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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #500 on: April 20, 2015, 01:09:51 AM »
Reasons to be eliminated (from seasons 16 to 26 actual, with the exception of 23 because i haven't watched it)

Navigation - 22
Bad Luck/Injury - 12
Roadblock - 12
U-Turns - 10
Detour - 10
Active Route Info - 6
Flight - 3
Fast Forward - 2
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #501 on: April 20, 2015, 03:42:48 AM »
FF battles are a rarity nowadays  :(

Aside from TAR20 and TAR25, the last one was a long time ago!


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #502 on: April 20, 2015, 05:40:28 AM »
FF battles are a rarity nowadays  :(

Mainly because FF's themselves are a rarity nowadays! :(

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #503 on: April 20, 2015, 11:00:18 AM »
Bangkok 6 times (1,2,9,14,19,26)  :gaah:



Look at this mess!

Lovely! I will need this when I eventually visit the Thai capital!  :trampb:

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #504 on: April 20, 2015, 11:15:08 AM »
Reasons to be eliminated (from seasons 16 to 26 actual, with the exception of 23 because i haven't watched it)

Navigation - 22
Bad Luck/Injury - 12
Roadblock - 15
U-Turns - 12
Detour - 11
Active Route Info - 6
Flight - 4
Bus - 1
Fast Forward - 2

Adding in S23 it would look like this


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #505 on: April 20, 2015, 12:41:35 PM »
Reasons to be eliminated (from seasons 16 to 26 actual, with the exception of 23 because i haven't watched it)

Navigation - 26
Roadblock - 19
Bad Luck/Injury - 14
U-Turns - 14
Detour - 13
Active Route Info - 9
Flight - 5
Fast Forward - 2

Adding in S23 it would look like this

Adding in 14, 15 and 23 would look like this.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #506 on: April 20, 2015, 01:08:31 PM »
FF battles are a rarity nowadays  :(

Mainly because FF's themselves are a rarity nowadays! :(

I wish TAR would go back to at least 2 FF's per season...
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #507 on: April 21, 2015, 04:42:08 PM »
Bangkok 6 times (1,2,9,14,19,26)  :gaah:



Look at this mess!

Lovely! I will need this when I eventually visit the Thai capital!  :trampb:
Bangkok should host its own fees-applied TAR bus tour (including the international versions). I would gladly pay US$10,000+ to scour and experience all those sights if I ever am given the chance to go global. :hoot:
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #508 on: April 22, 2015, 05:58:30 PM »
Top 20 most-visited countries of TAR USA (as of today):

1. USA (26 Visits/37 Pit Stops or Finish Lines)
2. India (10/15)
3. Germany (9/7)
4. China (not including HK/Mac/Taiwan) (8/13)
5. France (8/10)
6. Italy (7/9)
7. Japan (7/8)
8. Thailand (6/11)
9. Russia (6/9)
10. UK (6/8)
11. Austria (6/4)
12. Argentina (5/8)
13. Malaysia (5/6)
14. Netherlands (5/4)
15. Australia (4/8)
16. Brazil
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      Indonesia
      New Zealand
      Vietnam
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #509 on: April 24, 2015, 09:46:02 PM »
Crazy... more fast forwards were available in Seasons 1-4 than seasons 5-26 of TAR US combined!

Total number of Fast Forwards in seasons 1-4: 40
Total number of Fast Forwards in seasons 5-26: 30

Which also means that the TAR 25 FF was the 70th FF ever (unless there were unaired FFs that were never disclosed).

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #510 on: April 25, 2015, 12:54:10 PM »
Josh & Brent (TAR 21) and Dave & Connor (TAR 24) are the only winners to never have a title quote.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #511 on: April 25, 2015, 01:23:18 PM »
Josh & Brent (TAR 21) and Dave & Connor (TAR 24) are the only winners to never have a title quote.

Would this have anything to do with both teams being deemed boring?
(I liked Josh & Brent, and I loved Dave & Connor in S22, but not so much in S24) Please don't attack for the Dave & Connor Pre-All Star Love  :hides  :lol:
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« Reply #512 on: April 25, 2015, 06:57:29 PM »
And Hayley and Tyler have way too many
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #513 on: April 26, 2015, 08:36:50 AM »
In even-numbered seasons with a Final 4 containing 2 F/F teams...
TAR 10: Lyn & Karlyn (3rd place), Dustin & Kandice (4th place)
TAR 14: Jaime & Cara (2nd place), Kisha & Jen (4th place)
TAR 22: Mona & Beth (3rd place), Caroline & Jennifer (4th place)
1 of the F/F teams WILL go out in 4th, the other WILL NOT win.

In odd-numbered seasons with a Final 4 containing 2 F/F teams...
TAR 17: Nat & Kat (1st place), Brook & Claire (2nd place)
1 of them wins!

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #514 on: April 26, 2015, 08:52:27 AM »
In even-numbered seasons with a Final 4 containing 2 F/F teams...
TAR 10: Lyn & Karlyn (3rd place), Dustin & Kandice (4th place)
TAR 14: Jaime & Cara (2nd place), Kisha & Jen (4th place)
TAR 22: Mona & Beth (3rd place), Caroline & Jennifer (4th place)
1 of the F/F teams WILL go out in 4th, the other WILL NOT win.

In odd-numbered seasons with a Final 4 containing 2 F/F teams...
TAR 17: Nat & Kat (1st place), Brook & Claire (2nd place)
1 of them wins!
both female teams didn't win in the first all-star.... :(

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #515 on: April 26, 2015, 09:02:59 AM »
In even-numbered seasons with a Final 4 containing 2 F/F teams...
TAR 10: Lyn & Karlyn (3rd place), Dustin & Kandice (4th place)
TAR 14: Jaime & Cara (2nd place), Kisha & Jen (4th place)
TAR 22: Mona & Beth (3rd place), Caroline & Jennifer (4th place)
1 of the F/F teams WILL go out in 4th, the other WILL NOT win.

In odd-numbered seasons with a Final 4 containing 2 F/F teams...
TAR 11: Dustin & Kandice (2nd place), Charla & Mirna (3rd place)
TAR 17: Nat & Kat (1st place), Brook & Claire (2nd place)
1 of them wins!
1 of them WILL come in 2nd.
both female teams didn't win in the first all-star.... :(
Shoot, I knew I forgot a pair of teams :lol: Fixed!

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #516 on: May 02, 2015, 10:40:11 AM »
Season 26 marks only the second time that all Non-Eliminated teams were eliminated the following Leg.  Tar 14 is the only other Season this has happened.  (I'm including KOR Legs for this)

Speaking of TAR 14, I only noticed that it's the only Season to have all the Dating/Married teams eliminated in a row starting from Leg 1 - Leaving no Dating/Married teams by Leg 5.  This is a massive difference to every other season, which nearly always seem to have dating teams making it to the Final 3.  :lol:
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #517 on: May 02, 2015, 11:04:07 AM »
Are Matt & Ashley the third team to get engaged DURING the Race and then get eliminated in 5th?

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #518 on: May 02, 2015, 11:11:43 AM »
Are Matt & Ashley the third team to get engaged DURING the Race and then get eliminated in 5th?

I think your right?
I can only think of 3 anyway.   ???

S17 - Chad & Stephanie
S26 - Matt & Ashely
TARCan 2 - Alain & Audrey
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #519 on: May 02, 2015, 12:55:04 PM »
Oh no, there's more.

Sally & Tyson - TAR Australia 3
Alexey & Olena - TAR Ukraine

There's also more who proposed after being eliminated.

Hayden & Aaron - TAR6
Hari & Tien Dat - TAR Vietnam 2
Shimi & Yasmin - TAR Israel 3

The novelty has worn off XD

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #520 on: May 02, 2015, 01:14:58 PM »
Also Ken & Tina of TAR 13 after the Race.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #521 on: May 02, 2015, 02:49:13 PM »
Oh no, there's more.

Sally & Tyson - TAR Australia 3
Alexey & Olena - TAR Ukraine

There's also more who proposed after being eliminated.

Hayden & Aaron - TAR6
Hari & Tien Dat - TAR Vietnam 2
Shimi & Yasmin - TAR Israel 3

The novelty has worn off XD

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Sorry GB, I just listed the 3 that came in 5th after getting engaged.  I knew there were 5 altogether that proposed during the Race.
But thanks for the heads up on who proposed afterwards.  :tup:
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« Reply #522 on: May 03, 2015, 01:00:51 AM »
Oh FIFTH, I didn't see that part. I'm too tired...
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #523 on: May 05, 2015, 03:40:22 AM »
My first post in this thread. I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but this is gonna be the updated one. :)

Note: Double-length legs (in Seasons 6-10,14) that have been counted as one leg will be separated into 2 here.
Note: TAR10's final leg was mostly held in France; therefore, that leg will be counted to Europe.
Note: Visits to Istanbul will be counted as both Asia and Europe

For the past 26 seasons...

These are the total number of legs per continent:
1.) Asia – 106 legs
2.) Europe – 92 legs
3.) North America – 42 legs (including final legs and TAR8)
4.) Africa – 35 legs
5.) South America – 29 legs
6.) Australia and Oceania – 18 legs (including TAR14 and TAR20 Hawaii finishes)

And out of 26 seasons...
… North America has been visited for 26 seasons. (But only 23 seasons have full legs here due to Hawaii finish lines and TAR10 French finale.)
… Asia has been visited for 25 seasons.
… Europe has been visited for 24 seasons.
… Africa has been visited for 16 seasons.
… South America has been visited for 11 seasons.
… And Australia and Oceania has been visited for 10 seasons. (including TAR14 and TAR20 Hawaii finishes)

We also had...
… 3 seasons of 6-continent races.
… 8 seasons of 5-continent races.
… 11 seasons of 4-continent races.
… 3 seasons of 3-continent races.
… and 1 season of a 1-continent race.

Now, for the longest consecutive legs per continent.
Africa: TAR5 and TAR7 had 3 legs straight in Africa. TAR1 and TAR10 also had 3 legs in Africa but there was Europe in between for those 2 seasons.
Asia: TAR14 had 8 legs straight around Asia.
Australia and Oceania: TAR2 had 4 legs straight in Australia and New Zealand.
Europe: TAR21 had 6 legs straight in Europe. TAR6 had 7 legs there, but Senegal was visited somewhere in between.
North America: Obviously, TAR8 with 13 legs. Excluding TAR8, there are 5 seasons with 2 legs straight in North America. 4 of these are at the end of the race, while 1 of them (TAR3) had it during the first 2 legs of the season.
South America: TAR7 and TAR11 had their first 4 legs in South America.

Number of Visits to Continents per Leg: (Note: * indicates double-length legs counted as 2 legs)
Leg 1:
Africa: 1 (TAR1, South Africa & Zambia)
Asia: 6
Australia and Oceania: 2
Europe: 5
North America: 3
South America: 9

Leg 2:
Africa: 1 (TAR17, Ghana)
Asia: 6
Australia and Oceania: 2
Europe: 6
North America: 2
South America: 9

Leg 3:
Africa: 3
Asia: 8*
Australia and Oceania: 1 (TAR22, NZ)
Europe: 8
North America: 1 (TAR8)
South America: 6

Leg 4:
Africa: 4
Asia: 9
Australia and Oceania: 1 (TAR13, NZ)
Europe: 9
North America: 1 (TAR8)
South America: 2

Leg 5:
Africa: 6
Asia: 10
Australia and Oceania: 0
Europe: 9
North America: 1 (TAR8)
South America: 0

Leg 6:
Africa: 7
Asia: 10
Australia and Oceania: 0
Europe: 10*
North America: 1 (TAR8)
South America: 0

Leg 7:
Africa: 8
Asia: 8
Australia and Oceania: 0
Europe: 9
North America: 1 (TAR8)
South America: 0

Leg 8:
Africa: 4
Asia: 10*
Australia and Oceania: 2
Europe: 9
North America: 1 (TAR8)
South America: 0

Leg 9:
Africa: 0
Asia: 13
Australia and Oceania: 2
Europe: 12*
North America: 1 (TAR8)
South America: 0

Leg 10:
Africa: 1 (TAR10, Morocco)
Asia: 14*
Australia and Oceania: 2
Europe: 8
North America: 2* (TAR8)
South America: 1 (TAR26, Peru)

Leg 11:
Africa: 0
Asia: 11
Australia and Oceania: 3
Europe: 5
North America: 6*
South America: 2

Leg 12:
Africa: 0
Asia: 2
Australia and Oceania: 3
Europe: 1 (TAR10, France, Finale)
North America: 16
South America: 0

Leg 13:
Africa: 0
Asia: 0
Australia and Oceania: 0
Europe: 0
North America: 6
South America: 0

~ ~ ~

First Legs:
Africa: 1 (TAR1, South Africa & Zambia)
Asia: 6
Australia and Oceania: 2
Europe: 5
North America: 3
South America: 9

Penultimate Legs:
Africa: 0
Asia: 11
Australia and Oceania: 3
Europe: 6
North America: 4
South America: 2

Final Legs:
Africa: 0
Asia: 0
Australia and Oceania: 2 (Hawaii)
Europe: 1 (TAR10, France)
North America: 23
South America: 0

Conclusions:
~TAR1, TAR17, and TAR25 are the only seasons in which the teams travel to a different continent from the first leg to the second leg.
~There are zero visits to South America from Legs 5 to 9.
~There are zero visits to Africa in any season's Leg 9 and 11.
~There are zero visits to Australia and Oceania from Legs 5 to 7.
~Not counting TAR8, Legs 3 to 10 have zero visits to North America.
~Obviously, there was never a single visit to Antarctica.
~There was never an African penultimate leg.
~TAR2, TAR4, and TAR11 are the only seasons to have penultimate legs in Australia and Oceania.
~TAR18 and TAR26 are the only seasons to have penultimate legs in South America.
~TAR18 and TAR22 are the only seasons to have first legs in Australia and Oceania.
~TAR1 was the only time there was an African first leg.

Please let me know if I missed anything. :)

P.S. This is probably my longest post in RFF.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #524 on: May 05, 2015, 05:35:09 PM »
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