Visualizing split times is trickier than it seems. You have data from an array of different situations that arguably aren’t terribly comparable. We all know that mass start and pursuit races play out very differently than interval start races. It may also be difficult to compare split times from a Tour de Ski prologue to […]
Also tagged kikkan randall, noah hoffman, splits, tad elliott, USAI think most people generally have a sense for how the past World Cup season went for the North Americans. What I’m going to do over the next few posts is to simply show some data that hopefully provides some context for what you already know. I’m going to split them into four posts for […]
Also tagged alex harvey, canada, devon kershaw, Distance, men, noah hoffman, season review, USAOnce again, not much commentary here, just some graphs showing some notable individuals progress through the tour. Â I haven’t highlighted all the leaders, per se, just some of the top people and some other interesting ones. No one’s likely to touch Kowalczyk for the overall, although there’s a lot of racing left to be done. […]
Also tagged alex harvey, andrew newell, bump chart, canada, ivan babikov, kikkan randall, recap, tour de ski, USAJust a few short notes focusing on the North Americans in the classic sprint yesterday. Â First the men: One thing that stands out to me is that Harvey was actually skiing slightly faster than Kershaw all day. Â Of course, the differences are very small (~1 second), but it highlights how large an impact the make-up […]
Also tagged alex harvey, andrew newell, classic, devon kershaw, kikkan randall, Sprint, tour de ski, World CupI’ll have a post up tomorrow running through some of the notable European results from the weekend. The short version of the weekend’s distance races goes something like this: Good: Kris Freeman, Kikkan Randall, Noah Hoffman, Liz Stephen Bad: Canadian men, Chris Cook Meh: Morgan Arritola, Andrey Newell Americans Here’s a closer look at the […]
Also tagged alex harvey, chris cook, devon kershaw, george grey, ivan babikov, kikkan randall, liz stephen, morgan arritola, noah hoffman, recap, World CupThis past weekend was chock full of racing in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Â There’s way too much for me to analyze, even looking at just the North Americans, so I’m going to focus in on just a few performances that I found particularly interesting. Â Even so, this post will be quite long. Results ranged from […]
Also tagged alex harvey, canada, daria gaiazova, devon kershaw, ida sargent, kikkan randall, recap, usstKris Freeman is simply the best distance skier in the US at the moment, male or female. Â In fact, he probably has been for at least the past 4 years or so. Unfortunately, that means he’s under a lot of pressure to produce quality results, medals in particular. Â That’s not terribly fair, in a cosmic […]
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