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Ranking the Teams -- A basis for comparing all teams (TAR 1 - 33)
Mister RC:
--- Quote ---Hey now! I am no "disability" My deafness wasn't a big problem for me on the Race. Hence, my mom and I finished in Top Four in every leg for entire race! Isn't that pretty impressive?
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It most certainly is! Well, at least I think so, but checking-in 4th-place or better is an accomplishment that has only happened 4 times in AR history (including you and Margie). In fact, none of the 15 revealed winners have done that. Some of them maybe had a bump or two on the road, regardless, none of them had a consecutive Top 4 finish throughout the entire race.
With Tammy/Victor, if we were to disregard their near-Philimination, their (other) placement(s) would have been a virtual guarantee of a spot in the Final 3 (they placed 3rd or better in their first two legs and the rest starting with the 4th leg). Their average probably would have been a lot higher as well!
In comparing Tammy/Victor to the top teams, had their consistent Top 3 spots throughout most of the race factored into Leg 3: They would have been second on the list & only one of two teams with an overall average placement of less than 2. That's if they checked in 2nd or 3rd; if they had won Leg 3 in their season, they would have surpassed Eric/Jeremy in terms of average overall placement.
Anyway, 12 out of 12 Top 4 finishes is impressive in such a difficult race full of a lot of unexpected segments and game-changing moments!
DeafRacer:
--- Quote from: revengefullycreative on February 09, 2010, 05:51:47 PM ---
--- Quote ---Hey now! I am no "disability" My deafness wasn't a big problem for me on the Race. Hence, my mom and I finished in Top Four in every leg for entire race! Isn't that pretty impressive?
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It most certainly is! Well, at least I think so, but checking-in 4th-place or better is an accomplishment that has only happened 4 times in AR history (including you and Margie). In fact, none of the 15 revealed winners have done that. Some of them maybe had a bump or two on the road, regardless, none of them had a consecutive Top 4 finish throughout the entire race.
With Tammy/Victor, if we were to disregard their near-Philimination, their (other) placement(s) would have been a virtual guarantee of a spot in the Final 3 (they placed 3rd or better in their first two legs and the rest starting with the 4th leg). Their average probably would have been a lot higher as well!
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Who are other three teams that have done that? That's the shame that my mom and I didn't win otherwise, we would held a new record!
Mister RC:
Others that have done that include Joe/Bill, Kris/Jon, and Eric/Jeremy. And yeah, it's a shame that you didn't win. For a team to finish strong in the early stages, then mid-race, and then throughout the final segments of the race (where one would be very exhausted) for the win would be a feat that would be rather difficult to match.
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: jtarhead11 on February 09, 2010, 04:41:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on February 09, 2010, 12:32:55 PM ---Let's leave THIS thread for theschnauzers updates and discussion of that technique please.
All that info you are asking for is widely available, if you want to start another thread and ask for help, feel free jtarhead11. I personally find adding labels to teams rather distasteful though, but I see where you are going.
Back to topic please. :)
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:groan: Georgiapeach, didn't mean to offend, and I'm certainly not trying to "label" anymore than the race already does. I was merely trying to explore some of the inequities in casting. For example, did you know that, including season 16, only 7 openly gay women have been chosen for the race, while the number of openly gay men is at my count at least 21. Seems a bit unfair don't you think?? And how many young, Caucasian Barbie and Ken type teams have been on?? Seriously, too many to count, but then America never gets tired of Barbie and Ken. :lol:
But you're right, I should have started another thread to discuss this so as not to distract from theschnauzers AWESOME statistics skills!
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No worries, I am all in favor of diversity in casting, so if a list will help that, then feel free.
Just not in theschnauzers pretty thread. :lol: And :welcome:
And :ot: too...but Luke rocks!! :yess:
theschnauzers:
Just a quick note.
In past seasons, I would post the current teams' numbers to date periodically once the show got three or four episodes into the season. I'll probably will do that this season. The methodology does provide some insight about how well teams have performed once we reach the middle section of the Race, and often points to likely final three teams at that point. It's not infallible, due to the luck factor, but it does offer some insights.
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