My real job started up again this week, so there aren’t going to be very many 5-6 post’s per week happening for a while… On Monday I shared some summary statistics on a whole bunch of skiers showing how often they finishing in the top 3, top 5, etc. over their entire careers. The Vuelta […]
Also taggedHere’s what’s been happening at Statistical Skier this week: There’s another doping story in the news, providing plenty of red meat for commentary. Â I humbly contributed some graphs of Pankratov’s results over the years, which hopefully provides some context for his ability level and career. Yeah, there’s some big bike race not in France still […]
Also taggedMy real job is quickly approaching again as we move into fall. Â I’ve stockpiled plenty of material, but things will inevitably slow down a bit. Â I also have a few big projects on my plate related to Statistical Skier that I’ll be talking more about in the next week or two, so I have plenty […]
Also taggedHere’s what’s been cooking on the site this week: We played a fun little guessing game, in which I asked you to predict which of five skiers would land on the podium in their very next race. Â The answers were revealed today, here. I veered off into some running data, looking at the relationship between […]
Also taggedIt’s been a light week at Statistical Skier; had to move the Statistical Residence to a new (much improved) locale closer to work, so things have been a bit hectic. We mucked around with the speeds that skiers travel at, looking at differences between races in Europe and the US. A short not on rivalries, […]
Also taggedHere’s what’s been cooking this week on Statistical Skier… I tried to wrap up the cross-country retirement posts, was told I forgot a few and so tacked on a post for Kristina Smigun-Vaehi. I snuck in a little cycling graph, showing the riders from this year’s Giro d’Italia who dropped out along the way. I […]
Also taggedCue the creepy music, it’s Friday the 13th! We finally wrapped up the most improved/unimproved series from the 2009-2010 season, looking at the most unimproved female sprinters. We had another installment of Victims & Nemeses, this time focusing on Swedish stars Marcus Hellner and Charlotte Kalla. Next, we looked at age vs. FIS point plots […]
Also tagged