Topic: Questions and Discussion thread for TAR stats

[Dånooky]

The new book "Circumnavigating the Globe: Amazing Race 10 - 14 and Amazing RAce Asia 1 - 3"

Just out of curiosity, when did that one come out?

[ImANewUser]

Try a combinaton of the book "My Ox is Broken" for races 1 to 9 and the new book "Circumnavigating the Globe: Amazing Race 10 - 14 and Amazing RAce Asia 1 - 3" for the rest. That will get you about 98% of deaparture times, but there is at least one episode that did ont give them.

Yes, Season 13 Episode 10 did not give the departure times (I have no idea why). But that's the only one I can think of.

Season 1, Guidos's Leg 13 departure time (just said 'around 24 hrs later'), Season 14, Leg 5 departure times from T/V onwards. I'm sure there are others.

[apskip]

The new book "Circumnavigating the Globe: Amazing Race 10 - 14 and Amazing RAce Asia 1 - 3"

Just out of curiosity, when did that one come out?

I've seen it on Amazon.com for a few weeks, so it's probably available elsewhere as well.

[Hooky]

Try a combinaton of the book "My Ox is Broken" for races 1 to 9 and the new book "Circumnavigating the Globe: Amazing Race 10 - 14 and Amazing RAce Asia 1 - 3" for the rest. That will get you about 98% of deaparture times, but there is at least one episode that did ont give them.

Yes, Season 13 Episode 10 did not give the departure times (I have no idea why). But that's the only one I can think of.

Season 1, Guidos's Leg 13 departure time (just said 'around 24 hrs later'), Season 14, Leg 5 departure times from T/V onwards. I'm sure there are others.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that lame TAR 14 one that wasn't necessary.

[slayton]

Does anyone have a listing of the total amount of miles/km that teams had to self-drive in each season?

[Hooky]

Also on that new book: It needs a better editor. "Artistic Impressions or Cookie Convection?" Just plain wrong on some of the facts.

[Glamazon Racer]

Also on that new book: It needs a better editor. "Artistic Impressions or Cookie Convection?" Just plain wrong on some of the facts.

Is that really what it says? That is ridiculous, and I'm planning to buy that next week.

[Dånooky]

Also on that new book: It needs a better editor. "Artistic Impressions or Cookie Convection?" Just plain wrong on some of the facts.

wth!

[Snooky]

Also on that new book: It needs a better editor. "Artistic Impressions or Cookie Convection?" Just plain wrong on some of the facts.

Is that really what it says? That is ridiculous, and I'm planning to buy that next week.

There are too many errors to even mention!

[Hooky]

Also on that new book: It needs a better editor. "Artistic Impressions or Cookie Convection?" Just plain wrong on some of the facts.

Is that really what it says? That is ridiculous, and I'm planning to buy that next week.

Yeah, it has a number of inconsistencies as well. And some unfounded claims. It's a good general summary of the race, but sometimes he gets his fact wrong or makes typos. He also has some really strange reasons for some of his ideas.

Aside from the errors (mostly minor), it's a pretty detailed AR encyclopedia (of sorts). But not as entertaining as the first one by Adam-Troy Castro.

I got it for Christmas!

[RichInSydney]

Okay I have a question (not sure if this has been discussed before):

Is there any relation to the winner of TAR and the order in which that team appears in the intro title credits at the start of the show? Moreover is there any pattern to the order in which they show the teams in the intro in regards to when they get eliminated?

[Neobie]

Okay I have a question (not sure if this has been discussed before):

Is there any relation to the winner of TAR and the order in which that team appears in the intro title credits at the start of the show? Moreover is there any pattern to the order in which they show the teams in the intro in regards to when they get eliminated?

Not really. In a majority of the seasons the intro credits order is determined by the order in which they walk in to the starting line, at a time before anyone would have any idea how each team would place.

[Hooky]

Okay I have a question (not sure if this has been discussed before):

Is there any relation to the winner of TAR and the order in which that team appears in the intro title credits at the start of the show? Moreover is there any pattern to the order in which they show the teams in the intro in regards to when they get eliminated?

The order is also not the order of teams by tag numbers, since some people have gotten confused about that before.

But we have seen some interesting things. In Season 12, the winners were the last team, but in Season 13, the first.

[Coutzy]

Okay I have a question (not sure if this has been discussed before):

Is there any relation to the winner of TAR and the order in which that team appears in the intro title credits at the start of the show? Moreover is there any pattern to the order in which they show the teams in the intro in regards to when they get eliminated?

The order is also not the order of teams by tag numbers, since some people have gotten confused about that before.

But we have seen some interesting things. In Season 12, the winners were the last team, but in Season 13, the first.

In season 14 the first in the credits were the first eliminated too.

[Dånooky]

Okay I have a question (not sure if this has been discussed before):

Is there any relation to the winner of TAR and the order in which that team appears in the intro title credits at the start of the show? Moreover is there any pattern to the order in which they show the teams in the intro in regards to when they get eliminated?

The order is also not the order of teams by tag numbers, since some people have gotten confused about that before.

But we have seen some interesting things. In Season 12, the winners were the last team, but in Season 13, the first.

In season 14 the first in the credits were the first eliminated too.

I think I'll attribute those coincidences to luck

[Hooky]

Okay I have a question (not sure if this has been discussed before):

Is there any relation to the winner of TAR and the order in which that team appears in the intro title credits at the start of the show? Moreover is there any pattern to the order in which they show the teams in the intro in regards to when they get eliminated?

The order is also not the order of teams by tag numbers, since some people have gotten confused about that before.

But we have seen some interesting things. In Season 12, the winners were the last team, but in Season 13, the first.

In season 14 the first in the credits were the first eliminated too.

I think I'll attribute those coincidences to luck

Yeah, but they're still very interesting sometimes.

[RichInSydney]

Okay, here are the stats for order in which the WINNERS were shown in the intro to that season:

S01: 3 of 11
S02: 6 of 11
S03: 4 of 12
S04: 4 of 12
S05: 4 of 11
S06: 9 of 11
S07: 2 of 11
S08: 2 of 10 (Family)
S09: 3 of 11
S10: 10 of 12
S11: 7 of 11 (All Stars)
S12: 11 of 11
S13: 1 of 11
S14: 4 of 11
S15: 11 of 12

[RichInSydney]

And the same for the 1st team ELIMINATED:

S01: 9 of 11
S02: 5 of 11
S03: 6 of 12
S04: 10 of 12
S05: 8 of 11
S06: 5 of 11
S07: 5 of 11
S08: 4 of 10 (Family)
S09: 5 of 11
S10: 2 of 12
S11: 10 of 11 (All Stars)
S12: 8 of 11
S13: 4 of 11
S14: 1 of 11
S15: 9 of 12

[Dånooky]

Okay, here are the stats for order in which the WINNERS were shown in the intro to that season:

S01: 3 of 11
S02: 6 of 11
S03: 4 of 12
S04: 4 of 12
S05: 4 of 11
S06: 9 of 11
S07: 2 of 11
S08: 2 of 10 (Family)
S09: 3 of 11
S10: 10 of 12
S11: 7 of 11 (All Stars)
S12: 11 of 11
S13: 1 of 11
S14: 4 of 11
S15: 11 of 12

OMG!

The 5th, 8th an 12th teams have never won! :swine

</sarcasm>

So, does the intro order match the order in which they arrive at the start line?

[Coutzy]

Okay, here are the stats for order in which the WINNERS were shown in the intro to that season:

S01: 3 of 11
S02: 6 of 11
S03: 4 of 12
S04: 4 of 12
S05: 4 of 11
S06: 9 of 11
S07: 2 of 11
S08: 2 of 10 (Family)
S09: 3 of 11
S10: 10 of 12
S11: 7 of 11 (All Stars)
S12: 11 of 11
S13: 1 of 11
S14: 4 of 11
S15: 11 of 12

OMG!

The 5th, 8th an 12th teams have never won! :swine

</sarcasm>

So, does the intro order match the order in which they arrive at the start line?

It usually does, except I think in earlier seasons.

4th in the intro seems to be either really good, or really bad for teams also.

[ImANewUser]

TARs 1, 4, 5, 7, 11 & 15 did not match the order at the start line. TARs 2, 3, 6 & 10 did. TARs 12 & 14 didn't match as well I think.

[Dånooky]

Maybe they're arranged to be in sync with the music, like Ann & Dianne in TARA

[Hooky]

TARs 1, 4, 5, 7, 11 & 15 did not match the order at the start line. TARs 2, 3, 6 & 10 did. TARs 12 & 14 didn't match as well I think.

13 also wasn't in order.

[RichInSydney]

TARs 1, 4, 5, 7, 11 & 15 did not match the order at the start line. TARs 2, 3, 6 & 10 did. TARs 12 & 14 didn't match as well I think.

13 also wasn't in order.

Its the "multiple choice" factor. Most answers are B or C... What I mean is that if the editors knew the result while they were making the intro, then they might position the winning team somewhere in the middle and tend not to put them first or last. A lot of winners come from the first 6, but it still seems a bit random to me. 

[redskevin88]

One thing to note

Have you noticed that in most cases, since Season 12, the winners of the Amazing Race tended to finish in the top three (for example, TK and Rachel finished third, Nick and Starr and Meghan and Shane finished first, and Tammy and Victor finished second)

While in Amazing Race Asia, the winners usually struggle, Adrian and Colin and Sam and Vince finished seventh place, while only Zabrina and Joe Jer finished in the top three i.e third.