Thanks for pulling this together!
I pro-rated the Chaser numbers to the full 2 minutes (as if the Chaser simply kept going after catching the contestants)
date: contestant questions asked, vs. (pro-rated) chaser questions asked
1/7: 18 vs. 22 questions
1/14: 19 vs 22 questions (15 x 120/80)
1/21: 19 vs. 21 questions (18 x 120/105)
2/4: 19 vs. 20 questions
2/11: 16 vs. 21 questions
It's not a huge difference (10-20% for most cases), though it's a clear and consistently in favor of the Chasers.
I too feel that coordination between contestants costs a lot of time. "Should I buzz in to pass, or wait for one of my teammates to try to come up with it?". If I remember correctly, Jen/Eric/George had some brutal delays on some questions.
Let me know if I've done any math wrong!
seaborgium wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 2:34 am
1/7 Final Chase: Kristin and James, 18 questions completed and/or answered before time ran out (17 right); Ken, 22 questions completed and/or answered before time ran out (18 right, 4 wrong with 3 pushbacks)
1/14 Final Chase: Beth and Adam, 19 questions completed and/or answered before time ran out (13 right); James, 15 questions completed and/or answered when he caught the team (15 right, 0 wrong, 40 seconds remaining)
1/21 Final Chase: Wes, 19 questions completed and/or answered before time ran out (12 right); Brad, 18 questions completed and/or answered when he caught the player (15 right, 3 wrong with 2 pushbacks, 15 seconds remaining)
2/4 Final Chase: Michael and Daniel, 19 questions completed and/or answered before time ran out (17 right); James, 20 questions completed and/or answered before time ran out (14 right, 6 wrong with 1 pushback)
2/11 Final Chase: Eric, George, and Jen, 16 questions completed and/or answered before time ran out (13 right); Ken, 21 questions completed and/or answered before time ran out (17 right, 4 wrong with 2 pushbacks)
Sara is getting through the questions faster with the chasers. Part of it is that the chasers are more consistently able/willing to interrupt Sara and prevent questions from being read in full, and part of it is probably that they waste less time when they don't know answers. If Sara is reading more slowly for them, they're more than making up for it with their gameplay.