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RJSRdg wrote: ↑28 Feb 2023, 11:12 I am of the understanding (and I'm sure either of them will correct me if I'm wrong) that Andi and Steve's record run went to plan apart from the last train being nine minutes late.

RJSRdg wrote: ↑28 Feb 2023, 11:12 I am of the understanding (and I'm sure either of them will correct me if I'm wrong) that Andi and Steve's record run went to plan apart from the last train being nine minutes late.

RJSRdg wrote: ↑28 Feb 2023, 11:12 I am of the understanding (and I'm sure either of them will correct me if I'm wrong) that Andi and Steve's record run went to plan apart from the last train being nine minutes late.

Lunaticonthegrass wrote: ↑27 Feb 2023, 16:30 100% completion rate for me!

I've only attempted 1 FNC. I got about an hour in before my planned Oylmpia train didn't turn up and I had to wait for the next one. I had various other delays during the day and ended up finishing more than 90 minutes behind my planned schedule. I didn't have the confidence to re-route on the fly then (not sure I do now even) so I stuck to my route and sucked up the delays. (The major delays all came when there was nothing I could do about them anyway, like being stuck at Woodford for half a hour waiting for a Hailnault train.)

There's always a chance that things will go horribly wrong, but I agree that it's unlikely to not be able to complete.

28th April seems fine. Good time of year weather-wise. Central line isn't doing night tube that evening, but they should still be running trains until a little after midnight.

Whatever happens, have fun!

RJSRdg wrote: ↑04 Mar 2023, 20:43 I've found with some of my more recent planned routes (bearing in mind that at the moment I'm looking more at setting a time than being fastest - though hopefully still fast enough to beat Andrew C's current unofficial record), that often there can be more than one order of visiting a set of stations, that still completes that set by the same time.
For example, although my NW start route uses the first available starting train, catching the next train instead still feeds into the same train later on. This came in quite useful on my test day last September, where the bus between Canon's Park and Edgware got caught up in roadworks, and I was just able to switch to the route from the later start and catch up with myself later on.

In particular, the different routes between Morden and Wimbledon, and the relative infrequency of District Line trains from Wimbledon (depending which way you're going at Earl's Court) can introduce a catch-up opportunity.