Ski Speed comparison season-to-season

Men

Sergey Bocharnikov was the most improved overall; he skied 4.7% faster and lowered his average ski rank by 38.7. Maybe even more impressive though, Sebastian Samuelsson and Martin Ponsiluoma both improved by 3.7%, and did so on a much higher level. Surprise winner Sturla Holm Lægreid does not show up here, because he only appeared in 4 races last season, however, he did improve his speed by 1.7%

Johannes Thingnes Bø continued where he left off: he was not simply the fastest overall (over 1% ahead of the 2nd fastest, his brother Tarjei Bø), he also set the top Course Time in both races. One of the pre-season favorites, Quentin Fillon Maillet, shot great (96.7%), but did not have the best weekend skiing-wise (his average ski rank increased from 5.6 to 15.0). Dmytro Pidruchnyi struggled the most, he was 3.3% slower than last season.

Changes in Ski Speed compared to 2019–20 season

No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Ski Rank (avg)	Change	back from Top30 median (in %)	Change
No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Ski Rank (avg)	Change	back from Top30 median (in %)	Change
1	Bocharnikov	Sergey	BLR	2	10.5	-38.7	-0.99	-4.67
2	Samuelsson	Sebastian	SWE	2	3.5	-25.2	-2.23	-3.69
3	Ponsiluoma	Martin	SWE	2	4.5	-22.6	-2.16	-3.67
4	Nelin	Jesper	SWE	2	8.5	-16.1	-0.95	-1.89
5	Fak	Jakov	SLO	2	17.5	-12.5	+0.10	-1.58
6	Moravec	Ondrej	CZE	2	31.5	-8.2	+1.45	-1.37
7	Christiansen	Vetle Sjaastad	NOR	2	9.5	-7.6	-1.26	-1.26
8	Boe	Tarjei	NOR	2	3.0	-5.0	-2.48	-1.15
9	Bauer	Klemen	SLO	2	36.0	-10.2	+2.17	-1.10
10	Jacquelin	Emilien	FRA	2	6.5	-5.2	-1.41	-0.92
11	Boe	Johannes Thingnes	NOR	2	1.0	-2.0	-3.61	-0.71
12	Claude	Florent	BEL	2	37.0	-3.2	+2.37	-0.58
13	Claude	Fabien	FRA	2	12.5	-2.5	-0.44	-0.48
14	Rastorgujevs	Andrejs	LAT	2	18.0	+0.4	+0.16	-0.31
15	Loginov	Alexander	RUS	2	13.5	-4.0	-0.21	-0.28
16	Hofer	Lukas	ITA	2	17.5	+1.8	-0.09	-0.20
17	Dale	Johannes	NOR	2	10.0	+0.2	-1.28	-0.09
18	Peiffer	Arnd	GER	2	16.5	+0.9	-0.13	-0.08
19	Iliev	Vladimir	BUL	2	24.0	+2.0	+0.72	+0.02
20	Krcmar	Michal	CZE	2	32.0	+4.8	+1.51	+0.02
21	Seppala	Tero	FIN	2	32.5	+4.7	+1.62	+0.29
22	Eliseev	Matvey	RUS	2	35.5	+7.9	+2.39	+0.31
23	Weger	Benjamin	SUI	2	34.0	+5.3	+2.00	+0.43
24	Leitner	Felix	AUT	2	30.0	+6.5	+1.36	+0.47
25	Guigonnat	Antonin	FRA	2	32.5	+10.5	+1.66	+0.52
26	Bjoentegaard	Erlend	NOR	2	16.5	+6.4	+0.08	+0.97
27	Desthieux	Simon	FRA	2	21.0	+8.7	+0.40	+1.04
28	Eder	Simon	AUT	2	45.0	+9.5	+3.60	+1.35
29	Pryma	Artem	UKR	2	43.0	+14.6	+3.13	+1.48
30	Fillon Maillet	Quentin	FRA	2	15.0	+9.4	-0.30	+1.76
31	Doll	Benedikt	GER	2	25.0	+15.1	+0.92	+1.92
32	Eberhard	Julian	AUT	2	29.5	+18.4	+1.38	+2.09
33	Kuehn	Johannes	GER	2	23.5	+16.8	+0.79	+2.14
34	Femling	Peppe	SWE	2	65.5	+17.9	+5.54	+2.31
35	Pidruchnyi	Dmytro	UKR	2	57.0	+33.1	+4.59	+3.33

Women

Among regular starters, Elvira Öberg was by far the most improved, 3.7% faster than last season. Her sister Hanna Öberg also improved a lot; the Kontiolahti sprint was her first ever race setting the top ski time. Lisa Theresa Hauser and Franziska Preuß also got considerably faster, but their improvement might not have been as obvious, because both hit only 25 out of 30 targets (83.3%), some 3-5% below their shooting percentage from last winter.

Lena Häcki, Julia Simon and Monika Hojnisz-Staręga all struggled to get going, skiing at least 3% slower. Hojnisz-Staręga had a particularly bad season opening, her average ski rank was 46.5 higher than last season, 5.0% behind her ski speed from last winter. Alongside the Öberg sisters, Tiril Eckhoff was fastest overall (but only managed a 66.7% hit rate). Last year’s top skier, Denise Herrmann, was not at her peak speed yet (+1.2%), however, her career-high 86.7% hit rate looks promising.

Changes in Ski Speed compared to 2019–20 season

No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Ski Rank (avg)	Change	back from Top30 median (in %)	Change
No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Ski Rank (avg)	Change	back from Top30 median (in %)	Change
1	Oeberg	Elvira	SWE	2	3.5	-22.0	-2.07	-3.68
2	Hauser	Lisa Theresa	AUT	2	16.0	-18.7	+0.16	-1.93
3	Oeberg	Hanna	SWE	2	3.5	-10.6	-2.02	-1.63
4	Preuss	Franziska	GER	2	12.0	-10.2	-0.26	-0.92
5	Talihaerm	Johanna	EST	2	50.0	-4.3	+3.85	-0.64
6	Tandrevold	Ingrid Landmark	NOR	2	6.0	-6.7	-1.18	-0.63
7	Brorsson	Mona	SWE	2	22.5	-5.3	+0.65	-0.62
8	Gasparin	Aita	SUI	2	47.0	+3.8	+3.34	-0.11
9	Kryuko	Iryna	BLR	2	27.5	-1.0	+1.58	-0.09
10	Lunder	Emma	CAN	2	40.5	+2.0	+2.70	-0.09
11	Charvatova	Lucie	CZE	2	26.0	+1.1	+1.43	-0.05
12	Davidova	Marketa	CZE	2	10.5	-0.3	-0.55	+0.28
13	Braisaz-Bouchet	Justine	FRA	2	6.5	+0.7	-1.71	+0.30
14	Bescond	Anais	FRA	2	17.5	+0.1	+0.40	+0.33
15	Eckhoff	Tiril	NOR	2	4.0	-1.5	-2.15	+0.35
16	Gasparin	Elisa	SUI	2	61.5	+11.3	+4.42	+0.64
17	Persson	Linn	SWE	2	26.5	+3.9	+1.50	+0.69
18	Eder	Mari	FIN	2	16.5	+3.0	+0.07	+0.71
19	Rieder	Christina	AUT	2	72.5	+14.2	+6.25	+0.92
20	Sanfilippo	Federica	ITA	2	47.0	+8.4	+3.54	+1.07
21	Innerhofer	Katharina	AUT	2	25.0	+6.6	+1.37	+1.12
22	Puskarcikova	Eva	CZE	2	55.5	+18.4	+4.10	+1.12
23	Herrmann	Denise	GER	2	6.5	+3.9	-1.85	+1.18
24	Zbylut	Kinga	POL	2	71.0	+18.1	+5.81	+1.63
25	Oja	Regina	EST	2	79.5	+20.2	+7.41	+1.90
26	Zuk	Kamila	POL	2	38.0	+17.5	+2.42	+2.05
27	Wierer	Dorothea	ITA	2	25.0	+15.0	+1.33	+2.32
28	Hinz	Vanessa	GER	2	50.5	+27.4	+3.62	+2.58
29	Vittozzi	Lisa	ITA	2	43.5	+23.5	+3.27	+2.74
30	Kuklina	Larisa	RUS	2	58.0	+22.7	+5.03	+2.77
31	Semerenko	Vita	UKR	2	73.5	+28.5	+6.25	+2.89
32	Haecki	Lena	SUI	2	45.5	+28.6	+3.35	+3.17
33	Simon	Julia	FRA	2	47.5	+33.0	+3.28	+3.38
34	Hojnisz-Starega	Monika	POL	2	63.5	+46.5	+4.87	+5.01

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Estonian says:

2020-12-02 at 20:39

Are you sure you didn’t mix up Johanna and Tuuli from Estonian team?

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- real biathlon says:
  
  2020-12-02 at 21:22
  
  I didn’t mix them up, but you are right of course improved a lot more than anyone on this list. She doesn’t appear in the table, because she only did 11 races last season. However, she would have easily topped it, her top30 ski speed was roughly 6% faster.
  
  You can check out her stats and her improvements here: Tuuli Tomingas
  
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  - pamgine says:
    
    2020-12-04 at 01:03
    
    First of all: fantastic site! Great job! (One suggestion for the season stats, allow filtering for age.)
    
    The big name missing from the women in this article is actually Dzinara Alimbekava. She’s rivalling Elvira in terms of improvement, I think.
    
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    - real biathlon says:
      
      2020-12-04 at 02:14
      
      Yes, Alimbekava is missing, but not by accident, because she only appeared in 9 races last winter.
      After today’s race she is roughly 7% faster. You can look up her stats here: Dzinara Alimbekava
      
      Filtering by age range might be an interesting idea, but maybe not so easy to implement. I’d have to think about that.
      
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Estonian says:

2020-12-02 at 20:33

Thanks for a quick response and all the analysis you do!

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Ski Speed comparison season-to-season

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