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Kristen A Fisher wrote:
> Actually Mike did address this point in another of his emails:
> "While LW riders may have twice as many riders competing - they get about
> twice as many award placings so I withdraw my point about competition being
> harder for an award in LW than HW."
>
> If you have more people competing in a weight division, but you also give
> out more awards, then it's the same. Per his example, if there are 200 in
> LW, they give out 5% or 10 awards. If there are only 100 in HW, they give
> out 5% or 5 awards. Thus it's not harder to compete in a division with more
> people [though since the max is 10 awards per div it can be harder if there
> are >200 in a given division but per Mike this is rare].

If all you are after is an award of some kind, true.  If you have your 
sights set on First Place, there is only one of those, and in general 
the more people competing for it the harder it is to win.


--
Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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