Bubble Gap 2017 - Aus Open: Deadline Mon 16th Jan 12.00am UK time

[Manaus]

We start as always in sunny Melbourne. Great timing too as it'll be nice to get away from the rather chilly weather back home.:cold:

If you need to remind yourself of the rules or you're new to this competition, then please read the rules posted here (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?2608-Bubble-Gap-Championship-2017&p=195731). The aim of this competition is to guess the bubble gap after the Australian Open. The current race rankings are as follows:


http://u.cubeupload.com/Manaus/db6RacePreAus.png
The current bubble gap is 20. That's Sela's score(170) – Andy's score(150) = 20.

The highest possible bubble gap is 1970. This involves Andy winning the title and someone who hasn't earned points yet getting to R4 with no-one overtaking him.
The smallest bubble gap is 30. This involves Andy losing in the 4th round with the top 7 getting to the SF or better and someone else who hasn't earned points yet getting to the SF.

So in summary, your guess is between 30 and 1970. If you don't want to do any maths then just guess a random number and see how things turn out!
Remember that you can't guess the same number as someone else and once you've posted your guess you can't change it.

Ranking points on offer at the Australian Open are:

R1: 10
R2: 45
R3: 90
R4: 180
QF: 360
SF: 720
F: 1200
W: 2000

Good luck to all who take part and may the best driver win!:trophy:


Deadline: Monday 16th January, 12.00am UK time

[Manaus]

http://u.cubeupload.com/Manaus/32eBGAusFL.png http://u.cubeupload.com/Manaus/da6RaceAusF.png
Entry list


Name
Team

Guess


anor
-

1745


hfwardhouse
Pink Ladies

1445


Linda
Red Bull

990


banskogirl
-

1125


Jaydu
-

1790


Genbrit
Flyinh Ferraris

1789


Golden Lady
Golden Yorkie Car

1650


Helen40
Red Bull

1788


jaysee
Yellow Peril

1810


pabbers
Pink Ladies

980


JAMES4578
Wacky Racers

1651


cazza99
Flying Ferraris

989


DaveArneRiise
Wacky Racers

1066


Yorkie
Golden Yorkie Car

970


Manaus
-

1390

[anor]

1745 please

[hfwardhouse]

1445

[Linda]

I am totally confused because I have two players tying for 8th place! So is that the 9th place that I take from Andy's score, or do I go to the next one down? :confused:

[-J-]

I am totally confused because I have two players tying for 8th place! So is that the 9th place that I take from Andy's score, or do I go to the next one down? :confused:
I was thinking that to, presume joint 8th will be the bubble gap rather than 10th or 11th but not sure

[Manaus]

I was thinking that to, presume joint 8th will be the bubble gap rather than 10th or 11th but not sure

Yes J is right, 2 players in joint 8th will occupy 8th and 9th place, so whatever score the joint players have is used for the BG calculation.

[Linda]

990

[banskogirl]

1125

[-J-]

1790

[Genbrit]

1789

[Golden Lady]

1650

[Helen40]

1788

[jaysee]

1810

[pabbers]

980

[JAMES4578]

I'll need to go for 1651, thanks.

[cazza99]

Ahhhh, several others have beaten me to what I wanted to predict, with Andy winnng, so I will go 989 .

[DaveArneRiise]

1066

[Yorkie]

970

[Manaus]

I'll take 1390.


PS. Let me know if there are any changes to the teams.

[Manaus]

And here are the starting positions. Best of luck everyone. :thumbup:

http://u.cubeupload.com/Manaus/dccBGAusSL.png

[Manaus]

Standings after round 1:


http://u.cubeupload.com/Manaus/70cBGAusR1.png http://u.cubeupload.com/Manaus/76bRaceAusR1.png

[Yorkie]

Its good seeing Dan above the bubble - wonder where he will be by the end of the AO?

Think this might just be a slow burner for our competition - at least I hope it goes to the very last lap where I am guessing I will be very tight on fuel.

[Helen40]

Its good seeing Dan above the bubble - wonder where he will be by the end of the AO?

Think this might just be a slow burner for our competition - at least I hope it goes to the very last lap where I am guessing I will be very tight on fuel.

Yeah, 6th in the race, one above a certain Sir Muzzah. Wouldn't it be amazing if he were still there next week.

[-J-]

yeah, 6th in the race, one above a certain sir muzzah. Wouldn't it be amazing if he were still there next week.
nope!

[Manaus]

Standings after round 2.


http://u.cubeupload.com/Manaus/d3dBGAusR2.png http://u.cubeupload.com/Manaus/493RaceAusR2.png

[Manaus]

Standings after round 3:


http://u.cubeupload.com/Manaus/753BGAusR3.png http://u.cubeupload.com/Manaus/1c8RaceAusR3.png

[Linda]

Well, this is very interesting as the bubble gap has been turned upside down for the first time in a long time. Andy will be outside the top 8, so the bubble gap will be the difference between his points and those of the player in 8th place. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the player in 8th place is . . . . Mischa Zverev! with 400 points to Andy's 330, so the bubble gap will be a mere 70.

[Manaus]

Apologies for the very late update. Combination of me being busy and cubeupload being down.


http://u.cubeupload.com/Manaus/Podium17Aus.png



Yorkie
Golden Yorkie Car

25



pabbers
Pink Ladies

18



cazza99
Flying Ferraris

15



Linda
Red Bull

12



DaveArneRiise
Wacky Racers

10



banskogirl
-

8



Manaus
-

6



hfwardhouse
Pink Ladies

4



Golden Lady
Golden Yorkie Car

2



JAMES4578
Wacky Racers

1




Well done to Yorkie, pabbers and cazza. :clap: Hopefully we get more action next time.

[hfwardhouse]

Woot! Well done teamie! And Yorkie and Cazza.

[pabbers]

Just spotted this.......:shocked: Mind you, I'd rather Andy had gone further!

[Helen40]

Hi, any chance of removing old comps from the 'sticky' bit at the top of the page please.