2019 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP), WINNER announced

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2019 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP), WINNER announced

Postby mira » Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:30 am

YukonQuest is just finished so it's time to think about the next big one. It's time to figure out who you think are going to win Iditarod this year!

We've copied the rules from last year (and the year before that, and the year before..you get it), we want 10 mushers, the ROTY and the tie-breaker winning time (including seconds).

You can post and edit the post, as many times you want until the topic is locked.
We will close the thread to all further picks after the restart.

If you change your mind before the restart, please change your original post!
If anyone are wondering how it went last year you can look here

TTP CONTEST RULES

1st - 10th place: 5 pts for each musher among the Top Ten in any position

1st - 10th place: Bonus pts for picking the correct finisher in the correct position. The higher the finisher, the more points you get. (In other words, it's worth more to pick the first place finisher than tenth place.) *See chart below

Choose the Rookie of the Year: 10 pts

Bonus Point Chart
1st Place: 10 pts
2nd Place: 9 pts
3rd Place: 8 pts
4th Place: 7 pts
5th Place: 6 pts
6th Place: 5 pts
7th Place: 4 pts
8th Place: 3 pts
9th Place: 2 pts
10th Place: 1 pt

TIE-BREAKER RULE

As a tie-breaker we will use the guess on the race winner's exact finishing time. This would entail guessing the correct Days - Hours - Minutes and Seconds the winner will finish.

If there is a tie or ties, whoever comes closest to matching the time of the Iditarod champion (whether under or over - just who is closest), is the winner of each tie-breaker.

We will also announce who comes closest to the winning time.
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Re: 2019 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby txbennett » Sun Feb 17, 2019 12:09 pm

1 Aliy Zirkle
2 Mitch Seavey
3 Nic Petit
4 Joar Ulsom
5 Matt Hall
6 Jessie Holmes
7 Jessie Royer
8 Ed Hopkins
9 Matthew Failor
10 Pete Kaiser

ROTY Ed Hopkins

Winning Time 9 days 10 hours 11 minutes 12 seconds
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Re: 2019 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby life (jplife) » Sun Feb 17, 2019 4:00 pm

1. Nic Petit
2.Joar Ulsom
3.Peter Pete Kaiser
4.Mitch Seavey
5.Jessie Homes
6.Aliy Zirkle
7.Matt Hall
8.jason campeau canadian Eh
9.Matt Failor
10.Aaron Peck canadian Eh

Rookie ED Hopkins
9 days 9hours 9minutes 9 sec
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Re: 2019 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby libby the lab » Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:10 pm

Here is link to those racing; https://iditarod.com/race/2019/mushers/list/
Note- When was the last time just Aliy ran Iditaord?
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Re: 2019 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby libby the lab » Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:41 am

1)Joar U
2)Mitch S
3)Nic P
4)Aliy Z(pains me to not pick her to get the W)
5)Matt H
6)Matt F
7)Paige D
8)Wade M
9)Richie D
10)Jessie R
ROTY Martin R
Time 9days 10hrs 32mins 15secs
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Re: 2019 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby Luna » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:22 pm

1 Nic Petit
2 Joar Ulsom
3 Mitch Seavey
4 Wade Mars
5 Jessie Royer
6 Matt Hall
7 Aron Burmeister
8 Jessie Holmes
9 Richie Diehl
10 Pete Kaiser

ROTY Ed Hopkins

Winning Time 9 days 4hrs 25 min 7 sec
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Re: 2019 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby tanglefoot » Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:52 pm

Ok... not hand my paw on the pulse this year but will give it a shot in any case.

1.Dallas... huh? What he aint racing?
Ok so..

1. Nic p - 9 days 6 hrs 47 m 32 sec
2. Joar U
3. Mitch S
4. matt hall
5. jessie Holmes
6. Aliy aliy aliy
7. Ramey Smyth
8. Richie d
9. Travis Beals
10. Mathew Failor

ROTY:Richie Beattie
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Re: 2019 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby sc-race-fan » Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:01 am

1) Aliy Zirkle (she's got the pick of the whole dog yard this year!)
2) Joar Ulsom
3) Matt Hall
4)Pete Kaiser
5)Mitch Seavey
6) Nicolas Pettit
7) Jesse Royer
8) Wde Mars
9) Rich Diehl
10) Martin Buser (I have never not had him in my TTP!)
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Re: 2019 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby Alphashe » Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:54 pm

Wild guess, as always. Maybe a bit wilder than earlier :-)


1. Aliy Zirkle
2. Jessie Holmes
3. Mitch Seavey
4. Richie Diehl
5. Jessie Royer
6. Matt Hall
7. Peter Kaiser
8. Joar Leifseth Ulsom
9. Wade Marrs
10. Mats Petterson

ROTY: Martin A. Reitan
Time: 9 days 2 hrs 8 min
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Re: 2019 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby mira » Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:47 am

I want some kind of sorting hat! But well, then, a dize isn't that bad either.

Joar Leifseth Ulsom
Mitch Seavey
Nicolas Petit
Peter Kaiser
Ramey Smyth
Jessie Holmes
Matt Hall
Aliy Zirkle
Matthew Failor
Aaron Burmeister

ROTY: Martin Apayauq Reitan
Time: 9d 2h 42m 0s
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