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  • Boulder and Lead World Rankings

    Men’s Boulder Climber Ctry Elo Sorato Anraku JPN 2263 Tomoa Narasaki JPN 2151 Adam Ondra CZE 2113 Mejdi Schalck FRA 2110 Sam Avezou FRA 2088 Hannes Van Duysen BEL 2082 Meichi Narasaki JPN 2078 Paul Jenft FRA 2069 Dohyun Lee KOR 2062 Jakob Schubert AUT 2047 Kokoro Fujii JPN 2026 Toby Roberts GBR 2012 Alberto…

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  • Boulder and Lead Olympic Projections

    Last update: 2024/08/03 Climber Ctry B Elo L Elo Avg R P(Final) P(Medal) P(Gold) P(Silver) P(Bronze) Sorato Anraku JPN 2485 2145 3.2 89.9% 72.0% 47.5% 17.5% 9.2% Jakob Schubert AUT 2192 2233 5.8 74.1% 36.3% 8.3% 14.0% 14.0% Alberto Gines Lopez ESP 2249 2104 6.3 70.7% 32.7% 8.2% 12.4% 12.1% Adam Ondra CZE 2306 2035…

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  • Boulder and Lead Climbing Model: Methodology

    A common refrain at sport climbing competitions is “they’re not competing against each other. They’re competing against the route.” This is often used in explaining the unique nature of the sport, and why it tends to lead to a surprising amount of collaboration among the competitors. If competitive success relies not only on athletic performance,…

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  • Perfect Bracket Coding Challenge: First Attempt

    It turns out that it’s easier to test out some code than it is to write about that code in detail. As a result, this blog is lagging a bit behind the progress of the perfect bracket programming challenge. It’s probably a good time for an update, though, so here’s a bit of information on…

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  • Perfect Bracket Coding Challenge: the Rules

    In trying to program the first perfect bracket, it’s important to set some ground rules. Depending on what is or isn’t allowed, the challenge could become either impossible or too easy, and they also hold me (and anyone else who wants to try the challenge) accountable by preventing me from claiming “that’s what I meant…

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  • The Perfect Bracket Coding Challenge

    Every year in the middle of March, millions of people become obsessed with college basketball. The NCAA basketball tournaments give any basketball enthusiast or casual fan a lot to enjoy. They offer a chance for people to root for their favorite teams, support underdogs from schools they didn’t know existed, and see a huge amount…

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