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Ben Cochrane

@BenCochraneR

Data enthusiast, AFL nuffie, Spurious correlator, #rstats enjoyer

 Canberra, ACT
Joined October 2021
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What does the average #AFL player look like? Layering semi-transparent AFL headshots of all 2022 players yields this bloke:
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This week in football welcomes another new writer - @BenCochraneR! Ben has a great take on the Jack-ful and Jack-less years in the league. A whole lot more in there too! thisweekinfootball.com/twif/…
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Hello @Adelaide_FC, I have some suggested edits to make the new logo even more South Australian.
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A closer look at the meaning behind our new logo.
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Food for thought.
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What could a visual illustration of #AFL injury lists🩹look like? Of the 161 current injured players (19.9%), injuries most commonly occur in the thighs (hamstring and quad), ankles, knees and brains.
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This can be broken down by teams, with the dummy receiving a team coloured beanie.
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All listed AFL players can be plotted, with their models scaled by height, to view entire team lists and their reported injuries.
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What if the MCG was a golf course?⛳ 87% of goals from uninterrupted kick-in chains are converted within 10 strokes; the AFL avg is 8 strokes.
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The lowest chain was by North Melbourne in 2022, who went from kick-in to goal in two kicks🦵🦵⛳
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Venues vary in sample size for uninterrupted kick-in➡️goal chains.
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Replying to @wfmackey @BenCochraneR
pls don’t encourage him
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Where do you sit on the fr-Utility curve?
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This is the worst thing I've ever created - who did I miss?
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Unsurprisingly, vowels dominate the most common #NYT crossword square answers. The exception being that all corners of the grid are most commonly the letter 'S'. #rstats #crossword
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There is an interesting trend in the layout of cell blanks. These blanks frequently form a # crosshatch. With one of these occurring in at least half of all crosswords. The most frequent non-blank cell is 'S' in the top-right corner, occurring in 27.3% of crosswords.
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Without blanks and vowels, the pattern is less clear. The letter 'S' occurs most frequently in over 54% of cells, especially around the edges of the crossword.
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The three AFL/AFLW Duursma children are born in named order, XYZ. Did you know they have a fourth sibling, AFL prospect Willem, who is born alphabetically out of order. WXYZ could be the longest chain of alphabetically joined family members in the #AFL/#AFLW. Any others? 🧵
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What would Australia look like as a geographically accurate #Catan board? Thanks to satellite imaging and #rstats we are able to create 'CATANberra' - see how below 🧵
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Leaving us with a resizable, multiplayer friendly, lore-accurate Australian Catan map (bring your own number tokens). Traffic permitting, you can make your own board here : bcochrane.shinyapps.io/catan…
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The shiny bcochrane.shinyapps.io/catan… has a 'Random' mode if you prefer a more balanced gameplay experience
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