Hi all,
With all this free time I\’ve done some quick and fun analysis of the numbers from cush2011! To start with, here\’s a histogram of how many teams attempted each item:
![\"\"](\"https://cush.soc.srcf.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/teams_per_item_histogram.png\" "\\"teams_per_item_histogram\\"")
There were 412 items attempted out of a possible 500 (82%), and 329 items had maximum points awarded to at least one team.
The following items were not attempted by anyone:
| Num. | Item |
|---|---|
| 6 | The biggest Royal Wedding photograph |
| 11 | A Superinjunction |
| 13 | An RSA SecureID token |
| 25 | A Carriage |
| 31 | A glass slipper |
| 33 | Stag do photos |
| 35 | Cartwheeling whilst dressed as a vicar |
| 40 | Tobin\’s spirit guide |
| 45 | High voltage laser containment facility |
| 46 | Bill Murry |
| 47 | Total protonic reversal |
| 48 | Twinkie (bonus points if 35\’ long and 600lb) |
| 67 | Most people on a punt |
| 71 | A stress detector machine (bonus if it works) |
| 75 | Flammable sea parks model (bonus points if burnt down, with explanation) |
| 76 | Wear an Aunt Irma t-shirt |
| 77 | Grand Designs DVDs (bonus points if you don\’t have a receipt) |
| 80 | Shithead of the Year Award |
| 81 | A Flappy Duck take away dinner |
| 114 | Holiday snaps from Girton |
| 115 | Girton passport stamp |
| 116 | Surfboard |
| 127 | Mr. ASBO |
| 136 | A video on saving money |
| 138 | Cardboard box house (must be able to fit at least one judge) |
| 141 | Cave Johnson quotes recited from memory |
| 143 | A personality core |
| 145 | Long fall boots |
| 147 | An ASHPD (bonus points if it works) |
| 164 | Myrrh |
| 166 | A snow ball |
| 173 | Pigs in blankets (bonus for quantity) |
| 175 | An ugly Christmas jumper |
| 198 | A probability drive |
| 201 | Bistromath |
| 203 | Deep Thought |
| 206 | A properly labelled book of matches |
| 220 | Meatloaf |
| 221 | Old fashioned rattle |
| 222 | Micky Mouse Hat |
| 224 | Charles Atlas |
| 231 | The Eye of Gallifrey |
| 233 | Time Lord robes |
| 235 | Tom Baker scarf |
| 239 | The Rod of Rassilon |
| 244 | A monocle |
| 245 | A cravat |
| 253 | The source |
| 256 | A ruby on some rails |
| 258 | The Sea |
| 259 | HAL 9000 |
| 265 | Most twitter followers |
| 266 | Get #cush11 trending |
| 270 | Proof of fattest mum |
| 300 | Arabic dictionary |
| 310 | Shot put |
| 322 | An anti-bullying video |
| 350 | Oldest Varsity hoody |
| 361 | A Betamax tape |
| 363 | A polaroid |
| 367 | A TV watch |
| 368 | A thermionic valve (vacuum tube) |
| 373 | Gramaphone |
| 374 | A Laserdisk |
| 376 | A typewriter |
| 381 | An HD-DVD |
| 402 | Ancient Mew Pokemon Card |
| 409 | Hansom Taxi |
| 415 | Hover car |
| 416 | Hoverboard |
| 420 | A space suit |
| 421 | A square melon |
| 424 | Soylent Green |
| 426 | Nicotine patches |
| 428 | A Jade hairpin |
| 433 | An ASBO |
| 440 | Carl Powers\’ shoes |
| 452 | Red weed |
| 455 | Triffid |
| 461 | Four-leafed clover |
| 468 | The Angry Inch |
| 478 | Rollerblades and goggles |
| 481 | A mithril skateboard |
| 486 | Ramona\’s bag |
| 488 | A glowing head |
| 489 | The Power of Love |
| 490 | The Power of Understanding |
The most popular items (attempted by 8 teams) were:
| Num. | Item |
|---|---|
| 17 | Chequered Shirt (up to 5, must be wearing all of them) |
| 19 | Pretentious band t-shirt |
| 122 | Alcohol |
| 189 | A towel |
338 points were awarded for superlative entries, out of a total of 4288.5, for 8% of all points going to superlatives.
Here\’s a chart of the number of items attempted by each team:
![\"\"](\"https://cush.soc.srcf.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/items_per_team.png\" "\\"items_per_team\\"")
And to finish off, here\’s the money shot: the scores of each team over the two days!
![\"\"](\"https://cush.soc.srcf.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cush_2011_points.png\" "\\"cush_2011_points\\"")
Hope you enjoyed these stats!