2021 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

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2021 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby mira » Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:37 am

Finally! It's time to get the brain out of stay-at-home-trance and use it for something really important. Many things are different this year, but TTP is not changed (just the route..to make it so much easier for us :lol: )

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: 2021 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby fladogfan » Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:24 am

My list. Could change. We will see.
1. Ally Zirkle
2. Jessie Royer
3. Joar Ulsom
4. Nic Petit
5.Pete Kaiser
6. Cody Strath
7. Matt Failor
8. Paige Drobny
9. Brent Sass
10. Mille Porsild

ROTY Brenda Mackey

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Re: 2021 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby life (jplife) » Sun Feb 21, 2021 1:41 pm

here is a ramdom pick for now
1.Matt Hall
2. Pete Kaiser
3.Dallas Seavey
4.Jor Ulson
5. Jesse Holmes
6.Brett Sass
7.Nick p
8.Jessie ROYER
9.Aaron Peck
10.Michelle Phillips

Rookie Sean Underwood
time..........9 days..1 hours 30 minutes 55 sec.............
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Re: 2021 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby RAIMIS2 » Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:39 pm

only 47 mushers, I thought.....that first narrowing down - usually to 25 - will be much smaller, I thought....maybe 10 right off the top of my head, maybe.

Nope. But I do have it skinnied down to a list of 18 so far. :lol:
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Re: 2021 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby MelanieGouldFanBrian » Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:52 am

1. Nic Petit
2. Paige Drobney
3. Jessie Royer
4. Pete Kaiser
5. Brent Sass
6. Wade Marrs
7. Joar Leifseth Ulsom
8. Aaron Burmeister
9. Aliy Zirkle
10. Ramey Smyth

ROY Brenda Mackey
10 Days 7 hours 22 minutes 36 seconds
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Re: 2021 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby tanglefoot » Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:16 am

Top ten time.... as always last minute lol as always liable to change before race start

1. Nic Petit
2. Dallas
3. Jessie Royer
4. Brent Sass
5. Wade Mars
6. Richie d
7. Joar
8. Jessie holmes
9. aliy
10. Pete k

Brenda Mackey ROTY

FINISH 7 days 14 hrs 21 minutes 29seconds
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Re: 2021 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby DianneF » Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:34 am

I'm really hoping Aliy gets it this year. I'm going to miss following her.

1. Aliy Zirkle
2. Dallas Seavey
3. Jessie Royer
4. Peter Kaiser
5. Joar Leifseth Ulsom
6. Paige Drobney
7. Aaron Burmeister
8. Ryan Redington
9. Ramey Smyth
10. Jessie Holmes

ROY - Brenda Mackey

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Re: 2021 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby elsietee » Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:45 am

RAIMIS2 wrote:only 47 mushers, I thought.....that first narrowing down - usually to 25 - will be much smaller, I thought....maybe 10 right off the top of my head, maybe.

Nope. But I do have it skinnied down to a list of 18 so far. :lol:


Same... I went through and flagged 20 right off the bat. This isn't helping. The weird route and the lack of racing up until now also confuses things. Off to study :)
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Re: 2021 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby Breeze » Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:19 am

Never gets easier.

1. Dallas Seavey ( ugh)
2 Aliy Zirkle
3. Pete Kaiser
4. Nic Petit
5. Brent Sass
6. Ryne Olson
7. Jessie Royer
8. Joar Ulsom
9. Matt Hall
10. Michelle Phillips

roty Christopher Parker

ET 8 days 0 hrs 15 min 28 sec.
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Re: 2021 Iditarod Top Ten Picks (TTP)

Postby mira » Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:50 am

It's time for guessing again. The good thing this year is that I won't even try to figure out.

1. Joar Leifseth Ulsom
2. Dallas Seavey
3. Jessie Royer
4. Peter Kaiser
5. Aliy Zirkle
6. Paige Drobny
7. Matt Hall
8. Wade Marrs
9. Aaron Burmeister
10. Mille Porsild

Time: 7 19:42:14
ROTY: Sean Underwood
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