Points per mile pointless prize

[chuxtr]

I said I wasn’t going to do this daily, but since I can … here’s today’s standings as of 0730.

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[jrenaut]

You now have an official scoreboard under the Pointless tab – Points per Mile

[chuxtr]

@jrenaut 152669 wrote:

You now have an official scoreboard under the Pointless tab – Points per Mile

So cool and thank you very much!!!

[chuxtr]

@jrenaut 152669 wrote:

You now have an official scoreboard under the Pointless tab – Points per Mile

Hey gang! I was looking at a calendar and by my count, BAFS2017 is 11 weeks long (plus 2 days). So I’m upping the minimum number of ride days from 30 to 33, i.e., 3 ride days a week on average.

Thank you again, jrenaut, for the official scoreboard on the Freezing Saddles website.

[chuxtr]

Hey gang! Just a reminder that you have 19 days left to get to the minimum of 33 ride days to win this prize. Our current leader would need to ride almost every day to get there. There are a few folks in the top 10 who have already ridden the minimum number of days to be eligible. And a few more who are close and should get there unless they drop off the edge of the world. May the force be with you!

[cvcalhoun]

@chuxtr 151919 wrote:

No one near the top of the leaderboard is in the top 20. The highest ranked person on the leaderboard is Sam W who is #168. And the current points per mile leader (Tania P) is #245 on the leaderboard. Also, Matt W who is DFL on the leaderboard is currently in third. And #1 on the Leaderboard (Bob J) is DFL!

Yeah, it’s impossible for anyone near the top of the leaderboard to win this prize. You win this prize if you come as close as possible to riding exactly one mile each day you ride. (In that case, you’d get 11 points per ride.) You get to the top of the leaderboard by riding as many miles as possible each day you ride (and riding all, or almost all, the days). So no one can try for both at once.

I am a little confused by the chart, though. Elizabeth T is still on it. However, she was on my team, and had to drop out early. Thus, she’s not on the leaderboard. I’m not sure why she would still be on this chart?

[LhasaCM]

@cvcalhoun 156107 wrote:

Yeah, it’s impossible for anyone near the top of the leaderboard to win this prize. You win this prize if you come as close as possible to riding exactly one mile each day you ride. (In that case, you’d get 11 points per ride.) You get to the top of the leaderboard by riding as many miles as possible each day you ride (and riding all, or almost all, the days). So no one can try for both at once.

I am a little confused by the chart, though. Elizabeth T is still on it. However, she was on my team, and had to drop out early. Thus, she’s not on the leaderboard. I’m not sure why she would still be on this chart?

Is it possible that this leaderboard is pulling based on who joined the BAFS Strava group (335 members) and authenticated the website (something smaller), whereas the other leaderboards are tied to the individual team Strava groups?

[chuxtr]

@cvcalhoun 156107 wrote:

Yeah, it’s impossible for anyone near the top of the leaderboard to win this prize. You win this prize if you come as close as possible to riding exactly one mile each day you ride. (In that case, you’d get 11 points per ride.) You get to the top of the leaderboard by riding as many miles as possible each day you ride (and riding all, or almost all, the days). So no one can try for both at once.

I am a little confused by the chart, though. Elizabeth T is still on it. However, she was on my team, and had to drop out early. Thus, she’s not on the leaderboard. I’m not sure why she would still be on this chart?

Exactly! I created this specifically to “incentivize” those who aren’t able to ride as much.

jrenaut created the leaderboard, so maybe he can answer the question. I’m assuming you’re talking about the leaderboard on the Freezing Saddles website.

https://freezingsaddles.com/pointless/points_per_mile

[jrenaut]

Yeah, this leaderboard doesn’t care if you’re on a team. I can maybe fix it sometime but probably not in time for the end of the competition.

[chuxtr]

Barring unforeseen circumstances, looks like we have a winner …

with 4.74 points per mile

Richard B
418.3 points
88.3 miles
34 ride days

Prize to be awarded at the HH on April 4th!

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