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Posted: 12 Jun 2007, 16:54
by jonny
What about TC's attempt that got aborted after 2 stations?
Posted: 12 Jun 2007, 16:58
by Going Underground
jonny wrote:What about TC's attempt that got aborted after 2 stations?
Yeah publish it young man
What happened then
Funnily enough on our last attempt we nearly had to abort after
ZERO stations.......

Posted: 12 Jun 2007, 17:03
by jonny
I believe the Chesham branch was suspended, can't remember exactly though.
Posted: 12 Jun 2007, 17:46
by Root
I think it should only be a list of complete challenges.
Meaning I haven't actually done the full network, because I didn't visit Shoreditch, thinking I wouldn't have to.
Which is fine by me, because the time isn't worth mentioning...
Posted: 12 Jun 2007, 19:00
by Soup Dragon
The reason I say to include all attempts is to show just how popular this record is and how difficult it is to actually visit all stations in 1 day.
Posted: 12 Jun 2007, 20:10
by ping pon
i think there should be a table showing the top times that are completed then it goes down to the most stations visited and if two teams are tied it should be the one with the best time
Posted: 12 Jun 2007, 21:12
by jonny
I think Ping Pon's idea is perhaps the best, though I doubt that I'll be able to construct the whole league table very easily. Everyone please post here their scores.
Posted: 12 Jun 2007, 23:11
by petermiller36
Flippin heck, I can't even remember my times but I've looked through the website and my little book...
Peter Miller & Richard Miller 19:25:38
Peter Miller & Richard Miller 19:42:24
Peter Miller 20:01:18
Peter Miller, David Gold, Hayley Wright & Claire Tiffen 274 stations - 22h17m
Getting better each time.
Posted: 13 Jun 2007, 08:06
by Soup Dragon
OK here are some times from the Browns & Starkey
18:43:56 Antony, Jamie & Kevin Phillip Brown & John Stark
19:42:19 (273) Antony, Jamie, Kevin & John Stark
17:55:47 (254) Antony Brown (Aborted Oakwood but kept watch running to Hatton X)
15:02:42 (228) Jamie & Kevin Brown & John Stark (Aborted Oakwood)
Friday 13th Challenge... we have 3 different times:
15:33:51 (224) Antony & Jamie Brown (aborted Mill Hill East)
12:44:51 (166) Kevin Brown (aborted Baker St. due missed connection)
08:15:34 (107) Phillip Brown (aborted Ealing Bdwy. due bad knee)
Posted: 13 Jun 2007, 16:51
by jonny
Thanks for that, guys.
Soup Dragon wrote:
12:44:51 (166) Kevin Brown (aborted Baker St. due missed connection)
That seems a bit of a strange reason after just 12:44!
Posted: 13 Jun 2007, 17:01
by Going Underground
jonny wrote:Thanks for that, guys.
Soup Dragon wrote:
12:44:51 (166) Kevin Brown (aborted Baker St. due missed connection)
That seems a bit of a strange reason after just 12:44!
Not really, this was the infamous Friday 13th attempt that lost over 45mins at Moor Park and we were way behind the clock at Baker Street...
We were changing from Jubilee to Circle it was very busy and I went the "correct" way up the stairs and couldn't get past a crowd of people. When I got to the top it transpired someone had collapsed and Soupie and The Dr had got ahead of me so I missed the connection...
It was already game over by that stage anyway...
Posted: 13 Jun 2007, 17:12
by jonny
ah ok, fair enough!
Posted: 13 Jun 2007, 18:11
by PFW
Would it be useful if you also recorded the dates when people undertook the attempts? It would be interesting to see how whether times have generally decreased over the last 5 years or so, and whether this is down to system improvements. Not that long ago 19.5 hours was a respectable time, but not any more
Posted: 13 Jun 2007, 18:43
by jonny
OK, keep the suggestions coming

Posted: 13 Jun 2007, 21:47
by tpfkar
I've always kept quiet about my own attempts, but in truth there's never been that much to shout about!
I might have to get some times out of the cupboard....