Danny Chew’s RAAM Statistical Spreadsheets

 

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A.     Solo Women RAAM Finishers Average Speed Ranking

B.     Transcontinental Solo Bike Crossings Over 14 mph

C.     Solo Sub 9 Day Transcontinental Crossings

D.     RAAM Rookie-of-the-Year Average Speeds

E.     GABR/RAAM Solo Men Winners

F.     RAAM Solo Women Winners

G.     Solo Men RAAM Winner’s Margin of Victories

H.     Solo Women RAAM Winner’s Margin of Victories

I.     RAAM % Did Not Finish (DNF)

J.     RAAM Average Placings & Finishing Times

K.     RAAM Distances and Starting & Finishing Cities

L.     2006 RAAM 3,043 Mile Route Record Average Speed Times

M.     Solo & Team RAAM Field Sizes

N.     The Most RAAM Miles Ridden

O.     RAAM Age Demographics

P.     RAAM Records for All Divisions

Solo	Women	RAAM Finishers	Speed	Ranking
Rank	Year	Rider	Avg. Speed	Notes
1	1995	Seana Hogan	13.22
2	1995	Muffy Ritz	13.09
3	1989	Susan Notorangelo	12.93
4	1994	Seana Hogan	12.90
5	1986	Elaine Mariolle	12.84
6	1993	Seana Hogan	12.57
7	1997	Seana Hogan	12.52
8	1993	Muffy Ritz	12.49	Rookie of the Year
9	1986	Susan Notorangelo	12.45
10	1985	Susan Notorangelo	12.26
11	2000	Cassie Lowe	12.24	Rookie of the Year
12	2001	Cassie Lowe	12.04
13	1997	Muffy Ritz	12.02
14	1985	Shelby Hayden-Clifton	12.01
15	1985	Elaine Mariolle	11.84
16	1990	Nancy Raposo	11.72
17	2005	Cat Berge	11.08	Rookie of the Year
18	1987	Casey Patterson	10.96
19	1998	Seana Hogan	10.72
20	1994	Julie Johnson-Bilger	10.67	Rookie of the Year
21	1987	Cheryl Marek	10.65	Rookie of the Year
22	2006	Shanna Armstrong	10.63	Rookie of the Year
23	1988	Cindi Staiger	10.53
24	1990	Cheryl Marek	10.51
25	1992	Seana Hogan	10.43	Rookie of the Year
26	1994	Jodi Groesbeck	10.34	Unofficial
27	1992	Debbie Turner	10.04
28	1990	Michelle Grainger	10.03	Rookie of the Year
29	1991	Cathy Ellis	9.95	Rookie of the Year
30	1988	Karen Anderson	9.86	Rookie of the Year
	1984	Shelby Hayden-Clifton	9.86	Rookie of the Year
	1984	Pat Hines	9.86	Rookie of the Year
31	1987	Marie Costellic	9.54
32	1988	Nancy Raposo	9.30
33	1991	Debbie Breaud	9.16
34	1984	Elaine Mariolle	9.07
35	1991	Susan France	8.73
36	1992	Bonnie Allison	8.47	Oldest Finisher

The top 14 rides (all over 12 mph)are dominated by the four greatest women RAAM riders:
6 time winner Hogan with 4.
2 time winner Notorangelo with 3.
2 time winner Lowe with 2.
Ritz (Grestest woman rider to never win RAAM {Thanks to Seana}) with 3.

23 courageous women have finished 38 times.

Transcon	tinental Solo	Bike Crossings	Over	14 mph
Rank	Year	Rider	Avg. Speed	Notes
1	1986	Penseyres	15.40
2	1990	Secrest	15.24	non-RAAM
3	1992	Kish	14.91
4	1992	Fourney	14.85
5	1999	Chew	14.72
6	2000	Fasching	14.70
7	1992	Tatrai	14.69
8	2004	Robic	14.66
9	1999	Fasching	14.63
10	1996	Chew	14.58
11	1989	Solon	14.50
12	1990	Fourney	14.40
13	1996	Kish	14.38
14	1990	Kish	14.32
15	1985	Boyer	14.31	Rookie
16	1998	Tatrai	14.29
17	1989	Secrest	14.17
18	1999	Tatrai	14.15
19	1996	Fasching	14.07	Rookie
20	1994	Kish	14.05
21	1985	Secrest	14.05
22	1991	Fourney	14.04

Only 10 men have made this prestigious list. Of the 22 crossings,
Kish has the most with 4. Fourney, Fasching, Tatrai, and Secrest
each have 3. Only 2 rookies made the list. Robic is the newest entry
in 2004. Every name on the list is a RAAM winner. The RAAM
winners who did not make the list are Haldeman, Spilauer, Clavedetscher,
and Larsen. Only two riders (Boyer & Secrest both in 1985) made the
list without using current day aerodynamic handlebars and wheels. Makes
you wonder what Boyer could have done had he returned as a RAAM
veteran with better equipment.

Sub 9 Day	Transcontinental	Crossings
Order	Man	Year(s)	Notes
1	Pete Penseyres	1986	15.4 mph average speed record
2	Paul Solon	1989
3	Mike Secrest	1989, 1990	1990 under 8 days outside of RAAM
4	Bob Fourney	1990, 1991, 1992
5	Rob Kish	1990, 1991, 1992, 1994,
		1995, 1996, 1998
6	Gerry Tatrai	1992, 1993, 1996, 1998,
		1999
7	Rick Kent	1992
8	Dave Kees	1992
9	Bob Breedlove	1994
10	Pat Ward	1994
11	Danny Chew	1996, 1998, 1999
12	Wolfgang Fasching	1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
13	Andreas Clavadetscher	1999
14	Fabio Biasiolo	1999
15	Allen Larsen	2003
16	Jure Robic	2004
17	Michael Trevino	2004

A good indication of just how fast a certain year is how many riders
go under 9 days. The record for this was set in 1992 and 1999 when 5
riders finished in under 9 days both of these years.

Of the 35 crossings, Kish has the most with 7, Tatrai has 5, Fasching
has 4, and Fourney & I each have 3. Six non-winners made the list.

In comparing the over 14 mph versus the sub 9 day crossings, clearly
the over 14 mph list is more prestigious as only 10 (compared to 17)
men made the list, and they are all RAAM winners. On a fast year,
several men can finish in under 9 days, but few of them go over 14 mph.
Using the 2004 RAAM distance of 2,958.5 miles would yield a finishing
time of 8:19:19. In 2004, both Robic & Trevino went sub 9 day, but
only Robic went over 14 mph.

3,024 miles is the exact distance that a 14 mph average speed would produce an exact
9 day crossing. 6 RAAM's from 1983 - 1988 have been longer than this. The longest
route was 3,170 miles in 1983 because the course had to add bonus mileage to go through
defending champion Lan Haldeman's hometown of Harvard, IL. Good thing that he won
again that year. Does anybody know who's idea this was? Could it have been ABC TV's?
They covered the first five races which aired on Wide World of Sports. Here are the exact
distances:

1983 - 3,170 miles
1984 - 3,047
1985 - 3,120
1986 - 3,107
1987 - 3,127
1988 - 3,073

WHY did these long routes end? If an over 5,000 kilometer route was used again, at least
the new flat 12 Day, 2 Hour official finisher time barrier would be closer to the old 48 hour
rule as winning times would most likely be well over 9 days.

Only two people ever finished in over 9 days, but still had average speeds over 14 mph:
Boyer &Secrest both in 1985. With the help of better equipment (aerodynamic handlebars &
wheels), Secrest later rode two sub 9 days crossings, but poor Boyer never made the sub 9 day
list, but at least he made the more prestigious over 14 mph list!

Solo	RAAM	Rookie-of-the-Year	Avg. Speeds
Rank	Year	Rider	Average Speed
1	1985	Boyer	14.31
2	1996	Fasching	14.07
3	2004	Trevino	13.88
4	1986	Beerer	13.81
5	1994	Chew	13.40
6	2006	Wyss	13.36
7	1991	Tatrai	13.34
8	1987	Spilauer	13.09
9	1989	Brain	13.03
10	1988	Fedrigon	13.02
11	1998	Clavedetscher	12.98
12	2000	Lorenz	12.97
13	2003	Robic	12.66
14	2005	MacDonald	12.61
15	1993	MUFFY RITZ	12.49
16	2002	Larsen	12.41
17	1995	Weik	12.39
18	1984	Elloitt	12.29
19	1992	Kross	12.28
20	1990	Mumbauer	12.14
21	1999	Saldanha	12.11
22	1983	Penseyres	12.09
23	1982	Howard	11.83
24	2001	Klaus	11.73
25	1997	Wilson	11.56
26	1993	Sturtz  {male}	11.20

2006 winner & Rookie-of-the-Year Daniel Wyss ranks 6th. 1st and 4th
ranked Boyer and Beerer didn't use aerodynamic handlebars & wheels
which are widely available today. In 1993, female Rookie-of-the-Year
Muffy Ritz (only woman on the list) had a much faster speed than male
Rookie-of-the-Year Scott Sturtz. Ten of the names on the list are
RAAM winners.

GABR/	RAAM	Winners
Order	Winners	Years
1	Lon Haldeman	1982, 1983
2	Pete Penseyres	1984, 1986
3	Jonathan (Jock) Boyer	1985, 2006 (E)
4	Michael Secrest	1987
5	Franz Spilauer	1988
6	Paul Solon	1989
7	Bob Fourney	1990, 1991
8	Rob Kish	1992, 1994, 1995
9	Gerry Tatrai	1993, 1998
10	Danny Chew	1996, 1999
11	Wolfgang Fasching	1997, 2000, 2002
12	Andrea Clavadetscher	2001
13	Allen Larsen	2003
14	Jure Robic	2004, 2005
15	Daniel Wyss	2006

Of the 26 races, only Kish & Fasching have won three times. Haldeman, Penseyres, Fourney, Tatrai, myself, Robic, & Boyer have won twice. The only men to have back-to-back wins are Haldeman, Fourney, Kish, & Robic.

Women	RAAM	Winners	Overall
Order	Winners	Years	Placing
1	Shelby Hayden-Clifton & Pat Hines	1984	7th
2	Susan Notorangelo-Haldeman	1985, 1989	4th, 7th
3	Elaine Mariolle	1986	5th
4	Casey Patterson	1987	16th
5	Cindi Staiger	1988	12th
6	Nancy Raposo	1990	16th
7	Cathy Ellis	1991	15th
8	Seana Hogan	1992, 1993, 1994,	12th, 3rd, 6th,
		1995, 1997, 1998	4th, 4th, 16th
9	Cassie Lowe	2000, 2001	7th, 4th
10	Cat Berge	2005	8th
11	Shanna Armstrong	2006	15th

12 women have won 18 times.

Solo	RAAM	Winner's	Margin of Victories
Rank	Year	Margin of Victory	Who Beat Who
		in Hours:Minutes
1	1992	0:48	Kish beat Fourney
2	1990	1:11	Fourney beat Kish
3	1999	1:17	Chew beat Fasching
4	1994	1:33	Kish beat Breedlove
5	1987	2:18	Secrest beat Trail
6	1996	2:46	Chew beat Kish
7	1991	3:48	Fourney beat Kish
8	1985	4:02	Boyer beat Secrest
9	2006	4:33	Wyss beat Valsesia
10	1989	4:45	Solon beat Secrest
11	1983	5:33	Haldeman beat Penseyres
12	1984	5:59	Penseyres beat Haldeman
13	1998	6:04	Tatrai beat Fasching
14	1997	6:40	Fasching beat Chew
15	1995	6:41	Kish beat Chew
16	1988	8:26	Spilauer beat Templin
17	2006	8:36	Boyer beat Baloh (E)
18	2004	11:15	Robic beat Trevino
19	2002	13:57	Fasching beat Kish
20	1982	14:57	Haldeman beat Howard
21	2003	15:12	Larsen beat Robic
22	1993	16:49	Tatrai beat Kish
23	2005	17:13	Robic beat MacDonald
24	2001	21:01	Clavadetscher beat Kish
25	2000	21:58	Fasching beat Chew
26	1986	22:15	Penseyres beat Haldeman

Women	RAAM	Winner's	Margin   of   Victories
Rank	Year	Margin of Victory	Who   Beat   Who
		in Hours:Minutes
1	1984	0:00	Hayden-Clifton tied Hines
2	1993	0:59	Hogan beat Ritz
3	1995	2:15	Hogan beat Ritz
4	1985	6:08	Notorangelo beat Hayden-Clifton
5	1986	7:25	Mariolle beat Notorangelo
6	1987	8:26	Patterson beat Marek
7	1997	10:01	Hogan beat Ritz
8	1992	10:33	Hogan beat Turner
9	1988	19:51	Staiger beat Anderson