Random 15 Championship 2015/16: Round 2

[greatkingrat]

And the winning route was

Camden Town Chalk Farm King's Cross Finsbury Park King's Cross Borough Bank/Monument Tower Hill Temple (run to) Covent Garden Hyde Park Corner Green Park Bond Street Green Park Pimlico Victoria Earl's Court (run to) West Brompton Earl's Court Hammersmith (Picc) Hammersmith (H&C) Platform 1! Royal Oak

[The Orange One]

Yeah, yeah, we all know about Platform 1.

Temple to Covent Garden is a nasty run! You've either got that slope up to Aldwych, or the steps up to Waterloo Bridge. Then you've got the run up towards the piazza.

[greatkingrat]

Yes, I went via Aldwych. Not sure if it actually gained me anything over going via Bank and Holborn but didn't really fancy the Dist->Cent change at Bank.

[The Orange One]

I'd take the Dis/Cen change any day over THAT. Maybe even Cannon Street/Bank, but that is horrible.

[tangy]

The results of round 2 of the 2015/16 Random 15 Championship are as follows:

This was a bog standard London Underground in zones 1-2 only but with a live draw with all challengers present picking stations for this challenge out of a bucket whilst at the meeting point, these stations were:
--Camden Town (meet up)
--Pimlico
--Chalk Farm
--Finsbury Park
--Angel
--Tower Hill
--London Bridge
--Borough
--Covent Garden
--Hyde Park Corner
--West Brompton
--Royal Oak
--Piccadilly Circus
--Hammersmith H&C
--Bond Street

There was 12 challengers split into 7 teams, in order in which these teams finished is as below (in reverse order):

7th: Sam Smith and James Ross finishing at Finsbury Park in a time of 02:25:08.
3rd=: Kevin Brown finishing at Royal Oak in a time of 02:17:44.
3rd=: Tangy finishing at Royal Oak in a time of 02:17:44.
3rd=: The Orange One, Josh & Harry Ageros finishing at Royal Oak in a time of 02:17:44.
3rd=: Andrew Chilcraft and Steve McSherry finishing at Royal Oak in a time of 02:177:44.
2nd: Andrew Baker and Glen Bryant finishing at Finsbury Park in a time of 02:15:34.
1st: Peter Smyth finishing at Royal Oak in a time of 02:12:13.

The leaderboard (after round 2) looks like this:

1st: The Orange One: 20 points [2 rounds attended]
=2nd: Andrew Chilcraft: 18 points [2]
=2nd: Steve McSherry: 18 points [2]
4th: Peter Smyth: 17 points [2]
=5th: Tangy: 16 points [2]
=5th: Andrew Baker: 16 points [2]
=7th: Josh Ageros: 15 points [2]
=7th: Harry Ageros: 15 points [2]
9th: Glen Bryant: 14 points [2]
10th: Kevin Brown: 12 points [2]
11th: Leam Farrar: 10 points [1]
12th: Richard Martin: 6 points [1]
=13th: Nick Gardner: 3 points [1]
=13th: Tom Wood: 3 points [1]
=13th: Sam Smith: 3 points [1]
=13th: James Ross: 3 points [1]

Thank you all for attending, the next round will be held on the 9th January 2016 and will be a twist round- the twist being that the DLR will be added into the mix (with 7 new stations to welcome into zone 2).

[The Orange One]

And for anyone who liked the situation on Saturday (no closures!), once more the only thing closed is the Piccadilly from Acton Town to Uxbridge!

Let's hope for a bit more variety this time though, the last two rounds have been dull as ditchwater (even Z1-4 + NR South of the Thames managed to be a total disappointment).

[leamfarrar]

So sad that I missed it If I had the money, I would have flown back just for the round and then flown back home. I'll be thinking of you all when we do our first ever R15 Championship round early next year here in Sydney.

[palkanetoijala31]

So sad that I missed it If I had the money, I would have flown back just for the round and then flown back home. I'll be thinking of you all when we do our first ever R15 Championship round early next year here in Sydney.

Why don't u publish any rounds early enough for flights on here a special guest may turn up a bit like storage hunters uk

[leamfarrar]

So sad that I missed it If I had the money, I would have flown back just for the round and then flown back home. I'll be thinking of you all when we do our first ever R15 Championship round early next year here in Sydney.

Why don't u publish any rounds early enough for flights on here a special guest may turn up a bit like storage hunters uk

We have our first round on January 9th, 2016. Sorry I haven't gotten around to answering this, been very busy moving house

[palkanetoijala31]

So sad that I missed it If I had the money, I would have flown back just for the round and then flown back home. I'll be thinking of you all when we do our first ever R15 Championship round early next year here in Sydney.

Why don't u publish any rounds early enough for flights on here a special guest may turn up a bit like storage hunters uk

We have our first round on January 9th, 2016. Sorry I haven't gotten around to answering this, been very busy moving house

Well if i had the money u see i have come along for that as im on holiday then!

[RJSRdg]

It's a shame hypersonic air travel hasn't been invented yet! Imagine if it was possible to do London and sydney rounds of the R15 in the same day!

[greatkingrat]

What are the odds of Lewisham or Kings Cross coming out on both R15s!

[greatkingrat]

In fact you could make a new challenge - The Ashes Challenge

Visit Richmond, Sydenham, Regents Park, Stanmore, Lewisham, Epping and Kings Cross, then finish in the Olympic Park. Which continent you choose to do the challenge in is entirely up to you

[A Challenge]

In fact you could make a new challenge - The Ashes Challenge

Visit Richmond, Sydenham, Regents Park, Stanmore, Lewisham, Epping and Kings Cross, then finish in the Olympic Park. Which continent you choose to do the challenge in is entirely up to you

All in UK, stop the clock, all in Australia: final time?

[The Orange One]

Tube Olympics Event Number 7!! And you Sydney people can run your own Tube Olympics too this year; this can be a joint event. Here's my bash at routes...

London:
Stanmore Wembley Park Great Portland Street Regent's Park Oxford Circus King's Cross Victoria Richmond Clapham Junction Forest Hill (via Crystal Palace) Catford Bridge (185 bus) Lewisham Canary Wharf Stratford Epping Stratford run to Olympic Park.

Strikes me that the Jubilee Line would be faster getting you from Stanmore to Stratford, but hey. Didn't start at Epping because it's on a branch from Stratford anyway.

Sydney (would leave this to the experts, but running purely by what's on the maps):
Richmond Blacktown Strathfield (NSW Trainlink) Epping (NSW Trainlink) Burwood Town Hall (Inner West) King's Cross Sydenham Lidcombe (Bankstown) Olympic Park.

Epping on the Northern Line, that's bizarre.

Actually, let's have a look at Tube Olympics events and how they might transfer.

- The Mouse/Bottle looks like it would become the Seal (both routes between Glenfield and Town Hall plus all intermediate stations). Only one of these challenges ever happens in a Tube Olympics so you won't end up repeating it.
- Zone 1 will probably have a counterpart in Sydney soon.
- All Lines becomes the All Lines, obviously. I think I might actually prefer the Sydney version of the All Lines, ours is simultaneously frantic and boring.
- Random 15 becomes the Random 15, you have those now.
- DLR; you have a light rail line don't you? I suppose it's like our TfL Rail challenge, you get on at one end, hope the train doesn't break down and get a mediocre time at the other.
- Full Network; you have one of these already.
- Tramlink; don't think you have trams. You could put together a Trainlink challenge I guess, but you'd have to stick restrictions on. I don't know about your version of the Travelcard, perhaps you could restrict it to the areas covered by this?
- Nordic Combined: This is a brilliant little challenge. First half involves getting to as many stations in 60 minutes as possible. Second half is a quiz. You should try to score well on both.

Conclusion: We could definitely run a joint championship.