2ptober: Week Two Analysis

Another week, another Two Point Challenge update. Per usual, your weekly longest times are due to either Megan or me in the comments section of our blogs by Sunday at midnight pacific.

The following data was scraped from said comments, so please let us know if there is an error!

I'm excited to see the field spreading out from Week 1 (the gray bars in both charts). While initially most riders clustered in the 1-5 minute 2pt duration segments, now the longest times edge ever upwards - with more riders logging more and more minutes in position.

Nice work everyone!

 

Even better - competitors are collectively improving their ability to hold the two point position, after setting baselines at the beginning of this month. Many have doubled their time entirely! And fewer riders are left in the "No Change" category.

(**Tho seriously folks. Aside from those of you in the broken rider / broken horse group, we will absolutely be calling you out if you're not able to improve on your initial baseline after a whole month!!! C'mon, make it happen!!!! Do it for the priiiiiiizes!!).

Three Chestnuts has blown us all away by rocketing into the lead for both races with her incredible jump to 12 minutes!

Remember tho - there will be FOUR unique winners for the contest, limit one title per contestant. So don't be dismayed by those impressive numbers bc there's still plenty of space for new front runners to get into the mix!

Blogger	Blog	Baseline	Week 2
Alli	PONY'TUDE	7:21	7:21
Amanda	Bel Joeur	0:47	1:50
Appydoesdressage	Musings from LogDog Acres	5:06	6:16
Aryelle	Horse Hack	1:47	2:03
Carey	Me Jump Pretty One Day	3:23	3:23
Emma	Walk, Trot, Canter, Banter	1:54	3:18
Grace	The Horseback Artist	2:20	2:20
Heather	The Graduated Equestrian	5:15	5:15
KateRose	Peace & Carrots	2:06	4:08
Kristen	Stampy and the Brain	3:27	5:28
L. Williams	Viva Carlos	2:53	9:39
Lindsey	Redheadlins	10:08	10:08
Liz Stout	In Omnia Paratus	1:17	3:47
LoveLaughRide	Grain Before Groceries	4:40	6:02
Megan	Howling Owl Farm	0:05	0:16
Monica	How to Train your Dragon	4:27	4:27
Nicole	Zen & the Art of Baby Horse Management	3:40	8:00
Olivia	DIY Horse Ownership	0:44	0:44
outofashes	One Bud Wiser	1:26	3:12
SarahO	Autonomous Dressage	2:25	4:02
Semi Feral Equestrian	Semiferal Equestrian	2:36	4:46
Teresa	Eventing Saddlebred Style	1:47	1:47
Three Chestnuts	Three Chestnuts	0:33	12:36

For instance: Lindsey, L. Williams, Nicole and Alli are all in striking distance to the longest time prize - with LoveLaughRide and Appydoesdressage both in contention too. And remember - in past years both the eventual winners and runners up have have logged times of 20+ minutes. Let's see it happen again!!

The first place prize for most improved may look like a runaway win for Three Chestnuts, but I wouldn't be so sure. It's early yet, and a couple riders are poised to show pretty major improvements - especially Megan, Liz Stout, Amanda, and outofashes, naturally with L. Williams high in the hunt too.

So tell me - you think you got what it takes to make a move for the title? Or put in a podium placing?!?