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Armchair analytics for ultramarathons I'll likely never run

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A warmer year led to lower top-10 times in both fields, but yesterday was still an exciting #wser

29.06.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you giving Laz a copy to hide in Frozen Head next year? πŸ˜†

20.03.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*since at least 1995, @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social 's database only goes back that far

20.03.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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this year was brutal -- looks like the fewest total loops completed (and average loops per runner) since 1995 #bm100

20.03.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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final tracker (more or less -- still don't know who was the tenth runner to complete the first loop) -- congrats on a fun time in Frozen Head, John Kelly! #bm100

20.03.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Need to zoom in on the #bm100 fun run zone i.e. till 4am. The main issue will be the wind but temps and clouds should hold off for a bit.

20.03.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For anyone else, I'd say no, but I'm not ready to bet against Tomo and John

20.03.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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weather forecasts from www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Frozen...

"Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 13Β°C on Wed night, min -4Β°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the SSW on Wed night, light winds from the NW by Fri morning)." #bm100

20.03.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6
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Keith posted that four started loop 3, though Max quickly noped out

19.03.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I forgot SΓ©bastien Raichon raced last year; it took him 13:29:13 to complete loop 3; he'd have to complete loop 3 again in 14:30:45 for a fun run this year

3/2 (oops, I guess people usually write out their multi-thread posts first)

19.03.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For John Kelly to go to Loop 4, he'd need to finish in 10:59:20. His prior loop 3 finishes (in likely better years) were 12:12:49, 12:24:25, 12:39:59, 15:52:08, 11:56:59, and 12:09:08. I'm skeptical about him completing an 11 hour loop, but he has lots of margin (14:59:20) to go for a fun run

2/2

19.03.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

correct

19.03.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

random #bm100 maths; for Tomo to go onto loop 3, he'd need a loop 3 time of 11:27:10; his prior loop 3 finishes were 15:13:08, 13:08:46, and 12:34:22, so this would be a bit of a stretch. However, he has a leisurely 15:27:10 to complete a fun run -- totally do-able.

1/2

19.03.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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more or less, how things look now #bm100

19.03.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

"Max seems relaxed"
30 minutes later "Max is out"
Lol

19.03.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ooops, that's what I get for commenting without reading the whole thread

19.03.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see either completing loop 3 in 11 hours, to make the 36 hour cutoff to start loop 4. That being said, both are capable to finish under the 40 hour fun run.

19.03.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A fun run is a strong possibility for Tomo; he's roughly in the same spot as he was in 2019 which resulted in a fun run as well #bm100

19.03.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Apologies for the grainy graphics, I still have yet to find a way to make compelling-looking visuals on Bluesky :/

19.03.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's hard to update the tracker when we don't know which six runners are still out there, but the best update I can do it this: The #bm100 has been on-going for 23+ hours now. Since 1998, only 26% of runners who took over 23 hours to finish loop 2 even made it to a fun run :/

19.03.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

But could also be Domo

19.03.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Based on the limited entrants list, AurΓ©lien (who finished in 2023 but only finished two loops last year)

19.03.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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brutal

19.03.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ask @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social

19.03.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I always have grand plans and great intentions to launch a website... but end up not even touching my code (let along writing new code) until right before the conch is blown. So no, not this year anyway

19.03.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

and I thought I was being optimistic last night before going to bed 😬

19.03.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Note, per @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social John Kelly came in right after Tomo, and not in the first wave like I assumed. That being the case, his historical performance looks like this; the Barkley is out for blood this year #bm100

19.03.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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the real march madness #bm100

19.03.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Going off the data I have, Keith is only naming them first, second, etc runner through each loop

19.03.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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