Post by chileduck on Mar 9, 2020 11:55:53 GMT -8
After the discussion we had last June about how to show changes to a form chart during a competition, I finally got around to settling in on a method but I'd like more input if possible. Here is an example from the 2019 outdoor championships using T&F News form chart after Day 1 when all the prelims have been run and some finals in field events and the 10,000m.
The +/- numbers show changes from the original score projection shown in column 1. So you can see Houston picked up 5 points after preliminary events and picked up another 8 points when Trumaine Jefferson came out of the pack and placed second in the Long Jump. ▲▼ numbers show the movement up or down the rank ordered list of teams. So Houston has jumped up 4 positions from 7th to 3rd.
Here's what chart looks like at the end of the competition:
I could alternatively, instead of showing the position change number, could show the original position number in the first column like this:
But I think I like the first method better but I'd be interested in hearing from you.
