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  • dmitlof1

    Member since 08/03/2017.

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    2 months ago 01/13/2023 4:07pm EST
    I've decided to try out a new project this year. Since I'm a fan of athletics and data visualization, I'm going to make one track related graph each week in 2023 and post it in this thread. Since it's the second week of 2023, I'm starting off today with two graphs that summarize the performances of some of the top athletes from the 2022 season. The data I collected for today's graphs are from worldathletics.org.

    The first graph highlights all 16 athletes who were a 2022 outdoor world champion and went undefeated in that same event. I decided to exclude losses in perlims or semis since in those cases many athletes are only looking to qualify and not to win. I was surprised that Chase Ealey had the highest number of competitions out of the undefeated athletes. Without looking at the data, I would've guessed Lyles held that distinction. I also thought it was neat that Cheptegei's victory in Eugene was his only track 10k of the year. Here's the graph:
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    Link:imgur.com/a/2iQq5nn
    The second graph is a scatterplot of the each outdoor world record in 2022. It graphs the World Athletics score from their scoring tables vs the percent improvement of the world record from the start of 2022. Duplantis' 6.21 mark scored the highest of the 4 world records according to World Athletics. However, McLaughlin improved the WR by the most percentage wise in 2022. Here's the graph:
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    Link:imgur.com/a/PYr84EP

    Feel free to give me any feedback on the graphs and let me know what data you'd like to see in the coming weeks.

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    Anonymous Poster

    2 months ago 01/13/2023 5:13pm EST
    re: dmitlof1

    Kipchoge, McLaughlin, Amusan, Duplantis.

    One of those is not like the others.

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    Raddison

    Member since 03/05/2018.

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    2 months ago 01/14/2023 7:14am EST
    re: dmitlof1

    A few suggestions though these would probably be career related rather than single year:

    1) Change in performance after switching coaches

    2) Indoor vs outdoor performance

    3) Consistency regardless of conditions (the Yuki Kawauchi factor)

    4) In the decathlon etc. is it better to be consistent across all disciplines or dominate a few

  • Mountain Master

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    2 months ago 01/14/2023 11:25am EST
    re: dmitlof1

    This is a great idea. I'll look forward to it every week.

    How a bout a graph of the women's records as a percentage of the men's.

  • dmitlof1

    Member since 08/03/2017.

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    2 months ago 01/19/2023 1:57pm EST
    re: dmitlof1

    This week's graph pertains to the Houston Half Marathon which is one of the premier half marathons in the US. Emily Sisson was able to break the AR this past Sunday in Houston and it was also the site of Ryan Hall's 59:43 AR in 2007. In fact, Houston has been the site of more fast half marathon times among Americans than any other city.

    The graph below shows the cities that have been the site of the most half marathon times under 70 minutes for American women and under 62 minutes for American men.
    I got the data for this graph from alltime-athletics.com and worldathletics.org. The top 4 cities were the same for both women and men: Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Hardeeville. Any cities that only had one or two performances under 70 or 62 minutes got grouped into the "Other" category. It's clear that Houston is the most popular place to target a fast time among Americans. Here's the graph:
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    Link:imgur.com/a/yDrpqtl

    Thanks for the good suggestions of future graphs. I plan on looking into some of those ideas over the next few weeks.

  • dmitlof1

    Member since 08/03/2017.

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    1 month ago 01/27/2023 2:37pm EST
    re: dmitlof1

    Today I decided to make a graph that was suggested earlier in this thread by Raddison. Decathlon is always an intriguing event due to its competitor's wide array of skill sets. Some decathlete's best events are the sprints, while others are jumping specialists or excel in the throws. This makes for very compelling competition as every centimeter and millisecond matters, even in a decathlete's worst event.

    I decided to graph the range of points scored between each decathlete's highest and lowest scoring event. It is shown by the blue bars in the graph below. The average point total across all 10 events is marked by the yellow diamond. I included all world championship decathletes from 2019 and 2022 who scored points for all 10 events. The data comes from worldathletics.org. I noticed their doesn't seem to be a correlation between the range of points and average point total. What did intrigue me with this graph was that a high point total in a single event appeared to be a contributing factor to a high average score. This seems to indicate that you need to be near world class in at least one of the 10 events to compete for a medal.

    There seems to be a "cutoff" at ~1010 points that distinguished the medalist from the other decathletes. 5 of the 6 medalists at these championships scored more than 1010 points in at least one event. The exception was Pierce Lepage in 2022. He was able to secure the silver medal but his highest single event score was only 1003. On a similar note, the only decathlete who scored over 1010 points in an event but didn't medal was Ayden Owens-Delerme in 2022. He scored 1056 points thanks to a 45.07 400m but finished just outside the medals in 4th. Owens-Delerme also had the largest range of any decathlete in the graph with a 453 point difference between his highest and lowest scoring events. The smallest range was only 181 points which was achieved by Niklas Kaul in 2022. Here's the graph:
    imgur.com
    Link:imgur.com/a/xetlcOs

    I hope you all enjoy this graph. Let me know what you think. Thanks again to Raddison for the idea and let me know what other graphs you'd like to see!

  • dmitlof1

    Member since 08/03/2017.

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    1 month ago 02/03/2023 11:35am EST
    re: dmitlof1

    There have probably been 100+ Woody Kincaid threads in the past week so he was the obvious choice to be the centerpiece of this week's graph. Kincaid's 12:51 indoor AR was stunning but what was more stunning to me was that he was trailing Joe Klecker so late in the race yet he was still able to win. I decided to gather data on the margin of victory over second place for winners of sub 12:55 5k races, both indoors and outdoors. I specifically wanted to highlight come from behind wins so I checked either splits or video and only included the data of winners who were trailing with 400m to go. Unfortunately, I decided to exclude all races before 2011 since I couldn't find 400m splits or video for the majority of races from the time period. I got my data from alltime-athletics.com, diamondleague.com and Youtube.

    Kincaid's 3.38 second win over Klecker is the largest margin of victory in a come from behind sub 12:55 5k win since 2011. The majority of athletes were only able to beat their competition by less than a second in other such races. The only comparable margin of victory was Selemon Barega's 2.8 second victory in Brussels 2018. I'd argue that Barega's margin of victory was more impressive given the 12:43 winning time but Kincaid's monster kick from last Friday was an extremely rare performance. Here's the graph:
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    Link:imgur.com/a/DGT7I9a

    Do you think Kincaid's kick is truly among the best we've seen in the past decade? Let me know what you think. And always feel free to post other suggestions for future graphs.

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    radiokid

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    1 month ago 02/03/2023 12:08pm EST
    re: dmitlof1

    This is my favorite graph yet. Nice work!

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    colder and wiser

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    1 month ago 02/03/2023 12:47pm EST
    re: dmitlof1

    More, please! Time at Monaco/BU vs. other season bests? I don't know, but these graphs are great.

  • John Wesley Harding

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    1 month ago 02/03/2023 1:26pm EST
    re: dmitlof1

    Nice work, dmitlof1. Thanks for this.

  • dmitlof1

    Member since 08/03/2017.

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    1 month ago 02/09/2023 3:54pm EST
    re: dmitlof1
    The Millrose Games are taking place in NYC this Saturday. For today's graph, I decided to look at the history of the signature event of the Millrose Games: the Wanamaker Mile. I graphed each past champion by their number of wins and fastest winning time in the Wanamaker Mile. The color of each data point corresponds to the country of the athlete. I got the data from . I also labeled data points that I felt were significant for the following reasons. Here's the graph:
    runningpast.com
    Running Past - Wanamaker Mile Champions List
    Link:http://runningpast.com/wanamaker_mile....
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    Link:imgur.com/a/e1m7tdj

    3 or more Wanamaker Mile wins

    Bernard Lagat (8)

    Eamonn Coghlan (7)

    Glenn Cunningham (6)

    Marcus O'Sullivan (5)

    Don Gehrmann (4)

    Ron Delany (4)

    Ray Conger (3)

    Gilbert Dodds (3)

    Marty Liquori (3)

    Matthew Centrowitz (3)

    Other significant past winners

    James J. Connolly: Inaugural champion (1926)

    Josy Barthel: First Wanamaker Mile champion from outside the US, First Wanamaker Mile champion to also win an Olympic 1500m title (1954)

    Gunnar Nielsen: First Wanamaker Mile champion to also set an outdoor 1500m WR (1955)

    Kip Keino: First Wanamaker Mile champion from Africa (1966)

    Tony Waldrop: First athlete under 4 minutes in the Wanamaker Mile (1974)

    Noureddine Morceli: First and only Wanamaker Mile champion to also win an Olympic 1500m title and set an outdoor 1500m WR (1991,1993)

    Yomif Kejelcha: Set current MR with a time of 3:48.46 (2019)

    Ollie Hoare: Reigning champion, Only past winner in this year's field

    The Wanamaker Mile has attracted many legends through it's illustrious history. Who do you think will win this year's edition? Can Hoare repeat or will I have to add a new name to my graph? Irish athletes have had success in the past so perhaps Luke McCann can pull off the upset. I'm excited to see what unfolds this Saturday!

  • dmitlof1

    Member since 08/03/2017.

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    1 month ago 02/16/2023 1:24pm EST
    re: dmitlof1

    The highlights of last Saturday's Millrose Games were the Men's Wanamaker Mile and the Women's 3000m. Since last week my graph pertained to the mile, I'll focus on the Women's 3000m today. A lot of the attention has been paid to Alicia Monson's AR and Katelyn Touhy's NCAA record (rightfully so) but I was most surprised by the performance of Whittni Morgan. She moved to 5th on the US indoor all time list with a time of 8:30.13. Her rank of 19th and 18th on the indoor 1500m and 5000m all time lists show that she is among the best indoor runners in the US and deserves more praise for her great Millrose performance. Today's data comes from worldathletics.org.

    This week's graph shows all athletes who are in the top 50 of the US women's indoor 1500m, 3000m, and 5000m all time lists. This data is through 2/12 and it is very likely it will change in the coming weeks as the indoor season rolls on. Only 8 athletes are in the top 50 for all three events. Morgan is in an even more exclusive club after her Millrose performance. She joins Shelby Houlihan as the only athletes ranked in the top 20 of all three events. So while Monson and Touhy deserve plenty of credit for their outstanding performances, I'm here to give a shout out to Whittni Morgan too. Here's the graph:
    imgur.com
    Link:imgur.com/a/iMtVpop
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    themildrunmaster

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    1 month ago 02/16/2023 1:31pm EST
    re: dmitlof1

    Nice way to visualize it. Makes it pretty clear that a fast 5000 would be a good goal for Monson this year.

  • dmitlof1

    Member since 08/03/2017.

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    3 weeks ago 02/24/2023 1:18pm EST
    re: dmitlof1

    Last weekend, numerous national champions were crowned at the USA Indoor Championships. Across the 28 events, there were 26 champions since Anna Hall and Sam Prakel each won 2 events. 11 of those 26 won their first national championship and they are the focus of today's graph. The data comes from results.usatf.org and worldathletics.org.

    I graphed the athletes by their previous best place at a US championship and the year they achieved that place. Most data points are in the bottom right of the graph. These are athletes who have performed well in recent championships and finally broke through as a US champion. Nikki Hiltz and Freddie Crittenden recorded their previous best championship performances in 2019 and finally improved on those results with wins on Saturday. Justin Robinson had the biggest improvement on his previous best place. His previous best was 10th place in the semis of the 2021 Olympic Trials. With Norman stepping down to the 100m and Randolph Ross suspended, perhaps the 20 year old Robinson will assume the 400m throne for the US. You may notice I said there are 11 first time champions but there are only 10 points on the graph. This discrepancy is due to JT Smith's 60m victory. Smith won without any prior US championship experience which makes him undefeated at US championships. I thought Smith's victory was the biggest surprise of the weekend but let me know that you think! Here's the graph:
    imgur.com
    Link:imgur.com/a/atTBIMy

    Some of you may be surprised that I neglected to make a graph on the recent indoor WRs but don't worry I have one in the works that will appease all the Girma/Crouser/Bol fans.

  • dmitlof1

    Member since 08/03/2017.

    88 posts. Last post 2 days ago.
    2 weeks ago 03/03/2023 2:28pm EST
    re: dmitlof1

    On February 8th, Miltiadis Tentoglou jumped 8.40m in the long jump in Torun. He was subsequently disqualified for wearing distance spikes that are illegal to wear in the jumps. On February 15th, Tentoglou posted on Instagram about the situation and in his caption he wrote one of my favorite athletics quotes of the year: "I don't care about an 8.40 jump. I can jump it whenever the #$%& I want." That same day he jumped 8.41m in legal spikes in Lieven to prove his point. His quote is borderline cocky, but as Olympic Champion he's certainly earned the right to talk big. I decided to look at the data from worldathletics.org and see just how frequently Tentoglou truly jumps 8.40m+.

    The graph shows that 8.40m is still a fairly rare mark to achieve, even for a terrific jumper like Tentoglou. Since the start of 2021, he has competed in 34 long jump finals and has jumped 8.40m+ in only 7 of them. So saying he can jump that far whenever he wants is definitely hyperbolic. However, I will give him credit for his timely jumping of 8.40m+. Before his 8.41m in Lieven, his last 4 jumps of 8.40m+ have come in the 2022 Diamond League Final, 2022 European Champs, 2022 World Indoor Champs, and 2021 Toyko Olympics. He has a knack for his best jumps to come at the most important competitions of the year. Given Tentoglou's history in championships and recent good form, I predict we will see another of his 8.40+ jumps this Sunday in the final of the European Indoor Championships. Here's the graph:
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    Link:imgur.com/a/ztr9Kpm

  • dmitlof1

    Member since 08/03/2017.

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    1 week ago 03/09/2023 4:10pm EST
    re: dmitlof1
    The NCAA indoor championships begin tomorrow so today I decided to make a graph to see which meet records are the most likely to be beaten. The data comes from . The graph shows how much better the top seed time is compared to the meet record. For example, the top seed time in the men's 3000m is 7:36.42 which is 2.04% better than the meet record of 7:45.94.
    rtspt.com
    D1 Indoor 2023
    Link:rtspt.com/ncaa/d1indoor23/
    Only 12 of the 34 events have seen a mark this year exceed the meet record. Most of these are distance events but I doubt many meet records will be set in these events due to the fact that many of these races will likely be sit and kick races. I think the event most likely to see a meet record is the women's 60m. Julien Alfred is the current meet record holder at 7.04 from last year. This year she has run even faster with a 6.99 clocking. She will be an athlete I'll be watching for a big performance this weekend. If there is one distance meet record most likely to go down, I think it is the men's 3000m. It is the second to last event and many athletes are doubling in other events so it will be difficult to achieve but the field is top notch. Every single athlete entered has run faster than the 7:45.94 meet record which is why I think it is the most likely distance meet record to go. On the other side of things, the women's weight throw, men's high jump and women's pentathlon meet records appear to be the safest this weekend. Here's the graph:
    imgur.com
    Link:imgur.com/a/qW6s577

  • dmitlof1

    Member since 08/03/2017.

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    2 days ago 03/17/2023 3:03pm EDT
    re: dmitlof1
    Today's graph may look familiar to some of you. It is the WR improvement graph from my first post in this thread but I've added data for 2023 indoors to go with the 2022 outdoor data. Once again, Mondo scored the highest according to World Athletics. His 6.22m vault scores 1328 points on the WA scoring tables. Crouser's 23.38m throw from the Simplot Games isn't listed as the indoor world record on worldathletics.org due to "Irregular Measurement" but I included it in the graph anyway. It was the largest percent improvement of any recent WR, improving on the previous indoor WR(22.82m) by 2.45%. Here's the graph:
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    Link:imgur.com/a/iQLuZXz
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