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Predicting Countdown's 30th Anniversary Tournament (Part 2)
This post summarizes the findings of my Countdown 30th anniversary tournament predictions, the background to which can be found here. Below are the top 10 favourites, complete with their online ratings and their rank (out of 41) of all those competing.
Name |
Rating |
Rank |
Win % |
Conor Travers |
2099 |
2 |
20% |
Innis Carson |
2100 |
1 |
15% |
Jack Worsley |
1992 |
5 |
12% |
Chris Davies |
1998 |
4 |
10% |
Jack Hurst |
2015 |
3 |
9% |
Steven Briers |
1960 |
8 |
8% |
Kirk Bevins |
1988 |
6 |
6% |
Mark Deeks |
1964 |
7 |
5% |
Jon O'Neill |
1847 |
13 |
3% |
Edward McCullagh |
1873 |
10 |
2% |
Conor Travers and Innis Carson are the top two ranked players in the field, and the top two favourites for the title. Perhaps surprisingly, Travers is 5% more likely to win than Carson, despite their near-identical ratings and Travers having to play an extra game (having been drawn into a preliminary match). This reflects the challenge facing Carson during the first two rounds, where he faces the number 8 and (probably) number 6 seeds before meeting number 2 seed Travers in the quarter-final.
Full results can be found here where, should you feel so inclined, you can play around with the ratings and see how things change.
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