The Nigel-meter (part 2)
Apologies for the delays on this. I got side-tracked on other stuff shortly after cross-tables came back up. I noticed at least one of you figure out your score already, but I'll make it easier for you with a few numbers on here. I'm usually hesitant to do things like this, but I'm pretty sure that nobody will be offended by saying that we are all worse than Nigel Richards. I couldn't have confirmed that a decade ago, or even five years ago, when Nigel had three consecutive worse than first finishes!
So here is the information that should make this at least relatively easy to calculate. Nigel has played in eight NSC's, winning 177 games. For those of you who played in every NSC since 2002 (not counting 2006 or 2007), simply divide your win total by 177. I missed the NSC in 2012, so for figuring out my score, Nigel's win total is 155, because I wasn't around for his 22 wins in 2013. (not that I would have made much of a difference) During that time, I won 127 games, so my score would be 127/155 = .819. However, in Collins only events, we both have 12 wins, and I have 67 more spread points! If that's not a bizarre stat, I don't know what is.
How about other notables? Here are all the players who have finished ahead of Nigel at least once. It's a pretty short list.
Joe Edley: 143/177 = .808
David Gibson: 81.5/87 = .937
John Luebkemann: 55/61 = .902
Joel Sherman: 74.5/83 = .898
Panupol Sujjayakorn: 94/108 = .870
Dave Wiegand: 155/177 = .876 (ironically, Dave's worst NSC was a Nigel-less one!)
Trey Wright: 75/83 = .904 (not including the wins from the finals)
This formula is by no means perfect, but it's a pretty decent indicator. My score is a notch below each of the above players except for Edley. We've both been stuck in the 16-19 win range ever since Nigel came along, although Joe's resume towered above mine from earlier Nationals. There may be some players who score just as well or better who have never finished ahead of Nigel. Hopefully this list grows in 2013!
So here is the information that should make this at least relatively easy to calculate. Nigel has played in eight NSC's, winning 177 games. For those of you who played in every NSC since 2002 (not counting 2006 or 2007), simply divide your win total by 177. I missed the NSC in 2012, so for figuring out my score, Nigel's win total is 155, because I wasn't around for his 22 wins in 2013. (not that I would have made much of a difference) During that time, I won 127 games, so my score would be 127/155 = .819. However, in Collins only events, we both have 12 wins, and I have 67 more spread points! If that's not a bizarre stat, I don't know what is.
How about other notables? Here are all the players who have finished ahead of Nigel at least once. It's a pretty short list.
Joe Edley: 143/177 = .808
David Gibson: 81.5/87 = .937
John Luebkemann: 55/61 = .902
Joel Sherman: 74.5/83 = .898
Panupol Sujjayakorn: 94/108 = .870
Dave Wiegand: 155/177 = .876 (ironically, Dave's worst NSC was a Nigel-less one!)
Trey Wright: 75/83 = .904 (not including the wins from the finals)
This formula is by no means perfect, but it's a pretty decent indicator. My score is a notch below each of the above players except for Edley. We've both been stuck in the 16-19 win range ever since Nigel came along, although Joe's resume towered above mine from earlier Nationals. There may be some players who score just as well or better who have never finished ahead of Nigel. Hopefully this list grows in 2013!