One of my favorite moments of the week: Looking at bull riding through the lens of math. I will start with a few interesting stats:
Valdiron de Oliveira's and Austin Meier's world rankings: 1 and 2
Their riding percentages: 70 and 70 (7 out of 10 bulls ridden)
Silvano Alves' world ranking: 14
His riding percentage: 87.50 (7 out of 8 bulls ridden)
Number of re-rides Alves has turned down this year: 3. So out of his seven total rides, three were declined re-ride options.
Scores of Alves' 7 rides so far this year: 83.5 - 84.50 - 85.50 - 81.25 - 84.75 - 73.50, 73.75, 79
Out of a possible 6 short rounds so far this year, number Alves has been in: 1 (no score)
Make of all that what you will. Now onto the Portland numbers.
46+ bulls: 1
45+ bulls: 4
44+ bulls: 12
Number of times J.B. Mauney has attempted to ride Train Wreck: 4
Number of times he has ridden him: 2
Number of times Train Wreck has fallen on him: 2
Scores when J.B. has made the whistle on him: 88.50 and 89.50
90+ rides: 1
89+ rides: 3
Number of riders that have placed in the top five in more than one event: 2 (Oliveira and Meier)
Overall riding percentage for the event: 42.42
Rides in each round: 13 / 2 / 23 / 4
Riders with four rides: 1
Riders with three rides: 4
Riders with two rides: 6
Riders with one ride: 14
Riders with no rides: 15
Number of 90+ rides so far this year: 3
Number of 90+ rides Chris Shivers needs to reach ninety 90+ rides: 4
Number of tweets from riders, announcers, PBR folk during the event: This is a guess, but maybe 200 over the two days, maybe even more. I tell you, these guys take tweeting seriously.
