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.
