Hi everyone.
I had a bit of free time today and was so excited about the upcoming Worlds that I decided to "quantify" the performance by country from the last three Worlds to compare it to this year's. The goal is to find out what countries are doing better and worse over the last four years.
I came up with a nice system that enables us to see just that. It also could be easily applied to select 10 teams and alternates to an Olympic Team event.
What I did:
I did look at all four events and converted a top 24 finish to points. If a given country won, it got 24 points, if it placed 24th it got one points. I only used the highest result per country per discipline. Unfortunately in pairs we did not have 24 entrants any of these years, but I still used the same system not to mix things up. I chose 24 because one needs to be in top 24 in men and ladies' events to make the final (and it used to be the case in pairs and dance at one point in the past).
As I hate ties, I came up with the following solution.
In case if a country gets the same amount of points, then a country with a higher number of participants making the top 24 in all four events ends up higher, then if there is still a tie a country with a higher number of points out of 24, then if there is still a tie, a country that was represented in a competition with more entrants, then if there is still a tie... a country that was represented in one event that got a higher position in one of two parts of an event (SP or FS). I know that sounds complicated by it works in practice, at the end there are no ties in my rankings!
So let's start with 2012, then 2013 and then 2014.
2012 Worlds:
Country PAIRS/LADIES/DANCE/MEN
01 USA 17 / 21 / 23 / 17 / 78 points
02 CANADA 20 / 9 / 24 / 24 / 77 points
03 RUSSIA 23 / 23 / 20 / 8 / 74 points
04 ITALY 14 / 24 / 19 / 15 / 72 points
05 JAPAN 22 / 22 / 1 / 23 / 68 points
06 FRANCE 9 / 13 / 22 / 21 / 65 points
07 CHINA 21 / 18 / 13 / 11 / 63 points
08 GERMANY 24 / 5 / 14 / 5 / 48 points
09 SPAIN x / 10 / 6 / 16 / 32 points
10 UNITED KINGDOM 6 / 11 / 11 / x / 28 points
11 CZECH REPUBLIC x / x / x / 19 / 19 points
12 UKRAINE x / 8 / 10 / x / 18 points
13 KAZAKHSTAN x / x / x / 18 / 18 points
14 ESTONIA x / 12 / 3 / x / 15 points
15 GEORGIA x / 15 / x / x / 15 points
16 SWEDEN x / 14 / x / x / 14 points
17 AUSTRIA 3 / 4 / x / 3 / 10 points
18 BELGIUM x / x / x / 10 / 10 points
19 SWITZERLAND 7 / 2 / x / x / 9 points
20 AZERBAIJAN x / x / 8 / x / 8 points
21 ISRAEL 8 / x / x / x / 8 points
22 FINLAND x / 7 / x / x / 7 points
23 LITHUANIA x / x / 7 / x / 7 points
24 UZBEKISTAN x / x / x / 6 / 6 points
25 AUSTRALIA x / x / 5 / x / 5 points
26 NORTH KOREA 5 / x / x / x / 5 points
27 PHILIPPINES x / x / x / 4 / 4 points
28 BELARUS 4 / x / x / x / 4 points
29 MONACO x / x / x / 2 / 2 points
30 HUNGARY x / x / 2 / x / 2 points
31 BULGARIA 2 / x / x / x / 2 points
2013 Worlds:
Country PAIRS/LADIES/DANCE/MEN
01 CANADA 22 / 17 / 23 / 24 / 86 points
02 USA 16 / 20 / 24 / 18 / 78 points
03 RUSSIA 24 / 16 / 22 / 8 / 70 points
04 FRANCE 17 / 14 / 19 / 16 / 66 points
05 ITALY 15 / 23 / 21 / x / 59 points
06 GERMANY 23 / 6 / 15 / 14 / 58 points
07 JAPAN x / 22 / 5 / 21 / 48 points
08 CHINA 20 / 18 / x / 10 / 48 points
09 SPAIN x / 3 / 6 / 22 / 31 points
10 UNITED KINGDOM 10 / 5 / 12 / x / 27 points
11 SOUTH KOREA x / 24 / x / x / 24 points
12 UKRAINE x / 10 / 11 / 2 / 23 points
13 KAZAKHSTAN x / x / x / 23 / 23 points
14 SWEDEN x / 11 / x / 11 / 22 points
15 CZECH REPUBLIC x / x / 4 / 15 / 19 points
16 ESTONIA x / 9 / x / 3 / 12 points
17 LITHUANIA x / x / 10 / x / 10 points
18 UZBEKISTAN x / x / x / 9 / 9 points
19 AZERBAIJAN x / x / 9 / x / 9 points
20 SLOVAKIA x / 8 / x / x / 8 points
21 BULGARIA 8 / x / x / x / 8 points
22 POLAND 7 / x / x / x / 7 points
23 AUSTRIA x / 1 / x / 5 / 6 points
24 BELGIUM x / x / x / 6 / 6 points
25 AUSTRALIA x / 4 / x / x / 4 points
26 FINLAND x / x / 3 / x / 3 points
27 ISRAEL x / x / 2 / x / 2 points
28 DENMARK x / x / x / 1 / 1 point
29 HUNGARY x / x / 1 / x / 1 point
2014 Worlds:
Country PAIRS/MEN/DANCE/LADIES
01 RUSSIA 23 / 21 / 21 / 23 / 88 points
02 ITALY 16 / 12 / 24 / 22 / 74 points
03 USA 14 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 74 points
04 CANADA 22 / 14 / 23 / 14 / 73 points
05 JAPAN 8 / 24 / 7 / 24 / 63 points
06 FRANCE 15 / 16 / 22 / 10 / 63 points
07 GERMANY 24 / 11 / 14 / 13 / 62 points
08 CHINA 20 / 18 / x / 8 / 46 points
09 SPAIN x / 22 / 9 / x / 31 points
10 SOUTH KOREA x / 9 / x / 16 / 25 points
11 UNITED KINGDOM 7 / x / 16 / x / 23 points
12 CZECH REPUBLIC x / 15 / x / 7 / 22 points
13 AZERBAIJAN x / x / 13 / x / 13 points
14 ESTONIA 6 / x / 6 / x / 12 points
15 SWEDEN x / x / x / 11 / 11 points
16 LITHUANIA x / x / 10 / x / 10 points
17 ISRAEL x / 10 / x / x / 10 points
18 UKRAINE 4 / x / x / 4 / 8 points
19 BELGIUM x / 8 / x / x / 8 points
20 AUSTRALIA x / x / 1 / 6 / 7 points
21 SWITZERLAND x / 2 / x / 5 / 7 points
22 POLAND x / 3 / 3 / x / 6 points
23 PHILIPPINES x / 6 / x / x / 6 points
24 TURKEY x / x / 5 / x / 5 points
25 KAZAKHSTAN x / 5 / x / x / 5 points
26 BELARUS 5 / x / x / x / 5 points
27 ROMANIA x / 4 / x / x / 4 points
28 NORWAY x / x / x / 3 / 3 points
29 AUSTRIA 3 / x / x / x / 3 points
30 SLOVAKIA x / x / 2 / x / 2 points
31 BULGARIA 2 / x / x / x / 2 points
I had a bit of free time today and was so excited about the upcoming Worlds that I decided to "quantify" the performance by country from the last three Worlds to compare it to this year's. The goal is to find out what countries are doing better and worse over the last four years.
I came up with a nice system that enables us to see just that. It also could be easily applied to select 10 teams and alternates to an Olympic Team event.
What I did:
I did look at all four events and converted a top 24 finish to points. If a given country won, it got 24 points, if it placed 24th it got one points. I only used the highest result per country per discipline. Unfortunately in pairs we did not have 24 entrants any of these years, but I still used the same system not to mix things up. I chose 24 because one needs to be in top 24 in men and ladies' events to make the final (and it used to be the case in pairs and dance at one point in the past).
As I hate ties, I came up with the following solution.
In case if a country gets the same amount of points, then a country with a higher number of participants making the top 24 in all four events ends up higher, then if there is still a tie a country with a higher number of points out of 24, then if there is still a tie, a country that was represented in a competition with more entrants, then if there is still a tie... a country that was represented in one event that got a higher position in one of two parts of an event (SP or FS). I know that sounds complicated by it works in practice, at the end there are no ties in my rankings!
So let's start with 2012, then 2013 and then 2014.
2012 Worlds:
Country PAIRS/LADIES/DANCE/MEN
01 USA 17 / 21 / 23 / 17 / 78 points
02 CANADA 20 / 9 / 24 / 24 / 77 points
03 RUSSIA 23 / 23 / 20 / 8 / 74 points
04 ITALY 14 / 24 / 19 / 15 / 72 points
05 JAPAN 22 / 22 / 1 / 23 / 68 points
06 FRANCE 9 / 13 / 22 / 21 / 65 points
07 CHINA 21 / 18 / 13 / 11 / 63 points
08 GERMANY 24 / 5 / 14 / 5 / 48 points
09 SPAIN x / 10 / 6 / 16 / 32 points
10 UNITED KINGDOM 6 / 11 / 11 / x / 28 points
11 CZECH REPUBLIC x / x / x / 19 / 19 points
12 UKRAINE x / 8 / 10 / x / 18 points
13 KAZAKHSTAN x / x / x / 18 / 18 points
14 ESTONIA x / 12 / 3 / x / 15 points
15 GEORGIA x / 15 / x / x / 15 points
16 SWEDEN x / 14 / x / x / 14 points
17 AUSTRIA 3 / 4 / x / 3 / 10 points
18 BELGIUM x / x / x / 10 / 10 points
19 SWITZERLAND 7 / 2 / x / x / 9 points
20 AZERBAIJAN x / x / 8 / x / 8 points
21 ISRAEL 8 / x / x / x / 8 points
22 FINLAND x / 7 / x / x / 7 points
23 LITHUANIA x / x / 7 / x / 7 points
24 UZBEKISTAN x / x / x / 6 / 6 points
25 AUSTRALIA x / x / 5 / x / 5 points
26 NORTH KOREA 5 / x / x / x / 5 points
27 PHILIPPINES x / x / x / 4 / 4 points
28 BELARUS 4 / x / x / x / 4 points
29 MONACO x / x / x / 2 / 2 points
30 HUNGARY x / x / 2 / x / 2 points
31 BULGARIA 2 / x / x / x / 2 points
2013 Worlds:
Country PAIRS/LADIES/DANCE/MEN
01 CANADA 22 / 17 / 23 / 24 / 86 points
02 USA 16 / 20 / 24 / 18 / 78 points
03 RUSSIA 24 / 16 / 22 / 8 / 70 points
04 FRANCE 17 / 14 / 19 / 16 / 66 points
05 ITALY 15 / 23 / 21 / x / 59 points
06 GERMANY 23 / 6 / 15 / 14 / 58 points
07 JAPAN x / 22 / 5 / 21 / 48 points
08 CHINA 20 / 18 / x / 10 / 48 points
09 SPAIN x / 3 / 6 / 22 / 31 points
10 UNITED KINGDOM 10 / 5 / 12 / x / 27 points
11 SOUTH KOREA x / 24 / x / x / 24 points
12 UKRAINE x / 10 / 11 / 2 / 23 points
13 KAZAKHSTAN x / x / x / 23 / 23 points
14 SWEDEN x / 11 / x / 11 / 22 points
15 CZECH REPUBLIC x / x / 4 / 15 / 19 points
16 ESTONIA x / 9 / x / 3 / 12 points
17 LITHUANIA x / x / 10 / x / 10 points
18 UZBEKISTAN x / x / x / 9 / 9 points
19 AZERBAIJAN x / x / 9 / x / 9 points
20 SLOVAKIA x / 8 / x / x / 8 points
21 BULGARIA 8 / x / x / x / 8 points
22 POLAND 7 / x / x / x / 7 points
23 AUSTRIA x / 1 / x / 5 / 6 points
24 BELGIUM x / x / x / 6 / 6 points
25 AUSTRALIA x / 4 / x / x / 4 points
26 FINLAND x / x / 3 / x / 3 points
27 ISRAEL x / x / 2 / x / 2 points
28 DENMARK x / x / x / 1 / 1 point
29 HUNGARY x / x / 1 / x / 1 point
2014 Worlds:
Country PAIRS/MEN/DANCE/LADIES
01 RUSSIA 23 / 21 / 21 / 23 / 88 points
02 ITALY 16 / 12 / 24 / 22 / 74 points
03 USA 14 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 74 points
04 CANADA 22 / 14 / 23 / 14 / 73 points
05 JAPAN 8 / 24 / 7 / 24 / 63 points
06 FRANCE 15 / 16 / 22 / 10 / 63 points
07 GERMANY 24 / 11 / 14 / 13 / 62 points
08 CHINA 20 / 18 / x / 8 / 46 points
09 SPAIN x / 22 / 9 / x / 31 points
10 SOUTH KOREA x / 9 / x / 16 / 25 points
11 UNITED KINGDOM 7 / x / 16 / x / 23 points
12 CZECH REPUBLIC x / 15 / x / 7 / 22 points
13 AZERBAIJAN x / x / 13 / x / 13 points
14 ESTONIA 6 / x / 6 / x / 12 points
15 SWEDEN x / x / x / 11 / 11 points
16 LITHUANIA x / x / 10 / x / 10 points
17 ISRAEL x / 10 / x / x / 10 points
18 UKRAINE 4 / x / x / 4 / 8 points
19 BELGIUM x / 8 / x / x / 8 points
20 AUSTRALIA x / x / 1 / 6 / 7 points
21 SWITZERLAND x / 2 / x / 5 / 7 points
22 POLAND x / 3 / 3 / x / 6 points
23 PHILIPPINES x / 6 / x / x / 6 points
24 TURKEY x / x / 5 / x / 5 points
25 KAZAKHSTAN x / 5 / x / x / 5 points
26 BELARUS 5 / x / x / x / 5 points
27 ROMANIA x / 4 / x / x / 4 points
28 NORWAY x / x / x / 3 / 3 points
29 AUSTRIA 3 / x / x / x / 3 points
30 SLOVAKIA x / x / 2 / x / 2 points
31 BULGARIA 2 / x / x / x / 2 points
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