TrHackathon: AthTech Challenge

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This is the main thread for the AthTech trHackathon.

Do you want to participate? :writing_hand: Just post a message here indicating your interest and introducing yourself (+ your team, if you are more). You don’t need to disclose your great idea.

You can find the rules and more information on the official website.

Feel free to ask any question about the challenge here!

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Hello,

Unfourtunately I haven’t been able to come up with something I’d want to do with the awesome datasets that you guys have treated us with. Instead I have a fairly plain and boring idea that I’ve had before. And I don’t even know if I’ll have the time and motivation to accomplish it. But there’s no harm in applying, right?

Scoring road running.

WA scoring tables are a tool that converts an athletic performance in a numerical score and somewhat allows comparing performances across different events. However, it’s only applicable for a predefined set of events. If you’ve run a 3.6 km race or an 8 km morning run, they are of no use. Sure, you can extrapolate the pace and compare it to your 10 km pace, but why not make it more precise and let you gauge how good or bad was that 8 km run?

My idea is to:

  • Create a formula or an algorithm to calculate such score for road running of any length. It should strive to conform with WA scoring points wherever it’s defined.
  • Create a JS library (or add a feature to my existing one) to do the calculations.
  • Create a small app where one can specify the distance and their time and receive a score that gauges that performance.

I don’t have a team. If anyone is interested to join me, hit me up in the DMs.

I am aware this is not very needed for competitions. It’s more of use for recreational runners or training work. So let me know if this is too far outside the intended scope of this challenge!

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