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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #200 on: April 05, 2013, 06:11:57 PM »
There has never been a non-elimination leg at a pit stop in South America.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #201 on: April 05, 2013, 06:20:09 PM »
Woah. Never realized that. That's interesting!
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #202 on: April 05, 2013, 11:13:42 PM »
Out of all of those non elimination legs this is the list of all countries who have had non elimination legs and how many they had.

Italy : 3
India : 5
Thailand : 4
China : 7
Australia : 4
New Zealand : 2
United States : 3
Switzerland : 2
Vietnam : 1
Malaysia : 1
South Korea : 1
Egypt : 1
United Arab Emirates : 1
Philippines : 1
Senegal : 1
France : 1
South Africa : 1
Turkey : 1
Jamaica : 1
Panama : 1
Oman : 1
Japan : 3
Mauritius : 1
Morocco : 1
Mozambique : 1
Poland : 1
Russia : 4
Sweden : 1
Czech Republic : 1
Germany : 1
Seychelles : 1
Ghana : 1
Austria : 1
Taiwan : 1
Malawi : 1
Belguim : 1
Tanzania : 1
Bangladesh : 1
Spain : 1
Botswana : 1
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #203 on: April 06, 2013, 06:47:11 AM »
Out of all of those non elimination legs this is the list of all countries who have had non elimination legs and how many they had.

China : 7


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #204 on: April 06, 2013, 03:31:27 PM »
Out of all of those non elimination legs this is the list of all countries who have had non elimination legs and how many they had.

Italy : 3
India : 5
Thailand : 4
China : 7
Australia : 4
New Zealand : 2
United States : 3
Switzerland : 2
Vietnam : 1
Malaysia : 1
South Korea : 1
Egypt : 1
United Arab Emirates : 1
Philippines : 1
Senegal : 1
France : 1
South Africa : 1
Turkey : 1
Jamaica : 1
Panama : 1
Oman : 1
Japan : 3
Mauritius : 1
Morocco : 1
Mozambique : 1
Poland : 1
Russia : 4
Sweden : 1
Czech Republic : 1
Germany : 1
Seychelles : 1
Ghana : 1
Austria : 1
Taiwan : 1
Malawi : 1
Belguim : 1
Tanzania : 1
Bangladesh : 1
Spain : 1
Botswana : 1

For this listing to have any context, we'd need the number of total legs in each of those countries as well.
One would expect that those countries that have been most frequently visited would have the most NELs.
While it may not always be the case, as a rule of thumb, if there are two legs in a country or city, then one of them is often a NEL. What would also be interesting to see is how many times the NEL was the first of two legs, or the second.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #205 on: April 06, 2013, 03:32:37 PM »
Yeah...i think French Polynesia is one of the only countries that had 2 legs and no NEL. (also Argentina in TAR20)
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #206 on: April 06, 2013, 03:46:40 PM »
Yeah...i think French Polynesia is one of the only countries that had 2 legs and no NEL. (also Argentina in TAR20)

Add the same for Argentina's double legs in TAR5 and TAR7.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #207 on: April 06, 2013, 03:46:53 PM »
Both seasons the race went to Rio de Janeiro (seasons 2 and 18), the race also went to Sydney, and vice versa.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #208 on: April 06, 2013, 05:12:57 PM »
Yeah...i think French Polynesia is one of the only countries that had 2 legs and no NEL. (also Argentina in TAR20)

Add the same for Argentina's double legs in TAR5 and TAR7.

There are quite a few in the early seasons, TAR1 France, TAR2 Brazil, etc.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #209 on: April 06, 2013, 08:47:23 PM »
Yeah...i think French Polynesia is one of the only countries overseas territory overseas country that had 2 legs and no NEL. (also Argentina in TAR20)


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #210 on: April 06, 2013, 09:37:55 PM »
The only teams to fall from first to last after winning consecutive legs and get eliminated are Rob & Amber and Dave & Connor.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #211 on: April 06, 2013, 10:17:05 PM »
Could people *not* post about the current season in the discussion forum? You've just spoiled what sounds like a major race moment for me so thanks a lot...

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« Reply #212 on: April 14, 2013, 04:24:02 PM »
I could fill this thread to the brim. I am so obsessed with TAR that I do crazy stuff like collecting data and records all the time. You ask, and I probably have it.

For Example: Since you're all talking about Non-Elimination legs, look what I made:



The Dark blue represents a Non-Elimination leg, while the light blue means only a foreign edition of the race has had a non-elimination leg there.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #213 on: April 15, 2013, 09:50:59 PM »
:welcome: to RFF, GB!!
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« Reply #214 on: April 20, 2013, 12:25:54 AM »
I also make an maintain this page on Wikipedia.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #215 on: April 23, 2013, 03:51:48 PM »
I really don't feel like checking, but i believe this season has the most teams in the final 5 with no first place finishes. (3: Joey/Meghan, Caroline/Jennifer, Mona/Beth) I'll check later though.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #216 on: April 23, 2013, 04:01:28 PM »
TAR 13 had 3 of the final 5 that had not yet won a leg (Dandrew, Toni/Dallas, Terence/Sarah) This is the only other occurance besides this season.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #217 on: April 29, 2013, 02:20:51 PM »
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« Reply #218 on: April 29, 2013, 02:24:07 PM »
There have been 68 NEL's through the past 22 seasons (this excludes all fake Pit Stops in which the "leg was not over;" however it does include the legs with no rest period beginning in TAR 18).

0 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 12 teams remaining.
3 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 11 teams remaining (15, 18, 19).
0 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 10 teams remaining.
3 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 9 teams remaining (17, 18, 22).
4 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 8 teams remaining (6, 16, 19, 20).
9 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 7 teams remaining (5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22).
11 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 6 teams remaining (1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 21).
15 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 5 teams remaining (1, 2, 3[x2], 4, 5[x2], 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22).
17 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 4 teams remaining (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11[x2], 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21).
6 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 3 teams remaining (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9).

Digging deeper into the NEL's..

Out of the 3 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 11 teams remaining, 3/3 were survived.
Out of the 3 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 9 teams remaining, 3/3 were survived.
Out of the 4 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 8 teams remaining, 2/4 were survived (16, 20).
Out of the 9 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 7 teams remaining, 7/8 were survived (all except 14).
Out of the 11 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 6 teams remaining, 6/11 were survived (2, 6, 8, 13, 16, 18).
Out of the 15 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 5 teams remaining, 9/15 were survived (2, 3[x2], 4, 5[x2], 8, 9, 22)
-Interestingly, no team has survived a 5th place NEL since Season 9's BJ & Tyler.
Mona & Beth - first team since BJ & Tyler to survive a 5th place NEL.
Out of the 17 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 4 teams remaining, 11/17 were survived (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11[x1], 12, 13, 15).
Out of the 6 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 3 teams remaining, 3/6 have eventually won the Race. (2, 3, 7).

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-Mona & Beth: second F/F team to survive a U-Turn (after Brook & Claire)
                        first team to complete a Speed Bump AND U-Turn in the same leg and still survive
-Joey & Meghan: first team to be U-Turned twice (as mentioned in the other threads)
-The only times when four teams were involved in a Double U-Turn (users + victims) were TAR 17 (its inaugural season) and TAR 22.

It would have been very interesting if Mona & Beth were U-Turned in Vietnam as the other teams had planned to... they would have been the first team to survive two U-Turns! :o
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #219 on: May 04, 2013, 09:17:25 PM »
Bopper & Mark - first team to complete two Speed Bumps in a Race


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #220 on: May 05, 2013, 07:29:45 AM »
Bopper & Mark - first team to complete two Speed Bumps in a Race

BJ and Tyler, first team to be ripped of their money and clothes/bags on a race twice.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #221 on: May 05, 2013, 09:57:33 AM »
Bopper & Mark - first team to complete two Speed Bumps in a Race

BJ and Tyler, first team to be ripped of their money and clothes/bags on a race twice.

Joe and Bill, first team to be saved by an NEL twice.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #222 on: May 05, 2013, 02:58:33 PM »
If ya wanna get technical, Tom & Adele from HaMerotz LaMillion 2 were the first to complete two Speed Bumps. :P
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #223 on: May 05, 2013, 03:18:24 PM »
Then Bopper & Mark were the first U.S.-edition team to do so

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #224 on: May 05, 2013, 06:06:25 PM »
Joey & Meghan: first team to be U-Turned twice
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