Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Challenge: An Unofficial Yet Thorough Record

It takes a lot for me to get motivated to post on my blog. For instance, I kept meaning to write about Tonya Cooley, a longtime veteran of The Challenge (the reality fiasco formerly known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge) and her allegation that she was raped with a toothbrush during filming of The Ruins. While she is a hot mess of a human being, I put the odds of her either lying or being wrong at around twenty percent. Then I found out that the two alleged rapists in the lawsuit were Kenny Santucci and Evan Starkman . . . and the odds dropped to five percent. To say that I consider those two scumbags before this revelation would be an understatement. But like I said, I keep losing interest in posting here.

Instead, I want to share with you something I was working on near the end of Rivals. In an effort to figure out who were the best Challengers, I took down the records of all competitors who competed in four or more seasons through last season. I admit that I need a life. This kind of thinking was why my recaps used to take so long to compile . . . I needed to get every statistic I could. The website that "employed" me for four seasons didn't appreciate the attention to detail, but maybe you will.

Before I copy and paste the table here, I want to set up the categories:

Team: This includes all missions where the player was with a team. Also, it includes the final missions from Battle Of The Seasons, Battle Of The Sexes and The Island, where the competitors were competing as teams instead of by themselves.

Solo/Duel: This includes all missions where the player was competing by themselves or partnered with another. This includes Battle Of The Sexes; while the men and women got prizes, it depended on which player performed the best.

Endgame: This is my word for any and all challenges where the winner stays in the game, while the loser is booted off the show. This does not include the Face-Offs from The Island; the winner of the one-on-one-on-one challenge stayed, while the losers were subjected to a vote from the rest of the players.

I didn't combine the team and solo/duel records for the players. My reasoning was that team records would be akin to standings of a sports league, while solo/duel would be more akin to a batting average in baseball (hits divided by at-bats). I did combine endgame results, just to see who keeps heading back into jeopardy. For instance, while Aneesa isn't anywhere near the best player I've seen, I was surprised that her endgame record is 7-3. Yes, I'm counting the time she was supposed to face Bad Beth & Beyond in Gauntlet 2, only to have that waste of genetic material quit giving Aneesa the win by forfeit.

The table is complied alphabetically, by the number of seasons participated. These statistics are unofficial; I would have to recheck the figures, and I don't know if I have the patience to do it all over again. Any and all feedback would be appreciated.



Team
Endgame
Solo/Dual
Endgame
Total
S
C
W
Name
Original Season
W
L
W
L
M
W
L
W
L
W
L
9
4
3
Derrick Kosinski
RR13: X-Treme
39
33
6
3
26
5
21
1
2
7
5
9
2
1
Katie Doyle
RR11: The Quest
36
31
5
4
14
0
14
0
2
5
6
8
4
1
Brad Fiorenza
RW14: San Diego
35
35
0
2
26
1
25
4
0
4
2
8
7
3
Kenny Santucci
Fresh Meat
30
13
0
0
41
8
33
5
1
5
1
8
4
1
Paula Meronek
RW17: Key West
18
24
2
1
25
3
19
1
3
3
4
8
3
0
Robin Hibbard
RW14: San Diego
19
31
0
1
14
2
14
1
3
1
4
8
2
1
Tonya Cooley
RW11: Chicago
23
28
3
1
10
0
10
0
1
3
2
8
4
3
Veronica Portillo
RR8: Semester at Sea
39
23
1
1
11
0
11
0
0
1
1
7
4
2
Abram Boise
RR12: South Pacific
46
28
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
7
2
0
Aneesa Ferreira
RW11: Chicago
16
24
1
1
33
0
33
6
2
7
3
7
1
0
Beth Stolarczyk
RW2: Los Angeles
15
15
2
2
11
1
10
0
1
2
3
7
4
2
Evelyn Smith
Fresh Meat
23
12
1
1
21
7
14
3
2
4
3
7
5
4
Johnny Devenanzio
RW17: Key West
23
18
1
2
12
5
7
1
1
2
3
6
4
1
Coral Smith
RW10: Back to New York
24
37
2
1
21
6
15
0
0
2
1
6
4
4
Darrell Taylor
RR11: Campus Crawl
36
18
2
0
17
3
14
1
1
3
1
6
3
2
Evan Starkman
Fresh Meat
19
7
1
0
39
14
25
3
2
4
2
6
4
0
Jenn Grijalva
RW18: Denver
8
15
2
1
28
2
23
3
1
5
2
6
3
2
Rachel Robinson
RR11: Campus Crawl
17
21
0
0
17
5
12
0
0
0
0
5
1
0
Adam King
RW13: Paris
16
11
1
2
8
2
6
1
1
2
3
5
3
0
Chris "CT" Tamburello
RW13: Paris
21
27
1
0
23
5
18
2
2
3
2
5
0
0
Danny Jamieson
RW16: Austin
14
11
0
3
7
0
7
0
2
0
5
5
1
0
Diem Brown
Fresh Meat
10
7
0
1
38
6
32
1
3
1
4
5
1
0
Eric Banks
Fresh Meat
11
9
1
1
27
1
26
1
3
2
4
5
2
1
Julie Stoffer
RW9: New Orleans
22
30
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
5
4
2
Mark Long
RR1: First Season
24
14
0
0
15
1
14
0
0
0
0
5
4
2
Mike Mizanin
RW10: Back to New York
26
29
2
0
15
1
14
0
0
2
0
5
1
0
Ryan Kehoe
Fresh Meat
3
11
1
1
16
1
15
1
3
2
4
5
2
1
Syrus Yarbrough
RW6: Boston
23
25
1
2
10
0
10
0
0
1
2
5
2
0
Tina Barta
RR12: South Pacific
14
22
1
1
18
1
17
2
0
3
1
5
3
1
Wes Bergmann
RW16: Austin
4
1
2
1
47
4
43
8
1
10
2
4
1
0
Clyde “Ace” Amerson
RW13: Paris
12
15
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
0
Casey Cooper
Fresh Meat
10
11
0
2
22
0
22
5
1
5
3
4
1
1
Dunbarr Flinn
RW19: Sydney
4
14
1
1
7
0
7
0
1
1
2
4
1
1
Johanna Botta
RW16: Austin
12
11
0
1
4
0
4
0
1
0
2
4
3
3
Landon Lueck
RW15: Philadelphia
19
13
2
0
19
8
11
3
1
5
1
4
1
1
Nehemiah Clark
RW16: Austin
6
10
2
0
17
0
17
1
3
3
3
4
1
0
Ruthie Alcaide
RW8: Hawaii
5
16
1
1
22
3
19
0
1
1
1
4
2
0
Sarah Rice
RW21: Brooklyn
6
14
2
0
7
0
7
0
2
2
2
4
0
0
Shane Landrum
RR11: Campus Crawl
18
5
0
1
26
3
23
0
1
0
2
4
4
2
Susie Meister
RR6: Down Under
27
16
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
4
3
2
Theo Vonkurnatowski
RR9: Maximum Velocity Tour
21
12
0
0
25
5
20
0
1
0
1
4
3
1
Timmy Beggy
RR2: USA
22
21
1
1
15
2
13
0
0
1
1
4
2
2
Tyler Duckworth
RW17: Key West
3
10
0
1
12
4
8
2
1
4
2
4
0
0
Tyrie Ballard
RW18: Denver
0
5
0
1
5
0
5
0
1
0
2

S: Seasons Participated
C: Seasons Completed
W: Seasons Won
Boldface indicates participation in Battle of the Exes.

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