From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1


The top 5 are currently:

1 Hornplayer9599 214
1 Mark Jackson 214
3 durian 212
4 JohnM 210
4 Sir Tim 210

The people who scored points are:

10 EB5AGV 14
1 Hornplayer9599 12
18 Mark 12
14 Martin Harran 12
16 ceg 10
12 Hugh 10
17 mairsz 10
8 Phil Carmody 10
6 a425couple 8
3 durian 8
6 Eric 8
4 JohnM 8
12 Yazoo 8
22 Carl Keehn 6
10 Darryl Johnson 6
1 Mark Jackson 6
4 Sir Tim 6
18 Sreekumar A 6
23 User8270 6
9 Alan Baker 4
21 Ar 4
14 scole 4
20 Shaun 4

Let me know about the inevitable mistakes!
;-)

Mark

The overall table looks like:

1 Mark 10 12 10 6 18 10 14 6 10 4
8 18 18 8 12 12 2 12 190
2 a425couple 16 12 10 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 10 4 8 208
3 Martin Harran 14 12 6 6 10 14 12 4 10 4
6 18 20 12 14 12 12 12 198
4 Darryl Johnson 10 8 10 6 18 14 16 8 14 6
12 8 12 10 12 20 12 6 202
5 Geoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eric 8 18 10 10 16 12 10 4 14 8
10 18 24 18 6 10 4 8 208
7 Yazoo 12 20 10 12 6 18 10 6 20 4
4 12 18 12 14 12 2 8 200
8 User8270 10 4 10 6 14 12 10 4 10 8
10 6 14 12 10 4 4 6 154
9 Carl Keehn 6 8 10 0 6 12 12 6 20 0
14 6 20 18 14 10 0 6 168
10 Sir Tim 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 12 0
6 18 26 12 16 10 10 6 210
11 scole 12 12 10 4 16 16 10 6 20 4
6 18 18 18 12 12 0 4 198
12 Hornplayer9599 10 8 8 18 10 20 18 6 20 4
8 18 18 8 10 12 6 12 214
13 Ar 6 10 6 6 14 18 12 14 14 6
16 6 10 10 8 18 0 4 178
14 Hugh 12 6 10 12 10 18 14 6 12 2
6 18 18 18 14 12 2 10 200
15 D Munz 10 14 6 12 4 12 6 6 4 8
8 6 2 12 12 6 2 0 130
16 Shaun 0 0 10 12 6 18 10 16 12 2
20 18 14 24 6 10 4 4 186
17 Mark Jackson 18 12 10 12 10 24 10 8 18 2
8 12 18 12 12 10 12 6 214
18 JohnM 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
8 18 18 12 14 12 2 8 210
19 Phil Carmody 14 12 10 6 6 18 12 6 16 2
10 18 24 12 12 12 6 10 206
20 mairsz 12 12 10 16 6 18 12 6 18 2
6 18 6 12 16 12 2 10 194
21 Sreekumar A 12 8 12 4 10 16 14 6 12 2
6 18 20 18 14 10 2 6 190
22 EB5AGV 20 12 10 4 10 14 14 6 12 2
6 18 14 24 10 10 2 14 202
23 durian 20 8 10 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
6 18 18 12 14 10 8 8 212
24 Alan Baker 10 20 10 4 6 18 12 10 20 2
20 18 10 18 10 12 0 4 204
25 ceg 14 8 10 8 10 12 14 16 12 4
10 18 10 14 12 12 2 10 196

Ordered by points:

1 Hornplayer9599 10 8 8 18 10 20 18 6 20 4
8 18 18 8 10 12 6 12 214
1 Mark Jackson 18 12 10 12 10 24 10 8 18 2
8 12 18 12 12 10 12 6 214
3 durian 20 8 10 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
6 18 18 12 14 10 8 8 212
4 JohnM 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
8 18 18 12 14 12 2 8 210
4 Sir Tim 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 12 0
6 18 26 12 16 10 10 6 210
6 a425couple 16 12 10 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 10 4 8 208
6 Eric 8 18 10 10 16 12 10 4 14 8
10 18 24 18 6 10 4 8 208
8 Phil Carmody 14 12 10 6 6 18 12 6 16 2
10 18 24 12 12 12 6 10 206
9 Alan Baker 10 20 10 4 6 18 12 10 20 2
20 18 10 18 10 12 0 4 204
10 Darryl Johnson 10 8 10 6 18 14 16 8 14 6
12 8 12 10 12 20 12 6 202
10 EB5AGV 20 12 10 4 10 14 14 6 12 2
6 18 14 24 10 10 2 14 202
12 Hugh 12 6 10 12 10 18 14 6 12 2
6 18 18 18 14 12 2 10 200
12 Yazoo 12 20 10 12 6 18 10 6 20 4
4 12 18 12 14 12 2 8 200
14 Martin Harran 14 12 6 6 10 14 12 4 10 4
6 18 20 12 14 12 12 12 198
14 scole 12 12 10 4 16 16 10 6 20 4
6 18 18 18 12 12 0 4 198
16 ceg 14 8 10 8 10 12 14 16 12 4
10 18 10 14 12 12 2 10 196
17 mairsz 12 12 10 16 6 18 12 6 18 2
6 18 6 12 16 12 2 10 194
18 Mark 10 12 10 6 18 10 14 6 10 4
8 18 18 8 12 12 2 12 190
18 Sreekumar A 12 8 12 4 10 16 14 6 12 2
6 18 20 18 14 10 2 6 190
20 Shaun 0 0 10 12 6 18 10 16 12 2
20 18 14 24 6 10 4 4 186
21 Ar 6 10 6 6 14 18 12 14 14 6
16 6 10 10 8 18 0 4 178
22 Carl Keehn 6 8 10 0 6 12 12 6 20 0
14 6 20 18 14 10 0 6 168
23 User8270 10 4 10 6 14 12 10 4 10 8
10 6 14 12 10 4 4 6 154
24 D Munz 10 14 6 12 4 12 6 6 4 8
8 6 2 12 12 6 2 0 130
25 Geoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DUPLICATOR RANKER1 RANKER2 RESULTS
1. BAH HAM VER HAM NOR
HAM VER LEC HAM RIC VET HAM RIC VET NOR VER RUS
8 8 15/20 0 0 18/20 0 0 18/20
2. EMI NOR VER VER PIA
NOR VER RUS VER STR HUL VER STR HUL PIA NOR RUS
12 20 17/20 0 0 19/20 0 0 19/20
3. POR PIA VER VER VER
PIA NOR RUS VER OCO STR VER OCO STR VER NOR PIA
10 30 17/20 2 2 19/20 2 2 19/20
4. SPA VER VER VER PIA
VER NOR PIA VER OCO STR VER OCO STR PIA RUS NOR
6 36 18/20 0 2 19/20 0 2 19/20
5. MON PIA VER VER VER
PIA RUS NOR VER HAM OCO VER HAM OCO PIA VER LEC
10 46 17/20 8 10 19/20 8 10 19/20
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

On 10/9/25 03:16, Mark wrote:
Ahhh, errrrr

Let me know about the inevitable mistakes!
Efye >
Mark

I hate to disrupt a perfect situation,,,, ahhh, err,
But bearing in mind
#1 https://replica.seattletimes.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=84d463e0-c035-4c49-902d-95c722bfe073

and #2, I think I understand the scoring if the 4 picks are perfectly
correct, But I am really murky on the 'near miss' points.

I did something unusual for me and looked back at prior numbers,,,,

But, still, it seems that if it is correct, that I had 202 points
after Azer, and if I scored 8 at Sing, then the listed
new total of 208 seems inconsistent.

Or, is that the whole purpose of "Super secret double blind probation"?

The top 5 are currently:

1 Hornplayer9599 214
1 Mark Jackson 214
3 durian 212
4 JohnM 210
4 Sir Tim 210

The people who scored points are:

10 EB5AGV 14
1 Hornplayer9599 12
18 Mark 12
14 Martin Harran 12
16 ceg 10
12 Hugh 10
17 mairsz 10
8 Phil Carmody 10
6 a425couple 8
3 durian 8
6 Eric 8
4 JohnM 8
12 Yazoo 8
22 Carl Keehn 6
10 Darryl Johnson 6
1 Mark Jackson 6
4 Sir Tim 6
18 Sreekumar A 6
23 User8270 6
9 Alan Baker 4
21 Ar 4
14 scole 4
20 Shaun 4

Let me know about the inevitable mistakes!
;-)

Mark

The overall table looks like:

1 Mark 10 12 10 6 18 10 14 6 10 4
8 18 18 8 12 12 2 12 190
2 a425couple 16 12 10 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 10 4 8 208
3 Martin Harran 14 12 6 6 10 14 12 4 10 4
6 18 20 12 14 12 12 12 198
4 Darryl Johnson 10 8 10 6 18 14 16 8 14 6
12 8 12 10 12 20 12 6 202
5 Geoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eric 8 18 10 10 16 12 10 4 14 8
10 18 24 18 6 10 4 8 208
7 Yazoo 12 20 10 12 6 18 10 6 20 4
4 12 18 12 14 12 2 8 200
8 User8270 10 4 10 6 14 12 10 4 10 8
10 6 14 12 10 4 4 6 154
9 Carl Keehn 6 8 10 0 6 12 12 6 20 0
14 6 20 18 14 10 0 6 168 10 Sir Tim 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 12 0
6 18 26 12 16 10 10 6 210 11 scole 12 12 10 4 16 16 10 6 20 4
6 18 18 18 12 12 0 4 198 12 Hornplayer9599 10 8 8 18 10 20 18 6 20 4
8 18 18 8 10 12 6 12 214 13 Ar 6 10 6 6 14 18 12 14 14 6
16 6 10 10 8 18 0 4 178 14 Hugh 12 6 10 12 10 18 14 6 12 2
6 18 18 18 14 12 2 10 200 15 D Munz 10 14 6 12 4 12 6 6 4 8
8 6 2 12 12 6 2 0 130 16 Shaun 0 0 10 12 6 18 10 16 12 2
20 18 14 24 6 10 4 4 186 17 Mark Jackson 18 12 10 12 10 24 10 8 18 2
8 12 18 12 12 10 12 6 214 18 JohnM 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
8 18 18 12 14 12 2 8 210 19 Phil Carmody 14 12 10 6 6 18 12 6 16 2
10 18 24 12 12 12 6 10 206 20 mairsz 12 12 10 16 6 18 12 6 18 2
6 18 6 12 16 12 2 10 194 21 Sreekumar A 12 8 12 4 10 16 14 6 12 2
6 18 20 18 14 10 2 6 190 22 EB5AGV 20 12 10 4 10 14 14 6 12 2
6 18 14 24 10 10 2 14 202 23 durian 20 8 10 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
6 18 18 12 14 10 8 8 212 24 Alan Baker 10 20 10 4 6 18 12 10 20 2
20 18 10 18 10 12 0 4 204 25 ceg 14 8 10 8 10 12 14 16 12 4
10 18 10 14 12 12 2 10 196

Ordered by points:

1 Hornplayer9599 10 8 8 18 10 20 18 6 20 4
8 18 18 8 10 12 6 12 214
1 Mark Jackson 18 12 10 12 10 24 10 8 18 2
8 12 18 12 12 10 12 6 214
3 durian 20 8 10 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
6 18 18 12 14 10 8 8 212
4 JohnM 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
8 18 18 12 14 12 2 8 210
4 Sir Tim 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 12 0
6 18 26 12 16 10 10 6 210
6 a425couple 16 12 10 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 10 4 8 208
6 Eric 8 18 10 10 16 12 10 4 14 8
10 18 24 18 6 10 4 8 208
8 Phil Carmody 14 12 10 6 6 18 12 6 16 2
10 18 24 12 12 12 6 10 206
9 Alan Baker 10 20 10 4 6 18 12 10 20 2
20 18 10 18 10 12 0 4 204 10 Darryl Johnson 10 8 10 6 18 14 16 8 14 6
12 8 12 10 12 20 12 6 202 10 EB5AGV 20 12 10 4 10 14 14 6 12 2
6 18 14 24 10 10 2 14 202 12 Hugh 12 6 10 12 10 18 14 6 12 2
6 18 18 18 14 12 2 10 200 12 Yazoo 12 20 10 12 6 18 10 6 20 4
4 12 18 12 14 12 2 8 200 14 Martin Harran 14 12 6 6 10 14 12 4 10 4
6 18 20 12 14 12 12 12 198 14 scole 12 12 10 4 16 16 10 6 20 4
6 18 18 18 12 12 0 4 198 16 ceg 14 8 10 8 10 12 14 16 12 4
10 18 10 14 12 12 2 10 196 17 mairsz 12 12 10 16 6 18 12 6 18 2
6 18 6 12 16 12 2 10 194 18 Mark 10 12 10 6 18 10 14 6 10 4
8 18 18 8 12 12 2 12 190 18 Sreekumar A 12 8 12 4 10 16 14 6 12 2
6 18 20 18 14 10 2 6 190 20 Shaun 0 0 10 12 6 18 10 16 12 2
20 18 14 24 6 10 4 4 186 21 Ar 6 10 6 6 14 18 12 14 14 6
16 6 10 10 8 18 0 4 178 22 Carl Keehn 6 8 10 0 6 12 12 6 20 0
14 6 20 18 14 10 0 6 168 23 User8270 10 4 10 6 14 12 10 4 10 8
10 6 14 12 10 4 4 6 154 24 D Munz 10 14 6 12 4 12 6 6 4 8
8 6 2 12 12 6 2 0 130 25 Geoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DUPLICATOR RANKER1 RANKER2 RESULTS
1. BAH HAM VER HAM NOR
HAM VER LEC HAM RIC VET HAM RIC VET NOR VER RUS
8 8 15/20 0 0 18/20 0 0 18/20
2. EMI NOR VER VER PIA
NOR VER RUS VER STR HUL VER STR HUL PIA NOR RUS
12 20 17/20 0 0 19/20 0 0 19/20
3. POR PIA VER VER VER
PIA NOR RUS VER OCO STR VER OCO STR VER NOR PIA
10 30 17/20 2 2 19/20 2 2 19/20
4. SPA VER VER VER PIA
VER NOR PIA VER OCO STR VER OCO STR PIA RUS NOR
6 36 18/20 0 2 19/20 0 2 19/20
5. MON PIA VER VER VER
PIA RUS NOR VER HAM OCO VER HAM OCO PIA VER LEC
10 46 17/20 8 10 19/20 8 10 19/20

--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

On 10/9/2025 9:06 PM, a425couple wrote:

I think I understand the scoring if the 4 picks are perfectly
correct, But I am really murky on the 'near miss' points.

If my notes are correct:

Pole: 2

Predicted: 1 2 3
Actual:
1 10 6 2
2 6 8 4
3 2 4 6
--
Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
- Mark Twain
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From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 10/9/25 03:16, Mark wrote:
Ahhh, errrrr

Let me know about the inevitable mistakes!
Efye >
Mark

I hate to disrupt a perfect situation,,,, ahhh, err,
But bearing in mind
#1 https://replica.seattletimes.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=84d463e0-c035-4c49-902d-95c722bfe073

I have no idea what this is about. Am I missing something?

and #2, I think I understand the scoring if the 4 picks are perfectly correct, But I am really murky on the 'near miss' points.

I did something unusual for me and looked back at prior numbers,,,,

But, still, it seems that if it is correct, that I had 202 points
after Azer, and if I scored 8 at Sing, then the listed
new total of 208 seems inconsistent.

Or, is that the whole purpose of "Super secret double blind probation"?

Right...I'm back from my holidays so here goes.

I didn't notice anything, but it's all (pretty much) automated so unless someone challenges it, I don't go back and recompute.

I have _no_ idea what went wrong here. I've just rerun the script and
there are a number of numbers that didn't match up including yours. Is
this any better?

The top 6 are currently:

1 Hornplayer9599 220
2 durian 214
2 Mark Jackson 214
4 JohnM 212
5 a425couple 210
5 Sir Tim 210

The people who scored points are:

12 EB5AGV 14
1 Hornplayer9599 12
19 Mark 12
10 Martin Harran 12
15 ceg 10
13 Hugh 10
18 mairsz 10
7 Phil Carmody 10
5 a425couple 8
2 durian 8
7 Eric 8
4 JohnM 8
13 Yazoo 8
22 Carl Keehn 6
10 Darryl Johnson 6
2 Mark Jackson 6
5 Sir Tim 6
17 Sreekumar A 6
23 User8270 6
9 Alan Baker 4
21 Ar 4
15 scole 4
20 Shaun 4

Let me know about the inevitable mistakes!
;-)

Mark

The overall table looks like:

1 Mark 10 12 10 6 18 10 14 6 10 4
8 18 18 8 12 12 2 12 190
2 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 10 4 8 210
3 Martin Harran 14 12 12 6 10 14 12 4 10 4
6 18 20 12 14 12 12 12 204
4 Darryl Johnson 10 8 12 6 18 14 16 8 14 6
12 8 12 10 12 20 12 6 204
5 Geoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eric 8 18 10 10 16 12 10 4 14 8
10 18 24 18 6 10 4 8 208
7 Yazoo 12 20 10 12 6 18 10 6 20 4
4 12 18 12 14 12 2 8 200
8 User8270 10 4 10 6 14 12 10 4 10 8
10 6 14 12 10 4 4 6 154
9 Carl Keehn 6 8 10 0 6 12 12 6 20 0
14 6 20 18 14 10 0 6 168
10 Sir Tim 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 12 0
6 18 26 12 16 10 10 6 210
11 scole 12 12 10 4 16 16 10 6 20 4
6 18 18 18 12 12 0 4 198
12 Hornplayer9599 10 8 14 18 10 20 18 6 20 4
8 18 18 8 10 12 6 12 220
13 Ar 6 10 8 6 14 18 12 14 14 6
16 6 10 10 8 18 0 4 180
14 Hugh 12 6 10 12 10 18 14 6 12 2
6 18 18 18 14 12 2 10 200
15 D Munz 10 14 16 12 4 12 6 6 4 8
8 6 2 12 12 6 2 0 140
16 Shaun 0 0 10 12 6 18 10 16 12 2
20 18 14 24 6 10 4 4 186
17 Mark Jackson 18 12 10 12 10 24 10 8 18 2
8 12 18 12 12 10 12 6 214
18 JohnM 16 12 12 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
8 18 18 12 14 12 2 8 212
19 Phil Carmody 14 12 12 6 6 18 12 6 16 2
10 18 24 12 12 12 6 10 208
20 mairsz 12 12 10 16 6 18 12 6 18 2
6 18 6 12 16 12 2 10 194
21 Sreekumar A 12 8 18 4 10 16 14 6 12 2
6 18 20 18 14 10 2 6 196
22 EB5AGV 20 12 10 4 10 14 14 6 12 2
6 18 14 24 10 10 2 14 202
23 durian 20 8 12 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
6 18 18 12 14 10 8 8 214
24 Alan Baker 10 20 12 4 6 18 12 10 20 2
20 18 10 18 10 12 0 4 206
25 ceg 14 8 12 8 10 12 14 16 12 4
10 18 10 14 12 12 2 10 198

Ordered by points:

1 Hornplayer9599 10 8 14 18 10 20 18 6 20 4
8 18 18 8 10 12 6 12 220
2 durian 20 8 12 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
6 18 18 12 14 10 8 8 214
2 Mark Jackson 18 12 10 12 10 24 10 8 18 2
8 12 18 12 12 10 12 6 214
4 JohnM 16 12 12 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
8 18 18 12 14 12 2 8 212
5 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 10 4 8 210
5 Sir Tim 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 12 0
6 18 26 12 16 10 10 6 210
7 Eric 8 18 10 10 16 12 10 4 14 8
10 18 24 18 6 10 4 8 208
7 Phil Carmody 14 12 12 6 6 18 12 6 16 2
10 18 24 12 12 12 6 10 208
9 Alan Baker 10 20 12 4 6 18 12 10 20 2
20 18 10 18 10 12 0 4 206
10 Darryl Johnson 10 8 12 6 18 14 16 8 14 6
12 8 12 10 12 20 12 6 204
10 Martin Harran 14 12 12 6 10 14 12 4 10 4
6 18 20 12 14 12 12 12 204
12 EB5AGV 20 12 10 4 10 14 14 6 12 2
6 18 14 24 10 10 2 14 202
13 Hugh 12 6 10 12 10 18 14 6 12 2
6 18 18 18 14 12 2 10 200
13 Yazoo 12 20 10 12 6 18 10 6 20 4
4 12 18 12 14 12 2 8 200
15 ceg 14 8 12 8 10 12 14 16 12 4
10 18 10 14 12 12 2 10 198
15 scole 12 12 10 4 16 16 10 6 20 4
6 18 18 18 12 12 0 4 198
17 Sreekumar A 12 8 18 4 10 16 14 6 12 2
6 18 20 18 14 10 2 6 196
18 mairsz 12 12 10 16 6 18 12 6 18 2
6 18 6 12 16 12 2 10 194
19 Mark 10 12 10 6 18 10 14 6 10 4
8 18 18 8 12 12 2 12 190
20 Shaun 0 0 10 12 6 18 10 16 12 2
20 18 14 24 6 10 4 4 186
21 Ar 6 10 8 6 14 18 12 14 14 6
16 6 10 10 8 18 0 4 180
22 Carl Keehn 6 8 10 0 6 12 12 6 20 0
14 6 20 18 14 10 0 6 168
23 User8270 10 4 10 6 14 12 10 4 10 8
10 6 14 12 10 4 4 6 154
24 D Munz 10 14 16 12 4 12 6 6 4 8
8 6 2 12 12 6 2 0 140
25 Geoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DUPLICATOR RANKER1 RANKER2 RESULTS
1. BAH HAM VER HAM NOR
HAM VER LEC HAM RIC VET HAM RIC VET NOR VER RUS
8 8 15/20 0 0 18/20 0 0 18/20
2. EMI NOR VER VER PIA
NOR VER RUS VER STR HUL VER STR HUL PIA NOR RUS
12 20 17/20 0 0 19/20 0 0 19/20
3. POR PIA VER VER VER
PIA NOR RUS VER OCO STR VER OCO STR VER NOR PIA
10 30 17/20 2 2 19/20 2 2 19/20
4. SPA VER VER VER PIA
VER NOR PIA VER OCO STR VER OCO STR PIA RUS NOR
6 36 18/20 0 2 19/20 0 2 19/20
5. MON PIA VER VER VER
PIA RUS NOR VER HAM OCO VER HAM OCO PIA VER LEC
10 46 17/20 8 10 19/20 8 10 19/20
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

On 10/15/25 03:45, Mark wrote:

a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 10/9/25 03:16, Mark wrote:
Ahhh, errrrr

Let me know about the inevitable mistakes!
Efye >
Mark

I hate to disrupt a perfect situation,,,, ahhh, err,
But bearing in mind
#1
https://replica.seattletimes.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=84d463e0-c035-4c49-902d-95c722bfe073

I have no idea what this is about. Am I missing something?

and #2, I think I understand the scoring if the 4 picks are perfectly
correct, But I am really murky on the 'near miss' points.

I did something unusual for me and looked back at prior numbers,,,,

But, still, it seems that if it is correct, that I had 202 points
after Azer, and if I scored 8 at Sing, then the listed
new total of 208 seems inconsistent.

Or, is that the whole purpose of "Super secret double blind probation"?

Right...I'm back from my holidays so here goes.

I didn't notice anything, but it's all (pretty much) automated so unless someone challenges it, I don't go back and recompute.

I have _no_ idea what went wrong here. I've just rerun the script and
there are a number of numbers that didn't match up including yours. Is
this any better?

Yes. "Some math I saw,,, did not math!"
(totals did not add up correctly)
(202 plus 8 does not equal 208!)
So yes, this is better.

I hope you had a great vacation.
I truly hope my post did not add stress or distraction.

Thank you very much for your work on this that helps
add a considerable amount of interest for us.
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 10/15/25 03:45, Mark wrote:

a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 10/9/25 03:16, Mark wrote:
Ahhh, errrrr

Let me know about the inevitable mistakes!
Efye >
Mark

I hate to disrupt a perfect situation,,,, ahhh, err,
But bearing in mind
#1
https://replica.seattletimes.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=84d463e0-c035-4c49-902d-95c722bfe073

I have no idea what this is about. Am I missing something?

and #2, I think I understand the scoring if the 4 picks are perfectly
correct, But I am really murky on the 'near miss' points.

I did something unusual for me and looked back at prior numbers,,,,

But, still, it seems that if it is correct, that I had 202 points
after Azer, and if I scored 8 at Sing, then the listed
new total of 208 seems inconsistent.

Or, is that the whole purpose of "Super secret double blind probation"?

Right...I'm back from my holidays so here goes.

I didn't notice anything, but it's all (pretty much) automated so unless
someone challenges it, I don't go back and recompute.

I have _no_ idea what went wrong here. I've just rerun the script and
there are a number of numbers that didn't match up including yours. Is
this any better?

Yes. "Some math I saw,,, did not math!"
(totals did not add up correctly)
(202 plus 8 does not equal 208!)
So yes, this is better.

I can't tell you _what_ happened - or why it happened - but I can tell
you what the impact was.

Something affected the results for race 3. It's like the system got
confused about the results for just that one race. I could probably work
out which results were different...but I can't see an issue with the
table, and the results page is autogenerated from a scrape of the web.

This is where it gets *weird*. It doesn't just affect you, and it has
happened before to those affected just for race 3. No-one has noticed. Appended, though, are your results since race 3...and you can see race 3 sometimes loses 2 points for no obvious reason. Everything else is
right.

This is going to irritate me until I can explain it...

I hope you had a great vacation.
I truly hope my post did not add stress or distraction.

Thank you very much for your work on this that helps
add a considerable amount of interest for us.

Not a problem...other than finding a bug!

3 a425couple 16 12 12
40
4 a425couple 16 12 10 8
46
5 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6
54
6 a425couple 16 12 10 8 6 18
70
7 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12
84
8 a425couple 16 12 10 8 6 18 12 8
90
9 a425couple 16 12 10 8 6 18 12 8 20
110
10 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
116
11 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 128
12 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 140
13 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 158
14 a425couple 16 12 10 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 174
15 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 188
16 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 10 198
17 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 10 4 202
18 a425couple 16 12 10 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 10 4 8 208
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From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

On 10/15/25 09:51, Mark wrote:

a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 10/15/25 03:45, Mark wrote:

a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 10/9/25 03:16, Mark wrote:
Ahhh, errrrr

Let me know about the inevitable mistakes!
Efye >
Mark

I hate to disrupt a perfect situation,,,, ahhh, err,
But bearing in mind
#1
https://replica.seattletimes.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=84d463e0-c035-4c49-902d-95c722bfe073

I have no idea what this is about. Am I missing something?

and #2, I think I understand the scoring if the 4 picks are perfectly >>>> correct, But I am really murky on the 'near miss' points.

I did something unusual for me and looked back at prior numbers,,,,

But, still, it seems that if it is correct, that I had 202 points
after Azer, and if I scored 8 at Sing, then the listed
new total of 208 seems inconsistent.

Or, is that the whole purpose of "Super secret double blind probation"? >>>

Right...I'm back from my holidays so here goes.

I didn't notice anything, but it's all (pretty much) automated so unless >>> someone challenges it, I don't go back and recompute.

I have _no_ idea what went wrong here. I've just rerun the script and
there are a number of numbers that didn't match up including yours. Is
this any better?

Yes. "Some math I saw,,, did not math!"
(totals did not add up correctly)
(202 plus 8 does not equal 208!)
So yes, this is better.

I can't tell you _what_ happened - or why it happened - but I can tell
you what the impact was.

Something affected the results for race 3. It's like the system got
confused about the results for just that one race. I could probably work
out which results were different...but I can't see an issue with the
table, and the results page is autogenerated from a scrape of the web.

This is where it gets *weird*. It doesn't just affect you, and it has happened before to those affected just for race 3. No-one has noticed. Appended, though, are your results since race 3...and you can see race 3 sometimes loses 2 points for no obvious reason. Everything else is
right.

This is going to irritate me until I can explain it...

I hope you had a great vacation.
I truly hope my post did not add stress or distraction.

Thank you very much for your work on this that helps
add a considerable amount of interest for us.

Not a problem...other than finding a bug!

Bummer!
So, it kind'a looks like a ghost mystery computer bug has the
prankster alter-ego of Gerhard Berger and will randomly
reduce the count by 2, pause a couple of beats, then re-add
those 2 back in, pause a bit longer, then subtract 2 again.
Yeah, quite the bug.
Good luck.
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The top 5 are currently:

1 durian 234
2 Hornplayer9599 230
3 JohnM 222
3 Mark Jackson 222
3 Phil Carmody 222

The people who scored points are:

9 ceg 20
1 durian 20
9 Martin Harran 14
3 Phil Carmody 14
9 Alan Baker 12
20 Ar 12
24 D Munz 12
12 Darryl Johnson 12
6 Eric 12
22 User8270 12
6 a425couple 10
2 Hornplayer9599 10
3 JohnM 10
6 Sir Tim 10
15 Sreekumar A 10
13 Yazoo 10
13 EB5AGV 8
17 mairsz 8
18 Mark 8
3 Mark Jackson 8
15 Hugh 6
20 Shaun 6
19 scole 4
22 Carl Keehn 2

Let me know about the inevitable mistakes!
;-)

Mark

The overall table looks like:

1 Mark 10 12 10 6 18 10 14 6 10 4
8 18 18 8 12 12 2 12 8 198
2 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 10 4 8 10 220
3 Martin Harran 14 12 12 6 10 14 12 4 10 4
6 18 20 12 14 12 12 12 14 218
4 Darryl Johnson 10 8 12 6 18 14 16 8 10 6
12 8 12 10 12 20 12 6 12 212
5 Geoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eric 8 18 10 10 16 12 10 4 14 8
10 18 24 18 6 10 4 8 12 220
7 Yazoo 12 20 10 12 6 18 10 6 20 4
4 12 18 12 14 12 2 8 10 210
8 User8270 10 4 10 6 14 12 10 4 10 8
10 6 14 12 10 4 4 6 12 166
9 Carl Keehn 6 8 10 0 6 12 12 6 16 0
14 6 20 18 14 10 0 6 2 166
10 Sir Tim 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 12 0
6 18 26 12 16 10 10 6 10 220
11 scole 12 12 10 4 16 16 10 6 14 4
6 18 18 18 12 12 0 4 4 196
12 Hornplayer9599 10 8 14 18 10 20 18 6 20 4
8 18 18 8 10 12 6 12 10 230
13 Ar 6 10 8 6 14 18 12 14 14 6
16 6 10 10 8 18 0 4 12 192
14 Hugh 12 6 10 12 10 18 14 6 12 2
6 18 18 18 14 12 2 10 6 206
15 D Munz 10 14 16 12 4 12 6 6 0 8
8 6 2 12 12 6 2 0 12 148
16 Shaun 0 0 10 12 6 18 10 16 12 2
20 18 14 24 6 10 4 4 6 192
17 Mark Jackson 18 12 10 12 10 24 10 8 18 2
8 12 18 12 12 10 12 6 8 222
18 JohnM 16 12 12 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
8 18 18 12 14 12 2 8 10 222
19 Phil Carmody 14 12 12 6 6 18 12 6 16 2
10 18 24 12 12 12 6 10 14 222
20 mairsz 12 12 10 16 6 18 12 6 18 2
6 18 6 12 16 12 2 10 8 202
21 Sreekumar A 12 8 18 4 10 16 14 6 12 2
6 18 20 18 14 10 2 6 10 206
22 EB5AGV 20 12 10 4 10 14 14 6 12 2
6 18 14 24 10 10 2 14 8 210
23 durian 20 8 12 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
6 18 18 12 14 10 8 8 20 234
24 Alan Baker 10 20 12 4 6 18 12 10 20 2
20 18 10 18 10 12 0 4 12 218
25 ceg 14 8 12 8 10 12 14 16 12 4
10 18 10 14 12 12 2 10 20 218

Ordered by points:

1 durian 20 8 12 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
6 18 18 12 14 10 8 8 20 234
2 Hornplayer9599 10 8 14 18 10 20 18 6 20 4
8 18 18 8 10 12 6 12 10 230
3 JohnM 16 12 12 8 10 18 12 8 20 4
8 18 18 12 14 12 2 8 10 222
3 Mark Jackson 18 12 10 12 10 24 10 8 18 2
8 12 18 12 12 10 12 6 8 222
3 Phil Carmody 14 12 12 6 6 18 12 6 16 2
10 18 24 12 12 12 6 10 14 222
6 a425couple 16 12 12 8 6 18 12 8 20 4
12 12 18 18 12 10 4 8 10 220
6 Eric 8 18 10 10 16 12 10 4 14 8
10 18 24 18 6 10 4 8 12 220
6 Sir Tim 16 12 10 8 10 18 12 8 12 0
6 18 26 12 16 10 10 6 10 220
9 Alan Baker 10 20 12 4 6 18 12 10 20 2
20 18 10 18 10 12 0 4 12 218
9 ceg 14 8 12 8 10 12 14 16 12 4
10 18 10 14 12 12 2 10 20 218
9 Martin Harran 14 12 12 6 10 14 12 4 10 4
6 18 20 12 14 12 12 12 14 218
12 Darryl Johnson 10 8 12 6 18 14 16 8 10 6
12 8 12 10 12 20 12 6 12 212
13 EB5AGV 20 12 10 4 10 14 14 6 12 2
6 18 14 24 10 10 2 14 8 210
13 Yazoo 12 20 10 12 6 18 10 6 20 4
4 12 18 12 14 12 2 8 10 210
15 Hugh 12 6 10 12 10 18 14 6 12 2
6 18 18 18 14 12 2 10 6 206
15 Sreekumar A 12 8 18 4 10 16 14 6 12 2
6 18 20 18 14 10 2 6 10 206
17 mairsz 12 12 10 16 6 18 12 6 18 2
6 18 6 12 16 12 2 10 8 202
18 Mark 10 12 10 6 18 10 14 6 10 4
8 18 18 8 12 12 2 12 8 198
19 scole 12 12 10 4 16 16 10 6 14 4
6 18 18 18 12 12 0 4 4 196
20 Ar 6 10 8 6 14 18 12 14 14 6
16 6 10 10 8 18 0 4 12 192
20 Shaun 0 0 10 12 6 18 10 16 12 2
20 18 14 24 6 10 4 4 6 192
22 Carl Keehn 6 8 10 0 6 12 12 6 16 0
14 6 20 18 14 10 0 6 2 166
22 User8270 10 4 10 6 14 12 10 4 10 8
10 6 14 12 10 4 4 6 12 166
24 D Munz 10 14 16 12 4 12 6 6 0 8
8 6 2 12 12 6 2 0 12 148
25 Geoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DUPLICATOR RANKER1 RANKER2 RESULTS
1. BAH HAM VER HAM NOR
HAM VER LEC HAM RIC VET HAM RIC VET NOR VER RUS
8 8 15/20 0 0 18/20 0 0 18/20
2. EMI NOR VER VER PIA
NOR VER RUS VER STR HUL VER STR HUL PIA NOR RUS
12 20 17/20 0 0 19/20 0 0 19/20
3. POR PIA VER VER VER
PIA NOR RUS VER OCO STR VER OCO STR VER NOR PIA
10 30 17/20 2 2 19/20 2 2 19/20
4. SPA VER VER VER PIA
VER NOR PIA VER OCO STR VER OCO STR PIA RUS NOR
6 36 18/20 0 2 19/20 0 2 19/20
5. MON PIA VER VER VER
PIA RUS NOR VER HAM OCO VER HAM OCO PIA VER LEC
10 46 17/20 8 10 19/20 8 10 19/20
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Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> writes:

The top 5 are currently:

1 durian 234
2 Hornplayer9599 230
3 JohnM 222
3 Mark Jackson 222
3 Phil Carmody 222

WAAAAT!!!!?!?!

Something must have gone wrong.

Phil
--
We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
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Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> wrote:

Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> writes:

The top 5 are currently:

1 durian 234
2 Hornplayer9599 230
3 JohnM 222
3 Mark Jackson 222
3 Phil Carmody 222

WAAAAT!!!!?!?!

Something must have gone wrong.

What's wrong now? It's very close at the top and many people scored less
than your 10...and there was only a few points separating the top 10.
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