The Amazing Race 9: Final Rankings

Written by Citanul from the blog Statistically Speaking - The Amazing Race on 08 Aug 2007
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For an explanation of the rankings, see here.

Episode Rankings
(previous episode's positions given in brackets)

Teams in finish order
1) BJ & Tyler (1)
2) Eric & Jeremy (2)
3) Ray & Yolanda (3)

Teams ranked by performance throughout the episode
1) Eric & Jeremy (2)
2) BJ & Tyler (1)
3) Ray & Yolanda (3)

Eric & Jeremy led for most of the leg, only falling behind at the roadblock, which is why they are ranked first.

Overall Rankings

Teams in average finish order
1) Eric & Jeremy (1)
2) BJ & Tyler (2)
3) Ray & Yolanda (3)

Teams ranked by average episode performance
1) Eric & Jeremy (1)
2) BJ & Tyler (2)
3) Ray & Yolanda (3)

Roadblock Record

BJ: 6, Tyler: 5
Eric: 6, Jeremy: 5
Ray: 6, Yolanda: 5

Final Thoughts

So did the best team win? The answer is definitely no.

Eric & Jeremy were the best team on the race, only finishing out of the top two on one occasion. I don't have records for every other season of the Amazing Race, but there surely hasn't been another team as dominant.

Admittedly, BJ & Tyler did pretty well and came first five times, which is the same number as Eric & Jeremy. However, they also finished last twice and were only saved by the non-elimination nature of those legs.

But BJ & Tyler were the second-best team, and so in the end the two best teams occupied the top two positions.

1 Comment

Lingo
08 Aug 2007 14:19

Yeah, statistically speaking, Eric and Jeremy are, by far, the most accomplished team of any Race, ever. But it's difficult to compare seasons. In the first 4 seasons, there were a lot more Fast Forwards, so it was much more difficult for any one or two teams to win so many 1st-place finishes. Also, there were no real bunching points in the first 4 or 5 episodes of this season, which made it much easier for E&J and BJ&T to stay on top of the other teams for the first half of the race. And many would say that the tasks were much easier on this race, and the competition was much weaker. That's a subjective call.

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