Control Visitations
3rd Babcock Bog & Boulder Challenge
The following tables show how many teams on the 3-Hour and 6-Hour races
visited each control. Naturally, we don't have any statistics on
how many failed attempts to visit each conrol were made. But,
because of the fog, it is likely that there were quite a few such
attempts. Here are a few observations based on the tables and the
splits. There were 16 3-Hour teams and 30 6-Hour teams. The
most visited control was #31 (39 visits) - not surprising; it was the
closest to the start/finish; still 7 teams chose not to visit it.
Control #46 was a close second with 35 visits. The least
visited was control #52 with only 8 total visits - also not a surprise
as it was one of the fringe control. Controls #65 and #64 also
had low numbers of visits. The most controls any team visited on
the 3-Hour was 16; the least was 5. For the 6-Hour obviously the
most by a team was 40 as three teams cleared the course; the least was
6. The average number of controls visited by 3-Hour teams was 9
or 10; the average for 6-Hour teams was 22.
As course designer, I was pleased to see that every control was visited
by at least one team in the 3-hour race. That usually does not
happen as some controls are often considered too far out for anyone in
the 3-Hour. I was also pleased with the start as controls #31,
#33 and #34 were the first controls visited by nearly all teams, each
getting substantial numbers of visits first. This meant that
there were at least three significantly different route plans among the
teams. However, route choice differences did not immediately show
up in the top 3 out of 4 teams in the 6-Hour race; they followed
the same route for the first 20 controls and then differences started
to show up.
| Control |
3-Hour Visits |
6-Hour Visits |
Total Visits |
| 31 |
11 |
28 |
39 |
| 32 |
3 |
10 |
13 |
| 33 |
9 |
17 |
26 |
| 34 |
7 |
24 |
31 |
| 35 |
7 |
15 |
22 |
| 36 |
3 |
22 |
25 |
| 37 |
3 |
24 |
27 |
| 38 |
2 |
20 |
22 |
| 39 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
| 40 |
2 |
16 |
18 |
| 41 |
3 |
22 |
25 |
| 42 |
2 |
19 |
21 |
| 43 |
4 |
18 |
22 |
| 44 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
| 45 |
1 |
14 |
15 |
| 46 |
11 |
24 |
35 |
| 51 |
1 |
11 |
12 |
| 52 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
| 53 |
7 |
20 |
27 |
| 54 |
4 |
22 |
26 |
| 55 |
3 |
22 |
25 |
| 56 |
1 |
16 |
17 |
| 61 |
4 |
18 |
22 |
| 62 |
3 |
25 |
28 |
| 63 |
1 |
20 |
21 |
| 64 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
| 65 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
| 66 |
7 |
12 |
19 |
| 71 |
7 |
8 |
15 |
| 72 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
| 73 |
7 |
11 |
18 |
| 74 |
4 |
23 |
27 |
| 75 |
1 |
15 |
16 |
| 76 |
2 |
19 |
21 |
| 81 |
1 |
20 |
21 |
| 82 |
4 |
24 |
28 |
| 83 |
3 |
23 |
26 |
| 84 |
1 |
13 |
14 |
| 85 |
5 |
9 |
14 |
| 86 |
4 |
18 |
22 |