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Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
guacamole300:
--- Quote from: theschnauzers on December 05, 2011, 08:24:49 PM ---Dom El, in my record keeping I have considered double length and legs with no rest period at pit stops to be two legs for placement purposes as it is the only way to balance out the Races with them and without them on an equal basis for comparison. Since the origin of the double legs was a necessity in TAR 6 to avoid violating laws in Hungary about begging, one can justify such distinctions because the only distinction in retrospect was the presence or absence of a rest period/pit stop.
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I do it too. I mean essentially they are NELs, even if you dont wanna call them like that. I mean, it tests the performance of each team to get to a certain point. Each part of the leg get's their own episode, and that way races 1-11 have their 13 episodes, races 12-13 their 11 episodes, and races 14-present, their 12 episodes. which is the structure they wanted to have.
I have another stat for you. Lyn & Karlyn (TAR10) were the first F3 team to never win a leg, Dan & Andrew (TAR13) and Brian & Ericka (TAR15) followed. (I counted Jaime & Cara's win in Beijing, they even got prizes, but if you want to include them that's okay, we'll just have to disagree on the methods).
Eric & Danielle (TAR11) and Kisha & Jen (TAR18) are the only two teams that got into the F3 without winning a leg, but ultimately won the race.
Dom:
I consider the difference to be that in a 'double-length leg', teams are not directed to a Pit Stop, there is no greeter and Phil does not say 'Team Number x'. Since Season 18 though, teams are explicitly directed to a Pit Stop, there is a greeter and Phil does indeed say 'Team Number x'. I know teams work just as hard to win these double length legs, but judging from the number of legs announced at the start line, they are not considered by production to be separate legs, while from Season 18 onwards they are.
Also, while previously Phil would say 'but this leg is not over', he now says 'the next leg starts right now'. I don't think you can go back and add an extra leg to past seasons for the sake of convenience and tidiness.
guacamole300:
I'm not adding an extra leg, I just think they should be counted.
But anyway, I have more leg (or midpoint) winners stats for you. (even if you dont count the midpoint, the stats shouldn't change by much)
LEGS %
WON
M/M 85 35%
M/F 130 54%
F/F 25 10%
TOT 240 100%
and this is the count of how many teams have won legs (or midpoints) in differente races. (All Stars and UB are considered as separate teams, so we have two Rob/Ambers, two Dustin/Kandices, etc)
33 M/M teams out of 54 (61%)
54 M/F teams out of 112 (48%)
14 F/F teams out of 46 (10%)
Dom:
--- Quote from: guacamole300 on December 06, 2011, 04:12:48 AM ---I'm not adding an extra leg, I just think they should be counted.
But anyway, I have more leg winners stats for you.
LEGS PERCENTAGE
WON
M/M 85 35%
M/F 130 54%
F/F 25 10%
TOTAL 240 100%
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That's a great one!
guacamole300:
oh sorry, I edited to add another one, didnt see you had posted already! :)
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