Four Ways to Predict the World's Strongest Man 2022 Final
On the eve of WSM 2022, there's been a lot of speculation about placings. Strongman is a super unpredictable sport, which is part of why it's so entertaining, but I decided to compile four quick lists which might predict how everyone places. I don't expect any of these to be any more accurate than a quick prediction thrown together by a fan, but it was interesting seeing how athletes compared by different metrics, and whether any of the lists happen to be close to the actual results! My predictions The most obvious way to predict performance is to look at how different athletes have performed in the same or similar events to those in the final. Still, there are loads of factors that can influence performance and many athletes haven't tried various events recently (or at all). I basically did a 'traditional' prediction for this - using information from Strongman Archives , but also going off things like training footage and physical attributes. Going through ...