Year 2015 statistics

To write at least one blog post per year here's again some statistics from last year, just like I did year ago.. I have chosen to use the race start time to decide which year races belong, so the Christmas to Christmas race which finished this year is included in last years statistics.

Note that these include only fleet races.

The largest winning margins in 2015

In absolute time the largest margins were:

1. aner59 by 02:02:41 in Christmas to Christmas 2015 after sailing 16 days 09:26:04
2. karriv by 01:24:10 in Beru to Bora Bora after sailing 8 days 19:26:37
3. rumskib by 00:53:27 in SWR2014-2015 Leg 3 - Abu Dhabi to Sanya after sailing 24 days 09:59:59

That's right, only two races from all races run last year were won by over 1 hour margin. 

The largest winning margins in percentages were:

1. A2 by 1.13% in Pacific NW Inshore Race - WX Test 2 after sailing 1 day 16:04:54
2. karriv by 0.66% in Beru to Bora Bora after sailing 8 days 19:26:37
3. kenza by 0.59% in Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race 2015 after sailing 2 days 03:26:58

As these numbers compare the winners margin to second place, I additionally looked how tight the top-10 was. These races have the biggest margin between 1st and 10th in absolute time or in percetages:

• VanIsle 360 2015 with 10:27:25 difference after 8 days 11:59:53 sailing
• The Tall Ships Races 2015 - Race 1 - Belfast to Aalesund with 5.89% difference after 3 days 22:49:51 sailing

The tightest finishes in 2015

In absolute time:

1. WINSTON_4 by 0.023s after sailing 12:08:26 in AGage 50
2. karaoke by 0.073s after sailing 09:41:10 in SSANZ Safety at Sea Two-Handed Triple Series 2015 - Race 2
3. robert1 by 0.212s after sailing 04:33:56 in Canna to Eigg RTI SPRINT 2015

Overall, 5 races were won by margin less than one second and 21 races with margin less than 10 seconds.

In percentages:

1. WINSTON_4 by 0.000052% after sailing 12:08:26 in AGage 50 (winning margin 0.023s)
2. karaoke by 0.000208% after sailing 09:41:10 in SSANZ Safety at Sea Two-Handed Triple Series 2015 - Race 2 (winning margin 0.073s)
3. Exmeromotu by 0.001009% after sailing 20 days 14:40:57 in SWR2014-2015 Leg 4 - Sanya to Auckland (winning margin 18 seconds)

Comparing to last year competition in sprint races has become more tight if possible.

The tightest fleet top-10's were:

• Carcass to Beaver Sprint 2015 with top-10 in just 8 seconds after sailing 05:00:46, this was also in percentages tightest in top-10 (0.044%)
• SWR 2014-2015 - Leg 7 - Newport to Lisbon had the second tightest top-10 in percentages. After sailing  8 days 08:51:31 first ten boats came within 9 minutes 27 seconds (0.078%)

Longest and shortest races in 2015

1. SWR2014-2015 Leg 3 - Abu Dhabi to Sanya took 24 days 09:59:59
2. SWR2014-2015 Leg 4 - Sanya to Auckland took 20 days 14:40:56
3. SWR2014-2015 Leg 6 - Itajaí to Newport took 19 days 09:33:19

1. Koshiki PYOC 2015 took 02:24:18
2. Tiree to Coll PYOC Sprint 2015 took 02:59:22
3. Tomidake RTI Sprint 2015 took 03:12:37