Topic: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!

[Platrium]

After Leg 10 of season 28

Burnie & Ashely (S28) alongside Kelsey & Joey (S27) are the only two teams to have 5 consecutive second place finishes 
Brodie & Kurt (S28) now holds the record for having the highest average placing for 5th placers (2.6), previously held by Abbie & Ryan (S21) (Similarly both are eliminated by u-turn plan of other teams)

Joey & Meaghan also eliminated by u-turn plan of other teams

Any team who survived the Twinnie U-turn strategy?

To be more specific:
Both Abbie & Ryan and Brodie & Kurt are eliminated in 5th by the Twinnie U-turn Strategy (TUS, or TUTS ). They have been the only known victims in the US version, and both did not survive the TUS.

Tbh, the TUS is too deadly of a move for someone to survive in. It's worse than being single U-turned.

Why is it worse? I think it has the same effect right with a single U-turn??

^ Looks like it's still is allowed based on what happened to B&K. There's no reason to prohibit it, I guess? It's just a brutal way to use the W-turn.

It has the same effect, but like you said, it's more brutal, making the U-turn victim think there's still another U-turn slot but it was blocked by another team.

Even Abbie & Ryan were confused with the TUS in their season, and when they thought they could U-turn their friends to be with them, it didn't happen. Compare this with Abbie & Ryan expecting their faces on a single U-turn. They would know early on that they won't have a chance. The TUS was a surprise attack on them.

[RaceUntilWeDie]

In seasons 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 27, a F/F team made the F6.
In seasons 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 27, a F/F team made the F5.
In seasons 21, 22, 24, 25, and 27, a F/F team made the F4.
In seasons 22, 24, and 25, a F/F team made the F3.

Season 28 has the weakest F/F teams since 19 *26 obviously N/A...

[Marionete]

The following teams joined the club of "have finished in 8 different positions throughout a race" :

Amy & Maya (S25) has finished in the position from 1st to 8th
Matt & Ashely (S26) has finished in the position from 1st to 2nd, 4th through 9th

If Sheri & Cole win or get 2nd place in the finale, they will also join this list

[RaceUntilWeDie]

TAR 18
Kisha & Jen's lowest placement was 6th.
Flight Time & Big Easy's lowest placement was 7th.
Gary & Mallory's lowest placement was 9th.

TAR 19
Ernie & Cindy's lowest placement was 5th.
Jeremy & Sandy's lowest placement was 7th.
Amani & Marcus's lowest placement was 9th.

TAR 20
Rachel & Dave's lowest placement was 6th.
Art & JJ's lowest placement was 4th.
Brendon & Rachel's lowest placement was 6th.

TAR 21
Josh & Brent's lowest placement was 7th.
Jaymes & James's lowest placement was 10th.
Trey & Lexi's lowest placement was 9th.

TAR 22
Bates & Anthony's lowest placement was 7th.
Max & Katie's lowest placement was 9th.
Mona & Beth's lowest placement was 7th.

TAR 23
Jason & Amy's lowest placement was 8th.
Tim & Marie's lowest placement was 8th.
Nicole & Travis's lowest placement was 4th.

TAR 24
Dave & Connor's lowest placement was 4th.
Caroline & Jennifer's lowest placement was 9th.
Brendon & Rachel's lowest placement was 8th.

TAR 25
Amy & Maya's lowest placement was 8th.
Misti & Jim's lowest placement was 8th.
Adam & Bethany's lowest placement was 7th.

TAR 26
Laura & Tyler's lowest placement was 6th.
Jelani & Jenny's lowest placement was 7th.
Hayley & Blair's lowest placement was 9th.

TAR 27
Kelsey & Joey's lowest placement was 8th.
Justin & Diana's lowest placement was 9th.
Logan & Chris's lowest placement was 6th

TAR 28
Tyler & Korey's lowest placement was 6th.
Dana & Matt's lowest placement was 5th.
Sheri & Cole's lowest placement was 9th.

[Maanca]

In standard-format (the TAR Wikia's way of saying "2-person teams" or "excluding Family Edition"), Cole at 19 becomes the youngest finalist. At least of American seasons, not sure about all time.

[Platrium]

The following teams joined the club of "have finished in 8 different positions throughout a race" :

Amy & Maya (S25) has finished in the position from 1st to 8th
Matt & Ashely (S26) has finished in the position from 1st to 2nd, 4th through 9th

If Sheri & Cole win or get 2nd place in the finale, they will also join this list

If they got 1st and 2nd on the last 2 legs, they'd have 9 different positions instead of 8, finishing from 1st all the way to 9th.

[toanglobal]

In standard-format (the TAR Wikia's way of saying "2-person teams" or "excluding Family Edition"), Cole at 19 becomes the youngest finalist. At least of American seasons, not sure about all time.

Claire (21) & Michelle (22) is the youngest team ever in all franchise, They have strong performance during the race but ultimately lose to Richard & Richard because they get a horrific flgiht!

[Lemontail]

In standard-format (the TAR Wikia's way of saying "2-person teams" or "excluding Family Edition"), Cole at 19 becomes the youngest finalist. At least of American seasons, not sure about all time.

Claire (21) & Michelle (22) is the youngest team ever in all franchise, They have strong performance during the race but ultimately lose to Richard & Richard because they get a horrific flgiht!

Romi (18) & Coral (20), sisters, from HaMerotz LaMillion 3, disagrees with you. They're strong, even made Final 3 and end up in 2nd place with average of 3.15.

[Platrium]

TAR25 had 6 couple teams. TAR26 was an all-couple season. Both seasons had an F4 Finale, which was unusual.

TAR27 had 4 media teams. TAR28 was an all-social-media season. Both seasons have 6 teams by Leg 9, which was unusual.

[toanglobal]

Both US and Vietnamese versions have run a longest span without F/F teams win a leg (3 seasons each), and the last F/F teams standing for current seasons of both versions were purple colored teams

[RaceUntilWeDie]

According to Burnie, Burnie & Ashley were arrived to 10 out of 11 Pit Stops with at least one other team.

[ghmorello]

According to Burnie, Burnie & Ashley were arrived to 10 out of 11 Pit Stops with at least one other team.

The only exception was leg 6 in Armenia. 

[Platrium]

According to Burnie, Burnie & Ashley were arrived to 10 out of 11 Pit Stops with at least one other team.

The only exception was leg 6 in Armenia.

If Leg 6 wasn't a zero-hour pit stop, the other teams would probably stay there and have a usual chitchat with Phil.

[scott14]

I've done some research on comparing pre-finale peformance of the final three teams.

It looks at each individual leg and how each of the three teams performed against each other. So in a Leg you get three data points, Team 1 beats team 2 and 3 and then team 2 beats team 3.

So for Season 28 we've had 11 pre-finale legs, so 33 data points, of which:

Tyler & Korey have beaten the other two teams 18 times out of 22 possible times = 82%

Dana & Matt have beaten the other two teams 13 times out of 22 possible times = 59%

Sheri & Cole have beaten the other two teams 2 times out of 22 possible times = 9%
(beat Tyler & Korey on Leg 7 and beat Dana & Matt on Leg 9)


This gives Sheri & Cole the worst pre finale performance versus the other two finalists of all finalists. The next worst is Dandrew at 10%, beating the other TAR13 finalists 2 times out of 20 (due to only 10 legs)

Full data attached for interest.

Rank      Season      Top 3 Teams   No. of times beaten other two teams   No. of legs before final leg      % times beat other two teams pre final leg
1)   15   Meghan & Cheyne   18   11   82%
2)   20   Rachel & Dave      18   11   82%
3)   27   Justin & Diana      18   11   82%
4)   28   Tyler & Korey      18   11   82%
5)   13   Nick & Starr      16   10   80%
6)   6   Kris & Jon      19   12   79%
7)   16   Jet & Cord      17   11   77%
   9   Eric & Jeremy      18   12   75%
9)   11   Dustin & Kandice   18   12   75%
10)   7   Rob & Amber      16   11   73%
11)   21   Trey & Lexi      16   11   73%
12)   24   Dave & Connor      16   11   73%
13)   10   Tyler & James      17   12   71%
14)   19   Ernie & Cindy      15   11   68%
15)   22   Bates & Anthony   15   11   68%
16)   25   Misti & Jim      15   11   68%
17)   5   Colin & Christie      16   12   67%
18)   14   Tammy & Victor   14   11   64%
19)   14   Margie & Luke      14   11   64%
20)   17   Jill & Thomas      14   11   64%
21)   25   Adam & Bethany   14   11   64%
22)   26   Hayley & Blair      14   11   64%
23)   2   Tara & Wil      15   12   63%
24)   4   Reichen & Chip      15   12   63%
25)   12   TK & Rachel      12   10   60%
26)   13   Ken & Tina      12   10   60%
27)   18   Gary & Mallory      13   11   59%
28)   21   Jaymes & James   13   11   59%
29)   28   Dana & Matt      13   11   59%
30)   1   Frank & Margarita   14   12   58%
31)   3   Ken & Gerard      14   12   58%
32)   8   Bransen Family      14   12   58%
33)   10   Rob & Kimberly      14   12   58%
34)   12   Ronald & Christina   11   10   55%
35)   7   Ron & Kelly      12   11   55%
36)   18   Kisha & Jen      12   11   55%
37)   19   Jeremy & Sandy      12   11   55%
38)   23   Jason & Amy      12   11   55%
39)   1   Rob & Brennan      13   12   54%
40)   3   Flo & Zach      13   12   54%
41)   4   David & Jeff      12   12   50%
42)   6   Freddy & Kendra   12   12   50%
43)   8   Linz Family      12   12   50%
44)   9   BJ & Tyler      12   12   50%
45)   20   Art & JJ   11      11   50%
46)   23   Nicole & Travis      11   11   50%
47)   24   Brendon & Rachel   11   11   50%
48)   5   Brandon & Nicole   11   12   46%
49)   15   Sam & Dan      10   11   45%
50)   17   Nat & Kat      10   11   45%
51)   22   Max & Katie      10   11   45%
52)   23   Tim & Marie      10   11   45%
53)   26   Jelani & Jenny      10   11   45%
54)   27   Kelsey & Joey      10   11   45%
55)   2   Chris & Alex      10   12   42%
56)   2   Blake & Paige      10   12   42%
57)   8   Weaver Family      10   12   42%
58)   17   Brook & Claire      9   11   41%
59)   26   Laura & Tyler      9   11   41%
60)   1   Joe & Bill      9   12   38%
61)   3   Teri & Ian      9   12   38%
62)   4   Kelly & Jon      9   12   38%
63)   5   Chip & Kim      9   12   38%
64)   11   Eric & Danielle      9   12   38%
65)   11   Charla & Mirna      9   12   38%
66)   7   Uchenna & Joyce   8   11   36%
67)   16   Dan & Jordan      8   11   36%
68)   16   Brent & Caite      8   11   36%
69)   18   Flight Time & Big Easy   8   11   36%
70)   22   Mona & Beth      8   11   36%
71)   12   Nicolas & Donald   7   10   35%
72)   19   Amani & Marcus   6   11   27%
73)   24   Caroline & Jennifer   6   11   27%
74)   9   Ray & Yolanda      6   12   25%
75)   14   Jaime & Cara      5   11   23%
76)   15   Brian & Ericka      5   11   23%
77)   27   Logan & Chris      5   11   23%
78)   6   Adam & Rebecca   5   12   21%
79)   10   Lyn & Karlyn      5   12   21%
80)   20   Brendon & Rachel   4   11   18%
81)   21   Josh & Brent      4   11   18%
82)   25   Amy & Maya      4   11   18%
83)   13   Andrew & Dan      2   10   10%
84)   28   Sheri & Cole      2   11   9%

[RaceUntilWeDie]

Are Sheri & Cole now the highest-placing mother/son team? At least in the U.S?

[Genius]

Matt and Dana may be the only team in US TAR to win the first and last leg, and none of the legs in between. 

[RaceUntilWeDie]

In TAR 2, 7, 10, 16, 21, and 28, the Top 2 teams never actually placed in the Top 2 together until the Final Leg.

[Maanca]

After 15 seasons, Andrew & Dan have been stripped of their crown as the worst-averaging final 3 team.

[G.B.]

Tyler Oakley is the first Tyler to not win the race.

[Platrium]

Sheri & Cole have landed on 8 different placements in the race, from 2nd (last leg) all the way to 9th (first leg).

In TAR13 and TAR21, one team from each season lost a passport. Coincidentally, both teams lost their passports in Russia.

Gary & Mallory arrived 9th during Leg 2 on TAR17 and TAR18, while Ron & Christina arrived 2nd to the last during Leg 2 of TAR12 and TAR18. Both teams are coincidentally father & daughter teams, who even worked together on the last task of TAR18's Leg 2.

[G.B.]

US States who have not yet contributed a contestant to the show:

Idaho
Maine
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
Wyoming

[Platrium]

I'm finally watching TAR11, even though I have barely seen TAR2 and TAR3.

Anyway, despite there being bunching points and multiple flights for the 1st 3 legs, Charla & Mirna, David & Mary, and Kevin & Drew (until 2nd leg only) arrived 8th, 9th, and 10th respectively on the first 3 pit stops. One thing I noticed is that these 1st 3 legs are full of self-driving and navigation, despite there being mid-leg flights. Now I can finally see so much importance in self-driving!

  for so many self-driving legs on the upcoming seasons.

P.S. Even though I checked the Wikipedia page, I'm so surprised as to how Rob & Amber ended.

[Platrium]

In the US version, Dustin & Kandice are the only team to encounter the intersection twice. Each intersection had a fast forward which they chose not to take.

[toanglobal]

Seasons with more F/F teams than M/M teams
US 5, 6, 12, 14, 17, 25
Asia 2, 4
Australia 3
Phillipines 1
Vietnam 4
Israel 1, 3, 4
spoilers
Brazil
International versions usually have more F/F teams than M/M ones in fourth season, but this is inversed for US version (US season 4 had 5 M/M and only 2 F/F) 

[toanglobal]

TAR Norge 1 had 13 legs, but only 3 teams win a leg (Morten & Truls, Karim & Khabat  both win 6 legs and Catherine & Michelle win leg 3), conversely TAR France, TAR Canada 1 and TAR ANZ have 10 legs each but, 6 teams win a leg for each seasons (If Vanessa & Celina beat Jody & Cory in leg 9 pitstop, this number increased to 7)
TAR Asia 2 if you counted as 12 legs, three teams would win a leg, but if you counted as 13 legs (Leg 5 superleg), four team would win a leg)