13x11 (Seasons 1-11) + 11x2 (Seasons 12-13) + 12x11 (Seasons 14-24) + 7 (Season 25) = 304
Where are these numbers coming from??
Using the wiki "legs/shows" the numbers are way different.
So where is your count coming from and why the big discrepancy? Just wondering....
1-5 =13
6-7 =12
8 =11
9-10 =12
11 = 13
12-14 =11
15-24 =12
25 to date =7
Whoever counted the number of legs for the 300th leg special has a skewed counting system that is different from what is generally accepted by the fans.
First we count the number of legs (elimination legs, final 3 legs, standard non-elimination legs, keep on racing legs, double-length legs all count as
1):
01 - 05 : 13 (5 seasons)
06 - 07 : 12 (2 seasons)
08 : 11 (1 season)
09 - 10 : 12 (2 seasons)
11 : 13 (1 season)
12 - 14 : 11 (3 seasons)
15 - 24 : 12 (10 seasons)
25 : 7 (so far)
... and we have
297 legs. Now we have to separate 3 double-length legs to make them count as 2 legs instead of 1 leg each. Here are the possible ones and notes on what happened that leg:
season 6: Eger, Hungary (leg 6) - No faux pit stop
season 7: Lucknow & Jodhpur, India (leg 8 ) - Phil & mat appeared
season 8: Moran, Wyoming (leg 10) - Phil & his mat appeared
Montreal, Canada (leg 11) - No faux pit stop
season 9: Russia & Germany (leg 3) - Phil & his mat appeared
season 10: Finland & Ukraine (leg 9) - No faux pit stop
season 14: Beijing, China (leg 10) - Phil & his mat appeared, Jaime & Cara won prizes (unaired)
Somehow, these 7 double-length legs were divided to make the total count up to 300. But I think whoever had to count which leg is the 300th just did this:
(290 + (290+7))/2 = 293.5
where 290 is the number of legs
before season 25
290 + 7 is the number of legs before season 25
if all double-length legs were considered 2 legsTaking the average of the 2 numbers (290 & 297), you get 293.5, which means you need 7 legs during season 25 to
pass 300.
There's also the chance that someone just miscounted
, which is especially jarring since the show made a big deal out of it.