina 29/11 2.6363
30
19-04 Andy-Tommy 29/11 2.6363
11-04 Oswald-Danny 32/12 2.6666
03-01 Flo-Zach 35/13 2.6923
0 3-03 Ken-Gerard 35/13 2.6923
33-** Raquel-Cayla 30/11 2.7272
31-02 Tyler-Korey 33/12 2.7500
14-03 Margie-Luke 33/12 2.7500
11-08 Rob-Amber 11/4 2.7500
01-03 Joe-Bill 36/13 2.7692
21-05 Abbie-Ryan 25/9 2.7777
40
24-05 Jet-Cord 28/10 2.8000
08-01 Linz 31/11 2.8181
19-01 Ernie-Cindy 34/12 2.8333
25-03 Adam-Bethany 34/12 2.8333
32-02 Hung & Chee 34/12 2.8333
23-01 Jason-Amy 35/12 2.9166
06-04 Hayden-Aaron 35/12 2.9166
11-02 Dustin-Kandice 38/13 2.9230
07-03 Ron-Kelly 39/13 3.0000
10-02 Rob-Kimberly 39/13 3.0000
50
12-06 Azaria-Hendekea 18/6 3.0000
17-03 Jill-Thomas 6/12 3.0000
22-08 David-Connor 15/5 3.0000
30-04 Alex-Conor 3.5/11 3.0454
04-01 Reichen-Chip 40/13 3.0769
17-01 Nat-Kat 37/12 3.0833
26-01 Laura-Tyler 37/12 3.0833
29-02 Tara-Joey 37/12 3.0833
03-04 Derek-Drew 34/11 3.0909
15-04 Flight Time-Big Easy 34/11 3.0909
60
13-04 Toni-Dallas 31/10 3.1000
25-05 Kym-Alli 28/9 3.1111
30-01 Cody-Jessica 37.5/12 3.1250
07-01 Uchenna-Joyce 41/13 3.1538
15-02 Sam-Dan 38/12 3.1666
10-04 Dustin-Kandice 38/12 3.1666
10-07 Peter-Sarah 19/6 3.1666
26-02 Jelani-Jenny 38/12 3.1666
17-02 Brook-Claire 38/12 3.1666
21-03 Trey-Lexi 38/12 3.1666
70
28-01 Dana-Matt 38/12 3.1666
12-01 Rachel-TK 35/11 3.1818
08-02 Bransen 35/11 3.1818
27-06 Tanner-Josh 29/9 3.2222
13-05 Terence-Sarah 26/8 3.2500
18-03 Gary-Malloy 9/12 3.2500
08-03 Weaver 36/11 3.2727
21-04 Nadiya-Natalie 36/11 3.2727
28-04 Burnie-Ashley 36/11 3.2727
05-03 Brandon-Nicole 43/13 3.3076
80
18-01 Kisha-Jen 40/12 3.3333
26-03 Hayley-Blair 40/12 3.3333
27-01 Kelsey-Joey 40/12 3.3333
29-05 Becca-Floyd 34/10 3.4000
20-03 Brendon-Rachel 41/12 3.4166
01-04 Kevin-Drew 37/11 3.3636
16-06 Steve-Allison 27/8 3.3750
02-01 Chris-Alex 44/13 3.3846
05-01 Chip-Kim 44/13 3.3846
23-02 Tim-Marie 41/12 3.4166
90
12-02 Ronald-Christina 38/11 3.4545
18-04 Zev-Justin 38/11 3.4545
06-01 Freddy-Kendra 45/13 3.4615
06-06 Jonathan-Victoria 32/9 3.5555
14-06 Mel-Mike 25/7 3.5714
19-02 Jeremy-Sandy 43/12 3.5833
21-02 Jaymes-James 43/12 3.5833
11-01 Eric-Danielle 47/13 3.6153
12-05 Kynt-Vyxsin 29/8 3.6250
30-02 Henry & Evan 43.5/12 3.6250
100
04-05 Millie-Chuck 33/9 3.6666
33-** Anthony-Spencer 11/3 3.6666
02-03 Blake-Paige 48/13 3.6923
08-04 Godlewski 37/10 3.7000
12-04 Jennifer-Nathan 37/10 3.7000
05-06 Charla-Mirna 26/7 3.7142
24-04 Leo-Jamal 41/11 3.7272
04-04 Jon-Al 41/11 3.7272
18-02 Flight Time-Big Easy 45/12 3.7500
22-09 Jessica-John 15/4 3.7500
110
24-03 Brendon-Rachel 45/12 3.7500
26-06 Aly-Steve 30/8 3.7500
09-04 Joseph-Monica 42/11 3.8181
23-04 Leo-Jamal 42/11 3.8181
31-04 Nicole & Victor 42/11 3.8181
04-02 Kelly-Jon 50/13 3.8461
02-05 Gary-Dave 35/9 3.8888
14-02 Cara-Jaime 47/12 3.9166
31-05 Becca & Floyd 40/10 4.0000
04-03 David-Jeff 52/13 4.0000
120
16-05 Carol-Brandy 36/9 4.0000
02-04 Oswald-Danny 44/11 4.0000
25-04 Brooke-Robbie 49/12 4.0833
29-01 Brooke-Scott 49/12 4.0833
07-05 Lynn-Alex 37/9 4.1111
08-05 Paolo 33/8 4.1250
21-06 James-Abba 33/8 4.1250
02-06 Mary-Peach 29/7 4.1428
22-07 Pam-Winnie 29/7 4.1428
11-03 Charla-Mirna 54/13 4.1538
130
05-04 Linda-Karen 50/12 4.1666
12-03 Nicolas-Donald 46/11 4.1818
15-05 Gary-Matt 38/9 4.2222
09-03 Ray-Yolanda 55/13 4.2307
02-08 Shola-Doyin 17/4 4.2500
15-03 Brian-Ericka 51/12 4.2500
22-02 Max-Katie 51/12 4.2500
24-02 Caroline-Jennifer 51/12 4.2500
31-03 Leo-Jamal 51/12 4.2500
14-04 Kisha-Jen 47/11 4.2727
140
32-04 DeAngelo-Gary 47/11 4.2727
19-07 Justin-Jennifer 30/7 4.2850
27-05 Denise-James Earl 43/10 4.3000
11-05 Uchenna-Joyce 39/9 4.3333
16-01 Jordan-Daniel 52/12 4.3333
16-03 Brent-Caite 52/12 4.3333
22-03 Mona-Beth 52/12 4.3333
27-03 Logan-Chris 52/12 4.3333
33-** Connie-Sam 13/3 4.3333
16-04 Louie-Michael 48/11 4.3636
150
19-06 Laurence-Zac 35/8 4.3750
16-08 Joseph-Heidi 22/5 4.4000
19-03 Amani-Marcus 53/12 4.4166
25-01 Amy-Maya 54/12 4.5000
14-08 Amanda-Kris 18/4 4.5000
03-02 Teri-Ian 59/13 4.5384
18-06 Jet-Cord 41/9 4.5555
21-01 Josh-Brent 55/12 4.5833
06-05 Lori-Bolo 46/10 4.6000
10-05 Erwin-Godwin 46/10 4.6000
160
20-05 Mark-Bopper 46/10 4.6000
17-06 Gary-Malloy 37/8 4.6250
10-09 Duke-Lauren 14/3 4.6666
23-09 Chester-Ephraim 14/3 4.6666
28-06 Zach-Rachel 42/9 4.6666
29-09 Seth-Olive 14/3 4.6666
06-03 Adam-Rebecca 61/13 4.6923
22-05 Joey-Meghan 47/10 4.7000
07-06 Brian-Greg 33/7 4.7142
09-06 Lake-Michelle 33/7 4.7142
170
08-07 Schroeder 19/4 4.7500
17-09 Connor-Jonathan 19/4 4.7500
26-04 Mike-Rochelle 57/12 4.7500
29-06 Liz-Michael 38/8 4.7500
03-05 John Vito-Jill 48/10 4.8000
32-08 Michelle-Victoria 24/5 4.8000
11-07 Teri-Ian 29/6 4.8333
29-03 London-Logan 58/12 4.8333
29-07 Vanck-Ashton 29/6 4.8333
30-05 Lucas & Brittany 43.5/9 4.8333
180
25-06 Tim-Te Jay 39/8 4.8750
09-05 Fran-Barry 44/9 4.8888
26-05 Matt-Ashley 49/10 4.9000
20-04 Vanessa-Ralph 54/11 4.9090
22-04 Caroline-Jennifer 54/11 4.9090
10-03 Lyn-Karlyn 65/13 5.0000
07-07 Ray-Deanna 30/6 5.0000
04-09 Steve-Josh 20/4 5.0000
01-09 Pat-Brenda 15/3 5.0000
13-09 Mark-Bill 15/3 5.0000
190
24-08 Margie-Luke 25/5 5.0000
17-05 Chad-Stephanie 46/9 5.1111
30-07 Trevor-Chris 31/6 5.1666
13-06 Kelly-Christy 36/7 5.1428
03-07 Aaron-Arianne 31/6 5.1666
26-07 Jeff-Jackie 31/6 5.1666
13-03 Andrew-Dan 57/11 5.1818
14-05 Mark-Michael 47/9 5.2222
31-06 Chris-Bret 47/9 5.2222
11-06 Joe-Bill 42/8 5.2500
200
05-08 Bob-Joyce 21/4 5.2500
12-08 Lorena-Jason 21/4 5.2500
17-04 Nick-Vicki 58/11 5.2727
27-04 Tiffany-Krista 58/11 5.2727
06-07 Gus-Hera 37/7 5.2857
17-07 Michael-Kevin 37/7 5.2857
04-07 Monica-Sheree 32/6 5.3333
05-07 Marshall-Lance 32/6 5.3333
07-09 Debbie-Bianca 16/3 5.3333
16-09 Monique-Shawne 16/3 5.3333
210
18-08 Margie-Luke 32/6 5.3333
07-04 Meredith-Gretchen 59/11 5.3636
33-** Caro-Ray 16/3 5.3333
23-06 Nicky-Kim 43/8 5.3750
23-08 Brandon-Adam 27/5 5.4000
17-08 Katie-Rachel 27/5 5.4000
25-08 Keith-Whitney 27/5 5.4000
26-08 Bergen-Kurt 27/5 5.4000
32-05 Eswar-Aparna 54/10 5.4000
33-** Arun-Natalia 54/10 5.4000
220
04-06 Tian-Jaree 38/7 5.4285
19-05 Bill-Cathi 50/10 5.5000
08-06 Gaghan 33/6 5.5000
05-10 Alison-Donny 11/2 5.5000
20-06 Nary-Jamie 44/8 5.5000
20-07 Joey-Danny 33/6 5.5000
28-02 Sheri-Cole 67/12 5.5833
03-06 Andre-Damon 39/7 5.5714
27-07 Cindy-Rick 39/7 5.5714
16-07 Jeff-Jordan 34/6 5.6666
230
03-09 Heather-Eve 23/4 5.7500
32-07 Leo-Alana 40/7 5.7142
01-05 Nancy-Emily 52/9 5.7777
05-05 Kami-Karli 58/10 5.8000
02-07 Cyndy-Russell 29/5 5.8000
03-08 Michael-Kathy 29/5 5.8000
12-07 Shana-Jennifer 29/5 5.8000
27-08 Jazmine-Danielle 29/5 5.8000
30-06 Eric & Daniel 46.5/8 5.8125
09-07 David-Lori 35/6 5.8333
240
24-06 Flight Time-Big Easy 47/8 5.8750
33-** Lulu-Lala 47/8 5.8750
04-11 Amanda-Chris 12/2 6.0000
15-08 Lance-Keri 30/5 6.0000
15-09 Zev-Justin 24/4 6.0000
18-05 Kent-Vyxsin 60/10 6.0000
18-07 Ronald-Christina 42/7 6.0000
21-07 Rob-Kelley 36/6 6.0000
21-10 Amy-Daniel 12/2 6.0000
23-05 Ally-Ashley 55/9 6.1111
250
10-06 David-Mary 49/8 6.1250
31-07 Rachel-Elissa 49/8 6.1250
22-06 Chuck-Wynona 49/8 6.1250
24-07 John-Jessica 43/7 6.1428
23-07 Tim-Danny 37/6 6.1666
33-** Akbar-Sheri 37/6 6.1666
04-08 Steve-Dave 31/5 6.2000
13-07 Ajay-Ty 31/5 6.2000
30-08 Joey-Tim 31/5 6.2000
09-09 Wanda-Desiree 25/4 6.2500
260
21-09 Caitlin-Brittany 19/3 6.3333
25-07 Shelley-Nici 38/6 6.3333
01-06 Lenny-Karen 45/7 6.4285
32-06 Kaylynn-Haley 58/9 6.4444
01-08 David-Margaretta 26/4 6.5000
07-08 Susan-Patrick 26/4 6.5000
08-09 Rogers 13/2 6.5000
23-10 Rowan-Shane 13/2 6.5000
18-11 Amanda-Kris 13/2 6.5000
15-06 Maria-Tiffany 46/7 6.5714
270
01-07 Paul-Amie 33/5 6.6000
14-07 Christie-Jodi 40/6 6.6666
14-09 Brad-Victoria 20/3 6.6666
31-08 Janelle-Britney 40/6 6.6666
26-09 Harley-Jonathan 27/4 6.7500
20-08 Kerri-Stacy 34/5 6.8000
10-08 Tom-Terry 28/4 7.0000
06-09 Lena-Kristy 21/3 7.0000
08-08 Aiello 21/3 7.0000
19-09 Kaylani-Lisa 21/3 7.0000
280
02-10 Hope-Norm 14/2 7.0000
19-10 Ethan-Jenna 14/2 7.0000
28-09 Jessica-Brittany 28/4 7.0000
28-08 Erin-Joslyn 36/5 7.2000
29-08 Shamir-Sara 29/4 7.2500
30-09 Cedric-Shawn 29/4 7.2500
31-09 Corinne-Eliza 29/4 7.2500
05-09 Jim-Marsha 22/3 7.3333
28-07 Scott-Blair 52/7 7.4285
15-07 Mika-Canaan 46/6 7.6666
290
15-10 Marcy-Ron 23/3 7.6666
32-09 Jerry & Frank 23/3 7.6666
13-08 Marisa-Brooke 31/4 7.7500
09-08 Danielle-Dani 39/5 7.8000
18-09 Cara-Jaime 39/5 7.8000
19-08 Liz-Marie 39/5 7.8000
06-08 Don-Mary Jean 40/5 8.0000
01-10 Kim-Leslie 16/2 8.0000
10-10 Kellie-Jamie 16/2 8.0000
20-09 Elliot-Andrew 24/3 8.0000
300
24-10 Mark-Mallory 16/2 8.0000
27-10 Alex-Adam 15/2 8.0000
28-10 Cameron-Darius 24/3 8.0000
21-08 Gary-Will 33/4 8.2500
04-10 Russell-Cindy 25/3 8.3333
12-09 Marianna-Julia 25/3 8.3333
18-10 Mel-Mike 25/3 8.3333
25-09 Michael-Scott 25/3 8.3333
27-09 Ernest-Jin 25/3 8.3333
33-** Taylor-Isaiah 25/3 8.3333
310
25-10 Dennis-Isabelle 17/2 8.5000
02-09 Peggy-Claire 27/3 9.0000
03-10 Dennis-Andrew 27/3 9.0000
06-10 Meredith-Maria 18/2 9.0000
11-09 David-Mary 27/3 9.0000
12-10 Kate-Pat 18/2 9.0000
20-10 Dave-Cherie 18/2 9.0000
22-10 Idries-Jamil 18/2 9.0000
33-** Michael-Moe 18/2 9.0000
24-09 Joey-Meghan 28/3 9.3333
320
07-10 Megan-Heidi 19/2 9.5000
13-10 Anthony-Stephanie 19/2 9.5000
14-10 Linda-Steve 19/2 9.5000
15-11 Garrett-Jessica 19/2 9.5000
17-10 Andie-Jenna 19/2 9.5000
19-11 Ron-Bill 19/2 9.5000
28-11 Marty-Hagan 19/2 9.5000
29-10 Jessie-Francesca 19/2 9.5000
32-10 Kellie-LaVonne 19/2 9.5000
09-10 Lisa-Joni 20/2 10.0000
330
11-10 Kevin-Drew 20/2 10.0000
16-10 Jody-Shannon 20/2 10.0000
08-10 Black 10/1 10.0000
26-10 Libby-CJ 10/2 10.0000
30-10April-Sarah 20/2 10.0000
31-10 Rupert-Laura 20/2 10.0000
03-11 Tramel-Talicia 21/2 10.5000
01-11 Matt-Ana 11/1 11.0000
02-11 Deidre-Hillary 11/1 11.0000
05-11 Dennis-Erika 11/1 11.0000
340
06-11 Joe-Avi 11/1 11.0000
07-11 Ryan-Chuck 11/1 11.0000
09-11 John-Scott 11/1 11.0000
10-11 Vipul-Arti 11/1 11.0000
11-11 John Vito-Jill 11/1 11.0000
12-11 Ari-Staella 11/1 11.0000
13-11 Anita-Arthur 11/1 11.0000
14-11 Jennifer-Preston 11/1 11.0000
16-11 Adrian-Dana 11/1 11.0000
17-11 Ron-Tony 11/1 11.0000
350
20-11 Misa-Maiya 11/1 11.0000
21-11 Rob-Sheila 11/1 11.0000
22-11 Matthew-Daniel 11/1 11.0000
23-11 Hoskote-Naina 11/1 11.0000
24-11 Natalie-Nadiya 11/1 11.0000
25-11 Lisa-Michelle 11/1 11.0000
26-11 Jeff-Lyda 11/1 11.0000
27-11 Kelly-Shevonne 11/1 11.0000
29-11 Kevin-Jenn 11/1 11.0000
30-11 Dessie & Kayla 11/1 11.0000
360
31-11 Art & JJ 11/1 11.0000
32-11 Nathan & Cody 11/1 11.0000
03-12 Gina-Sylvia 12/1 12.0000
04-12 Debra-Steve 12/1 12.0000
10-12 Bilal-Sa'eed 12/1 12.0000
15-12 Eric-Lisa 12/1 12.0000
Mister RC:
Awesome list, as always. I think I saw you do this elsewhere in the past. I totally agree with counting TBC's as two legs (as there are typically 2 RB/Detours within the "one leg"). Sadly, it gets difficult to have a perfect comparison when you factor in races from TAR12 to the most recent TAR. That's due to the 11-leg format used from TAR's 12-14.
Something I did on my now "deceased" geocities site for the first 9 seasons was that I also factored in each team's placement vs. the field within each segment. In other words, it's each team's placement out of the # of teams the beat (or that beat them) within each leg. For instance, Flo & Zach finished 2nd in their first leg. I multiplied that by 12 (then 5*11 and 3*10 and so on to get to a total of 249 for Flo & Zach).
After the overall number was reached, I divided it by the total number of teams that raced in each leg throughout the race. For TAR3, that total would be 88 (12+11+10+9+8+7+6+5+5+5+4+3+3=88). Therefore, factoring the field in addition to a team's placement and the number of legs that team completed would have given Flo & Zach an average of 2.83.
It's a little bit higher than the 2.69 that you had, but IMO, I feel that it was more of an accomplishment seeing someone win a couple of legs with 9 or more teams racing in that leg, compared to someone winning 2 (or more) legs with 4 or 5 teams remaining.
I think I saved the other teams placement somewhere else, but I don't know for sure (or it's buried somewhere & I'd be better off recreating it to include season 10 and beyond). I like your list though in general; really gives a nice look toward how a lot of the teams performed overall during their stay on the race.
apskip:
The raw statistics are a good start, but I think the difficulty of prime opponents is another factor. Here are teams that won despite relatively equal performance by another team:
Uchenna/Joyce AR7 (opp. Rob/Amber)
BJ/Tyler AR9 (opp. Eric/Jeremy)
Chris/Alex AR2 (opp. Wil/Tara)
Freddie/Kendra AR6 (opp. Kris/Jon)
Nick/Starr AR13 (opp. Ken/Tina)
I think a way needs to be developed to factor in dominance of a season despite not winning it. The prime example of this is Colin/Christie, who lost of Chip/Kim only by multiple instances of bad luck (fog in Calgary, bad advice from American Airlines, tire blowout in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area).
I believe that the necessary judgments to determine "who is the best team of all time" are inherently subjective. Statistics can only take you so far. You have to develop essentially qualitative measures that get somehow translated into numbers in order to accomplish a decent ranking.
Coutzy:
Rob and Brennan also managed to beat a team that performed roughly equal to them (Avg. place difference between them and Frank and Margarita was roughly .08)
theschnauzers:
There is an earlier version of this over at TWoP, but I haven't updated it in recent seasons, and there were inconsistencies in computation that needed to be fixed. I also decided that rather than round off decimals, I'd take the fractions out 4 digits. And the attitude of TPTB there isn't receptive to this sort of thing anymore, so it was time to move it elsewhere, such as here.
I've reached the conclusion that the variations in the number of legs and teams wouldn't likely make a real difference in this type of measurement. Dominating teams in a season are reflected in this placement approach; you need look no further than at the teams currently listed at the top of the listing. I'd also look at the final three teams that have the highest values, such as the ones averaging 5.0000 or higher, and I think there's little argument that some final three teams were very, very, lucky to make final three.
One problem in using mid-leg points to fine-tune placements is that the show is inconsistent in providing such points from leg-to-leg and season-to-season. Then there's the issue of bunching, and the issue of filmed but unaired tasks and route markers, both of which make having complete ordinal information impossible.
Finally, keep in mind that this is intended to be an objective tool, and not reflect subjective opinions. Of course, this listing is a starting point for those types of discussion, but that's fine with me. I doubt there would be any consensus on subjectively developed performance rankings anyhow.
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