LUKI -vs- SEB, the tightest sprint race you’ll ever see
A closer look at the Oestersund Sprint race between Luki Hofer and Seb Samuelsson
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Number of winning athletes doubles in super exciting season
When looking at athletes and Nations representing the top places in biathlon we see some promising increases for the athletes, but a somewhat concerning image for the Nations.
Is the IBU going the distance?
Are the biathlon race courses that actual distance they say they are? A quick research into Women’s Sprints race lengths.
Wierer’s Pursuit efforts and results
Does starting later in the pursuit lead to better results? This article analyses the data for Dorothea Wierer to find out.
How the tracks are made for SKOOT the biathlon game
This is a short post about how I create the tracks for the Biathlon board game SKOOT I developed.
Pokljuka Mass Start Men in Comic form
A replay of the Men’s Mass Start at the Biathlon World Championships in Pokljuka 2021
North American Successes at the Biathlon World Championships in Pokljuka 2021
North American Successes at the Biathlon World Championships in Pokljuka 2021
When to start?
A research project about when to start in individual and sprint races based on impact of conditions.
Predicting the World Championships in Pokljuka
Not a true predictor, but a tool providing information to make a better-informed prediction quicker
IBU -vs- WorldCup Performance, part I
A comparison of metrics for athletes that competed at both the IBU as well as the World Cup level
The Consistency of Consistency
A tool to further research an athletes’ performances, form, and consistency in Biathlon
Norwegian Dominance
Leistungs Dichtheit, which I would translate as Proximity of Performance; how close to each other are athletes from the same nation in the world cup rankings?
“Whether the weather is better or worse, the race is still always made on the course”.
A re-do with far more data of the “Impact of external factors on shooting performance in biathlon”
Fehlerfrei – a quick article on shooting clean
The Germans have a great word they use for shooting clean in biathlon: Fehlerfrei. The visual below is a brief look into shooting Fehlerfrei and how it relates to shooting and shot times.
Biathlon Analysis Videos on German TV
A report allowing users to analyze races by comparing two athletes on ski speed and shooting speed and accuracy.
How did the competitive (ski) level change in biathlon?
How did the competitive (ski) level change in biathlon?
When something’s gotta give: Shooting Speed vs Accuracy
Depending on the event, biathlon athletes fire 10 or 20 shots per race, with the goal to a) hit the target and b) do it as fast as possible. At first thought, you would think the longer you take per shot, the higher your chances of hitting it. But further analysis shows that this train of thought could be wrong.
Using Real Biathlon data to create a dashboard in Tableau
This blogpost shows how to load data from a real biathlon Patreon data subscription into Tableau and make dashboards that help you pick the next winners for biathlon fantasy pools.