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FINAL 2019 Evening TT Stats

edited October 2019 in Time Trial
Hi Folks,

As you may know, we run 5 competitions around the Evening TT series: The Handicap, Fastest Lady, Fastest Gent, Fastest Junior and Fastest Veteran off Standard. Each of the "Fastest" categories requires a minimum of 4 races to qualify and is the fastest 4 times of each rider averaged.

So far I've been keeping you across the Handicap. But with six races still to ride, I thought I'd update you on the standings in all competitions.

To remind you, the current Handicap situation looks like this.

Handicap standings:
1. G. Askew 127
2. S. Orriss 108
3. D. Marriage 84
4. T. Chitu 77
In the finest tradition of @JMac, the Handicap standings will go "incommunicado" for the last three races of the Season with the final result announced at our last race on 28th August.

Fastest Lady

None yet qualified. :-(

Fastest Gentleman

1. M. Young 22.21
2. M. Lawless 23.09
3. G. Askew 23.36
4. S. Miles 24.35

Fastest Junior

1. T. Ayers 27.56

Fastest Veteran off Standard

1. M. Lawless +3.22
2. S. Miles +2.52
3. R. Bumstead +2.10
4. T. Allen +1.36
5. D. Marriage +1.35

The "off Standard" calculation is a little impenetrable so here's an explanation. We take your age during the season, so if you have a birthday during the season, we use the older figure, and then read off the Veteran Time Trials Association Individual Standards here https://vtta.org.uk/standards. So if you're a 42 year old male, your "Standard" time is expected to be 26:12.

Your time relative to your Standard time is either a "plus" - you beat your standard time by that value - or a negative (you don't!). We take your fastest 4 rides, calculate your time off Standard, then average them. Our current leader, Mr. Lawless, averages an impressive 3 minutes 22 better than the expected VTTA Standard for his age - in the parlance, he has a "plus" of 3 minutes 22 seconds.

So feel proud and be loud that if you're a "plus" in the above list, you are anything but "average"! :-) See here for additional explanation https://vtta.org.uk/content/0-standards

All these figures will be double-checked before the end of the Season, so are subject to correction and also to newer times improving the averages.

For those who have not yet completed 4 qualifying rides, there is still time. For example, two Ladies are currently on 3 rides each. But don't leave it too late!

Comments

  • Cheers for the post Andy wasn't aware of this. Still some goals to aim for bar beating my PB's.
  • edited October 2019
    Hi Folks,

    In advance of this Saturday night's Social, I've finally got round to running the rule over the stats for the TT season (apologies for the delay). Hopefully this will provide you with some excellent ammunition for banter, bragging rights etc. :-)

    There were 18 races scheduled, but we lost three through roadworks. So of the 15 races that took place, the table of those who competed (including helping) four or more times is as follows:
    1. R. Bumstead 14
    2=. G. Askew 12
    2=. S. Orriss 12
    4. T. Ayers (J) 10
    5. D. Marriage 9
    6=. M. Young 8
    6=. S. Miles 8
    6=. T. Allen 8
    6=. J. Bard* 8
    10=. T. Chitu 7
    10=. D. Jones 7
    12. E. Koppe (F) 5
    13=. M. Lawless 4
    13=. J. Field (F) 4
    13=. A. McLeish 4
    13=. M. Scales 4
    *Rejoined CCA from race on 10th July 2019

    To remind you, the fastest Lady, Gent, Junior and Vet below require a minimum of 4 races to qualify and the times shown are the average of the racer's fastest 4 times.

    Fastest Lady
    1. J. Field 24.07
    2. E. Koppe 26.27
    Fastest Gentleman (Top 10)
    1. M. Young 21.41
    2. M. Lawless 23.09
    3. G. Askew 23.24
    4. S. Miles 24.33
    5. A. McLeish 24.49
    6. T. Chitu 25.04
    7. T. Allen 25.06
    8=. R. Bumstead 25.19
    8=. D. Marriage 25.19
    10. M. Scales 25.31
    Fastest Junior

    1. T. Ayers 27.52

    Bare in mind that Master Ayers was racing on a 34 ring, so at most a 34 x 11 = 81.3 inch gear! Chapeau!

    Fastest Veteran off Standard (Men and Women combined, plus scores only)
    1. J. Field (F) +5.21
    2. M. Lawless +3.22
    3. S. Miles +3.01
    4. R. Bumstead +2.17
    5. E. Koppe (F) +1.59
    6. T. Allen +1.57
    7. D. Marriage +1.53

    And finally, confirming the Top 10 placings in the Handicap
    1. G. Askew 182
    2. D. Marriage 159
    3. S. Orriss 140
    4. T. Chitu 123
    5. T. Allen 94
    6. M. Young 93
    7. R. Bumstead 85
    8. J. Bard 81
    9. D. Doncaster 74
    10. A. McLeish 70
    See you on Saturday!
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