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Boulder kona slot allocation
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Were some age groups 'penalized' due to the number of people that chose to wear wetsuits. Kona slot allocation was only based on ~950 starters according to the posted sheet. I heard someone comment that some of the larger male age groups seemed to be a slot or more shorter than what they were used to. For example, If an age group had 500 starters, but only 100 chose to not wear wetsuits, that would have reduced the number of slots for that age group more so than if an age group had 300 starters and 100 chose to not wear wetsuits.

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Or did this help even things out for smaller age groups and remove all those that really had no impact on the kona qualification process?
Last edited by: H2Owings: Aug 3, 15 14:44
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Re: Boulder kona slot allocation [H2Owings] [ In reply to ]
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Got a picture of the Kona slot allocation that is posted at awards / rolldown?

If some AGs had higher percentage of people uninterested in Kona (ie, willing to wear wetsuit) then those AGs would be detrimentally impacted because their percent of total decreased. Alternatively, you could argue these AGs are artificially benefited under normal circumstances because they have a greater percentage of Kona uninterested participants whose presence are increasing the allocation for that AG. So, take a pick of how you want to view it......
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Re: Boulder kona slot allocation [H2Owings] [ In reply to ]
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I don't know about Boulder specifically but Kona allocation/percentages is calculated after deducting the wetsuit starters. This is how it's been done every year at IMTX when it was wetsuit optional.
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Re: Boulder kona slot allocation [H2Owings] [ In reply to ]
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Look for the thread on cptchaos gets a kona spot. Sylvan posted the break down.

Maurice
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Re: Boulder kona slot allocation [mauricemaher] [ In reply to ]
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mauricemaher wrote:
Look for the thread on cptchaos gets a kona spot. Sylvan posted the break down.

Maurice

Copying the slot allocation that Sylvan from Sportstats posted in the other thread:

sylvan

Aug 2, 15 18:22

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Re: Congrats CptChaos....4th 40-44 IM Boulder [devashish_paul] [In reply to]Quote | Reply


devashish_paul wrote:
Well done Jack. Hopefully there are 4 KQ slots in the age group!
M18-24 2; F18-24 1
M25-29 3; F25-29 2
M30-34 4; F30-34 2
M35-39 5; F35-39 3
M40-44 4; F40-44 2
M45-49 4; F45-49 2
M50-54 3; F50-54 2
M55-59 2; F55-59 2
M60-64 1; F60-64 1
M65-69 1; F65-69 1
M70-74 1; F70-74 1
M75-79 1


Sylvan Smyth | http://www.sportstats.us | sylvan@sportstats.us | Starvas

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Re: Boulder kona slot allocation [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]
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I didn't get a picture, but it did show the number of racers in each age group they based their calculations off of. Maybe someone else has that info and then could compare to the totals in each age group.
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Re: Boulder kona slot allocation [H2Owings] [ In reply to ]
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In the other thread, Sylvan said he'd post the number of starters in each group when he has a chance. Surprising to see the same number of slots for W40 as W55 given the number of starter was 122 in W40 vs 25 in W55. I guess the 40s were much more likely to wear their wetsuits!
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