Hi everyone!
Week two is over... how are you feeling? Have you learned something new this week? Please share :)
Remember, slow and steady -- this is a marathon, not a sprint. Take breaks, drink plenty of water, and stand up and stretch periodically. You can do it!
First of all, Total% ... what have we done together, in this short span of time?
This week, 67 people have made a total of 20,683 IDs!
Over the span of the entire competition, that's 56,525 IDs! Wow!
Improve%
Note: we are counting the proportion of your weekly IDs to your pre-competition IDs. We've decided to do it this way, rather than as a cumulative count, to encourage you to form a regular/steady habit rather than binge-identifying.
Cumulative count will be provided at the end, and if you absolutely must know it now, you can calculate it yourself using information from the Resources post.
1st @natashataylor, 178%
2nd @philodendronjoe, 141%
3rd @abigstone, 138%
4th @troisha, 135.7%
10th @paulexcoff, 107.8%
20th @gheaton, 103.0%
30th @oliverc29, 100.85%
40th 100.45%
50th 100.11%
60th 100.02%
We have a new category this week, the one you previously voted on. It is "most IDs on observations 5 years old" aka added on or before December 31 2015.
old%
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@ddubois2, 314
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@sedgequeen, 294
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@esummerbell and @natashataylor, 59
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@michaelpirrello, 53
And now, the grand reveal... what is Mystery% this week??
Beetles? Nope actually it is The Beatles! Tricked you! The following people have ID'd the most taxa mentioned in the lyrics of the British superstar band.*
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@mike_h, 628
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@philodendronjoe, 85
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@ddubois2, 58
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@kemper, 24
*for details on how we calculated this week's mystery% see next journal post.
The hint for next week's Mystery% is:
National Cherry Popsicle Day
If you are one of the top 4 in any of the three categories, you win a link to an adorable image of an organism of your choice. Multiple wins = multiple taxa. Send trh_blue a direct message to let her know your choice.
Since we are seeing repeat winners, any individual can only get four prizes total. We will give the prize to the next-ranking person in stead. You can and should be proud of yourself regardless!
To see complete rankings go here.
note: we still have to add old% for the week but we'll do it later because it's late already
One day at a time, don't fade out now! Six more weeks to go!