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Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Sep 2023
10:29pm, 9 Sep 2023
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Lip Gloss
After 424 recorded parkruns, I am one short on both position and stopwatch bingo. Weirdly, I'm missing 15 on both.


Wow that's a spooky one
Gobi
Gobi
Sep 2023
12:32am, 10 Sep 2023
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Gobi
I've done stopwatch but not even close on positions
Minnie Mad
Minnie Mad
Sep 2023
3:30am, 10 Sep 2023
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Minnie Mad
I’m missing 80 on position Bingo. I was 186 today, close but not close enough.
AndyS
AndyS
Sep 2023
6:01pm, 10 Sep 2023
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AndyS
I got stopwatch bingo after 206, and double-bingo after 286. Currently 4 short of my 3rd set after 335 runs.
Still 6 shy on position bingo.
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Sep 2023
6:51pm, 10 Sep 2023
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Lip Gloss
I’m 13 numbers short of finishing position bingo for the second time. If it took me 353 to finish the first set I’m not holding out much hope
No.12
No.12
Sep 2023
4:16pm, 11 Sep 2023
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No.12
The bingo challenges sort of just happen to someone of my speed and there is little chance of me aiming for anything deliberately, but I quite like stats so it does intrigue me. I am another one just waiting for 21 seconds on stopwatch bingo after 370+ runs. However, I have 6 x 20secs and 8 x 22secs.
AndyS
AndyS
Sep 2023
7:23pm, 11 Sep 2023
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AndyS
The bingo challenges sort of just happen to someone of my speed and there is little chance of me aiming for anything deliberately


TBF, there are so many variables involved in stopwatch bingo, that it's practically impossible to aim for regardless of one's pace. At one point I did have a few "clusters" of missing numbers, so could try and hit one of those, but you're relying on you starting you watch at exactly the same time as the timekeeper and there being no issues with results processing, so it quickly becomes pointless.

(FWIW, the maths behind the "coupon collector's problem" en.wikipedia.org tells us that - if your finishing time is random - then about 50% of people will complete stopwatch bingo after 281 runs).

Matt Parker did a nice video on the problem a while back with parkrunner Geoff Marshall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BstloCx8KDk&pp=ygUZbWF0dCBwYXJrZXIgc2Vjb25kcyBiaW5nbw%3D%3D
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Sep 2023
7:56pm, 11 Sep 2023
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Lip Gloss
The bingo challenges sort of just happen to someone of my speed and there is little chance of me aiming for anything deliberately, but I quite like stats so it does intrigue me. I am another one just waiting for 21 seconds on stopwatch bingo after 370+ runs. However, I have 6 x 20secs and 8 x 22secs.


To be fair they all happened by accident here
57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
Sep 2023
11:53pm, 12 Sep 2023
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Still never had a **.16 after 332 runs. But have managed positions 1 to 51 (with some 'cheating' by counting where I was in the field on the out and back bit of the Elgin course).
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Sep 2023
6:54am, 13 Sep 2023
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Skipton for us next Saturday :-)

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