Grouping of runners: EOC Long Qual

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 28 May 2008@8:00

grouping.jpgDid the qualifiers get to the final based on their own achievements only, or did they get help from other runners through either co-working or following? Grouping of runners is always a hot topic at the major orienteering champs. The below analysis of the results regarding runners running in packs from the WOC Long Qualifier is done by Henning Spjelkavik as a part of a work done on separation methods in orienteering (read more about the work here) - and the way to display the material is inspired by methods shown by Martin Lerjen for WOC 2007 results.

Note! Colored boxes in the below figures show that two runners have been within 15 seconds of each other at a control. Being within 15 seconds of each other does not necessarily mean that the runners get help from each other for the orienteering or to keep up higher speed - but if two runners are within 15 seconds of each other in a large part of the course, it indicated that at least one of the runners has gained time due to the grouping. These types of graphs are especially interesting in order to find out how effective separation methods are in orienteering.

EOC 2008 Long Qual - Men Heat A

Name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Millinger Mattias
Pihl Peeter 10 10 10 10 10 10
Mrazek Jan 10 10 10 10 10 10
Bobach Christian 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Crane Matthew 9 9
Tervo Tuomas 9 9
Osterbo Oystein Kvaal 7 7 7
Prochazka Jan 7 7 7 7 7 7
Ozolins Janis
Casal Roger
Davies Bryn 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Novai Gyorgy 4 4
Mihailovs Kalvis 8 8
Kostylev Egor 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Sirakov Ivan 6 5 5 5 5
Fedotov Roman
Casado Juanma 5 1
Kuzminskis Tomas 6 5 5
Tenani Alessio 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Rollier Baptiste 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mihalkin Dmitry 5 5 5 5 5 5
Anjala Topi 2
Kandybey Yevhen 2 1 1 1 1
Seppi Andrea 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Stevenson Jamie 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Teich Christian 1 1
Merz Matthias 1
Lang Markus 3 3
Weltzien Audun Hultgreen 3 3
Aadli Erkki
Zinca Ionut
Krepsta Simonas
Efimov Roman 11 11 11 11 11 11
Wingstedt Emil 11 11 11 11 11 11

EOC 2008 Long Qual - Men Heat B

Name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Sidorov Alexey
Lassen Tue 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Muller Matthias 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Lehto Jonne
Bortnik Alexey
Lang Thomas 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bilevicius Liutauras 7 7 7
Troeng Mats 7 7 7
Kato Hiroyuki 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Domonyik Gabor 1 1 1
Breitschadel Felix 1
Tinchant Johann 5 5 5 5 1 1 1
Nordberg Anders 5 5 1
Pagliari Daniele 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Kraas Andreas 3 3 5 1 1 1
Fraser Scott 3 5 1
Skjeset Lars 3 3
Sulcys Nerijus 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5
Gristwood Graham (8) +2.03 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Ohlund Erik (1) +0.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Schneider David 3 3
Bertuks Edgars 5 5
Gomez Javier 11 11 8 8
Omelchenko Yuri 11
Richert Marcin 11 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Karklins Kaspars (13) +3.17 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Lakanen Jani (4) +1.34 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Lucan Vladimir
Soes Rasmus 6 6 6 6 6 6
Denes Zoltan 6 4 4 4
Nikolov Kiril 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Pasquasy Fabien 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Haldin Mats 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Smola Michal
Karner Olle
Tranchand Frederic 9 9 9 9
Zlobin Denis 9 9 9 9
Negrello Manuel

EOC 2008 Long Qual - Men Heat C

Name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Duncan Jon
Tambasov Yury
Kozak Osvald
Troan Hans
Caraglio Michele 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Pauzas Henrikas 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Magne Thibaut 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Krumins Janis 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Corona Emiliano
Ruedlinger Andreas 2
Kivlenieks Andris 2 2 2
Vaher Sander 2 2 2 2
Marchuk Oleksandr 5 5 5 5 5 5
Portal Daniel 3 3 6
Tsvetkov Dmitriy 5
Lind William 3 5 5 5 5 5
Olsen Rune (10) +4.07 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Nomm Marek (6) +2.03 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Ikonen Pasi (1) +0.00 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Delobel Bart
Christensen Christian 1 1 1 1
Kruger Robert 1 1 4
Wickholm Jorgen 1 1 1 1 1
Mukhidinov Vyacheslav
Dlabaja Tomas 1 1 1 1 1
Koizumi Shigeyuki 7
Johansson Martin Per 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lundanes Olav
Kovacs Adam 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Kerschbaumer Gernot (14) +5.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Johnson Oli (8) +2.57 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Hubmann Daniel (2) + 0.57 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Morrison Ross 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Sadeckas Darius
Khramov Andrey 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Gvozdev Pavel

EOC 2008 Long Qual - Women Heat A

Name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Hagman Line
Duchova Iveta
Mackenzie Mhairi
Einikyte Reda
Sluta Olga 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cejka Caroline 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Gaigala Dace 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
D’harreville Karine 2 2 2 2 2 2
Gustafsson Linnea 2 2 2 2 2 2
Rebane Kirti 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Rantanen Merja 7
Wild Angela 7
Soderlund Line
Goffre Anais 8 8
Shandurkova Iliana 8 8
Vanjuk Merike
Whitehouse Pippa
Leonhardt Karin 5 3
Guizzardi Michela 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
Gil Esther 5 5 5
Struhalova Olena 3 4 4 4
Brozkova Dana 5
Novikova Yulia 3
Persson Lina 3 3 3 3 3
Gyurko Fanni (11) +4.06 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Skrastina Aija (7) +2.19 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Hausken Anne Margrethe (1) +0.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Jukkola Heli
Pauzaite Sandra
Jaeger Meike

EOC 2008 Long Qual - Women Heat B

Name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Palmer Helen
Kokina Kristine 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Stanchenko Larysa 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Rantala Maria 5 5 5
Seskeviciute Giedre 1 1 1
Weltzien Ingunn Hultgreen
Abzalone Zanda 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Vercellotti Capucine 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mulpas Vinciane 3 3 3 7 7 7
Luscher Sara 3
Bridle Helen 3 3
Reznichenko Olga 7 7
Kogure Madoka 2 2 2 2 2 2
Jurenikova Eva 7 7 7
Fernandez Annabel 2 2 2 2
Lillehov Thea 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Stara Zdenka 2 2 2 2 2
Klade Piret 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Korzhova Natalia 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Ory Eszter 2 2 2 2 2 2
Valaite Indre 2 2
Johanson Liis 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Voskoboynikova Tatiana 6 6 6 6 2 2 2
Elson Grace 6 6 6 2
Riddervold Marianne 6 2 2 2 2
Stalder Seline
Danylova Anastasiia 4 4
Engstrand Emma 4 4

EOC 2008 Long Qual - Women Heat C

Name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Rafols Ona 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Egseth Elise 9 9
Sundberg Karoliina 9 9
Dockalova Martina 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rihma Annika 2
Johansson Sofie 2 1 1
Muller Lea
Bastin Veronique 6 6 6 6
Ivanets Yevhenia 6 6 6
Zurcher Sandra 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Scaravonati Laura 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Fasting Mari 4