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March Madness. Kevin @ Wednesday, March 10th   [link]

Movement The drastic changes in the top ten ensues, starting once again with #4 David Roldan. He's up a spot from last week, having passed #5 Alibis van Deaf, and coming very close to #3 Giulio Centrone, his next victim. His cuts weren't so big, but he hit some more nifty top ten times, highlighted by his MB 3lap of 1'09"975, a new WR and sub! David also took over as #1 in the PRB flap totals; not too important but a cool little fact. Anyway, right behind David, we have #6 Dylan Gaunt. His 0.3438 AF cut was enough to give him a single-digit AF, as he continues is pursuit of the top five. A bunch of God times and top tens came from Dylan as well, but more importantly, he hit two flap WRs; AF 34"493 and PG 27"748. Some more continued success, and maybe we'll have a battle for Australian Champion one day? We can only hope it gets so exciting. Trying his best to keep up with the other two powerhouses, #7 Timur Ahmad made bigger cuts than the previous two this week with a 1.0937 AF cut, bringing him close to a single-digit AF score as well. Lots of good times from Timur, including a PG flap 27"886, which was the WR early in the week before Dylan stole it back from him. Timur looks to be the one other person who will be added to the top five soon along with David and Dylan, maybe that means he'll take some time to focus on PRB? On that topic, PRB #3 Abel Marques is a beast, plain and simple. Every time David comes in with some times and passes Abel, he submits a few random yet outstanding times to pass him right back. The battle continued this week as Abel needed a 1.2188 AF cut to keep his position. Abel hit a bunch of PRs that I'm too lazy to name, so just know that they're awesome. He's just 0.6 AF from that #2 spot which he said he'd have by July, so I'm sure he'll have it much earlier, as he seems to have crazy tricks up his sleeve. Abel also passed #9 Sascha Brauninger on the Non-PRB charts, but who cares? He did also become Myth A in Non-PRB. #16 Matthew Ord moved a bit closer to Cole Gilbert and the top fifteen with a 0.3281 AF cut. As Matthew did a few weeks ago, it was #26 Robert Lee's turn to make a random comeback. After six months of inactivity, he made a 0.5938 AF cut. It was a good time to start I assume, as #29 Pol Gonzalez is creeping behind. Making a 0.3906 AF cut this week, he didn't move up a spot, but is position to move up a spot or two next week. The battle of the French is still going strong, as #35 Simon Levy still leads the way. His 1.3437 AF cut gave him enough breathing room.. for now. #37 Timothee Le Borgne made the bigger splash with a 2.5469 AF cut to move up a spot, as he tries to catch Simon. In the process, he reached Titan A overall. Unfortunately for me, they'll both be passing me soon, so I'll be the real loser in the end. Finishing off the top 100, we have #58 Patryk Choma reporting a PR for a 0.4063 AF cut, moving up one spot. Finally we have #70 Stefan who also moved up one spot despite a 4.0000 AF cut. He's close to passing #69 Miguel Rodriguez, so that's nice milestone to reach. Movement outside the top 100 included #139 Pablo Gabriel -4.1250, #199 Troy Dunbeck -3.7810, #259 Michael Tunzi -17.6870, #276 Christian Wild -4.5630, #299 Alex Frasca -42.4380 (Advanced D to Advanced C), #312 Daan Becker -24.6250 (Advanced D to Advanced C), #319 Christophe Charignon -0.5470 and #607 Gabriele Magi -2.0000. New Records There were 5 WR's improved (blue) and 6 non-prb times (pink). It was a really busy week with Timur Ahmad getting his first overall WR taking the PG flap from Dylan Gaunt with a time of 27"886. The next big surprise was Abel Marques who broke the long streak held by Thomas Bolton and Ben Stoneman on DKP edging the 3lap out with 1'44"590 and almost subbing the flap with an insane 34"034! The next WR to fall was MB 3lap which almost turned 2 years old until David Roldan smashed Thomas' old time and got the sub 1'10 with a great time of 1'09"975. Dylan wouldn't let Timur just take his first WR away so he smashed it back big with a nice time of 27"748. For his final trick, Dylan beat the almost 2 year old record set by Thomas Bolton on AF flap by just 1 thousandth getting 34"493! For Non-PRB, besides the ones already mentioned Abel took the MC flap back with an impressive 29"443! Awards Okay, so I may not be sure if this player did it all this week, but he would have won one along the way for sure, since he's been tearing up his times. For some crazy cuts and surprise WRs, Abel Marques wins the POW for the first week of March! ~Kmacc

Sky Garden shortcut? Kevin @ Monday, March 1st   [link]

Movement The top ten madness continues again with #5 David Roldan. His Non-PRB cuts were minimal, just barely inching towards the top three. However, he had a strong cut on the PRB chart of 0.6406 AF, once again moving ahead of #4 Abel Marques. Seven PRs were cranked out this week, all ranked in the single-digits, as almost all of his times are ranked. Highlights include CCB 1'24"237 + 27"253 and LC2 1'14"900 + 24"563. For anyone who reads the forum, they also know about David's work on SG flap, reinventing the strat with a new sc to haul in a new WR time of 18"757. David also became Myth D in PRB ARR, the third person to reach that plateau. #6 Dylan Gaunt finished off the month with a 0.6094 AF cut, pushing himself a bit further ahead of the trailing competition. With over ten PRs overall, he is still pushing them out strong and shows no signs of slowing down. He hit many top ten God ranked flaps this week, including CCB 27"542, DS 29"352, PC 17"838, LC1 23"786, BC2 30"185, CM 35"339 and last but certainly not least, SG 21"168, also a new site record. Surely most, if not all of these were already Gods, but it still sounds cool to say. Similar cuts on PRB helped Dylan move up to the #7 spot there, passing French Champion #8 Florian Lorang. He is close to reaching Titan A overall on PRB, so he has that to look forward to in the near future since the next player is almost 4 AF points ahead of him, and he'll never receive a Non-PRB ARR promotion again (unless he reaches God?!). #7 Timur Ahmad cooled off this week (probably to beat my MKSC times ) and had just a 0.1250 AF cut. Just two PRs; AF flap 34"786 God and PC 3lap 55"371. The PC 3lap site record seems within reach, so it's a potential goal for him, as another record with is name on it would look nice. Another German was active in #10 Leonardo Assisi. His 0.4062 AF cut further secured his top ten position, while moving somewhat closer to #9 Abel Marques. For a longer-term goal, he may go for #8 Sascha Brauninger so he can become #2 in Germany Non-PRB. #16 Matthew Ord continued his utterly random comeback with nine PRs to result in a 1.5781 AF cut to move up two spots, which included passing #18 Milan Pacino for UK #2. His news times included nice double PRs on both WS 1'56"130 Myth A + 37"832 God, and LC1 1'12"358 God + 23"817 God. #21 Dallas Wilde was also active in the same area with a 0.3438 AF cut, highlighted by a SG flap of 21"268. #29 Pol Gonzalez made a 0.5156 AF cut as he still doesn't gain a pot. Soon enough, a cut like that will move him up three spots, maybe sometime this month he can accomplish that. #38 Timothee Le Borgne made a 1.4531 AF cut to move up a spot. All the way down, #71 Stefan Mayr's 2.4844 AF cut moved him up two spots, and #95 Marcus Frenje made a huge 19.3280 Af cut to jump into the top 100 overall, becoming Hero B in the process. Movement outside the top 100 included #215 Nicholas Harvey -7.7030, #286 Christian Wild -3.4370, #339 Daan Becker -19.3280 (Advanced E to Advanced D), #389 Andrew Howes -7.8120 and #610 Gabriele Magi -21.1720 (Beginner E to Beginner D). New Records There was 1 WR improved (blue) and one non-prb time (pink). Many dawns ago, a possible sc was discovered on SG, but nobody ever experimented with it. It seemed that it wasn't possible, but David decided to disprove that claim this week. He worked hard at landing the sc well, and in the process landed a new flap WR as well, with an astounding time of 18"757, over a full second faster than the previous record. For Non-PRB, the only record improve was coincidentally on SG flap. Dylan was in a bit of a PR battle with Dallas, and eventually ended up with a record time of 21"168. Awards He made a big AF cut in PRB considering his rank, reached a new rank promotion, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. What really made it a great week for him was his revolutionary strat to grab another WR by a landslide. For his innovation and continuing to rise to the top, David Roldan wins the POW for the fourth week of February! Can't decide POM at the moment. It's close between two rivals, they should know who they are. Stay tuned! ~Kmacc

USA leads Olympic medal count! Kevin @ Monday, February 22nd   [link]

Movement Last week's top ten action continues right where it left off. #5 David Roldan moves closer towards #3 Giulio Centrone and #4 Alibis van Deaf with a 0.4844 AF cut. Another week or two like that will push David over the top, being the first change in the top four since Ben entered it in 2008. Six PRs came in from David, all Gods, and they included LM 1'32"927 + 30"277, TTC 1'32"661 + 30"356 and FS 1'38"905 + 32"067. There are still times that need more improving from him, but they wouldn't effect the PRB charts, which he probably doing intentionally. Because his times go to both charts, he had similar cuts as he moves very close to #3 Abel Marques. David also looks poised to become Myth D in PRB as well, that should come any week now. Right behind David, #6 Dylan Gaunt made a massive 1.3124 AF cut to move back up two spots into his position of two weeks ago. He hit seven nice PRs, which were DS flap 29"486 God, PG 1'26"997 + 27"909 Gods, RMC1 3lap 41"825 God, MB 3lap 1'10"733 Myth B, SG flap 21"266 God and YC 3lap 1'26"087 God. If you haven't figured it out already, that PG flap is a WR, Dylan's first ever. It also is Non-PRB, and yet he was able to edge out Thomas' PRB time, impressive! Some of these cuts translated over to the PRB charts, where Dylan made a 0.9687 AF cut to jump up three spots to #8, so he is now top ten on both charts! #7 Florian Lorang lies close ahead in PRB, so that is a goal for him to reach by the month's end. Next up, #7 Timur Ahmad lost a spot to Dylan despite his activity. He took off 0.3125 AF, at least giving him a bigger cushion over others behind him for now. Just two PRs out of Timur this week, the first being BC2 3lap 1'33"111 Myth B. The next was much more important; PG 3lap 1'26"562 - Timur's second non-prb record! Even if he didn't have huge cuts and got passed, at least he was able to add another record to his name. Rounding out the top twenty altogether, #18 Matthew Ord made a small random comeback on AF. He hit some nice top ten times of 1'45"637 + 34"776, both Gods. His 0.4844 AF cut also puts him very close to #17 Milan Pacino, so he can steal the #2 UK spot if he decides to stay active. If not, he can at least say he finally reached Myth B overall, not a bad compensation. After a few MIA weeks, #39 Timothee Le Borgne came back with a 2.0312 AF cut, although he is still digging his way through an AF graveyard. Nonetheless, he still had some good times, five of six PRs ranking at least Myth, and one being his seond God time, with an FS flap of 32"643. Continuing on this path will surely lead him to Titan A overall, and maybe close to #35 Simon Levy again. Before he got his DS taken away until Easter, #63 Marcus Whitley made a decent 3.2031 AF cut, and was able to accomplish the goal of surpassing #66 Thomas Rielly for #5 in Australia. When he comes back, he can look forward to marching towards the top fifty, as well as passing #48 Adam Nelson for #4 Aussie. Nine weeks and counting, #73 Stefan Mayr continues consistent activity with a 2.4218 AF cut. Nothing huge, but it moved him ahead of fellow German #74 Phillipp Hellmers. Lastly, #83 Thomasson Bastien Koopafou submitted another random batch of PRs, resulting in a big 14.8594 AF cut to leap up nine spots. All of these players made rank promotions this week as well: Marcus to Titan D, Stefan to Titan E, and Thomasson to Hero A. Movement outside the top 100 included #202 Troy Dunbeck -12.6090 (Expert E to Expert D), #286 Christian Wild -3.1410, #397 Andrew Howes -12.0470 (Intermediate B to Intermediate A), #517 Colton Crowe -10.8750 and #623 Gabriele Magi -11.6400. New Records There was 1 WR improved (blue) and two non-prb times (pink). Dylan has become a strong player, and decided it was finally time to add his name to the WR charts. He did this by taking down the PG flap WR with a time of 27"909. He didn't even use PRB! Instead he decided to go for it on lap 2 with the polt, and his efforts paid off. As mentioned, Dylan hit a PG flap of 27"909. Staying on the same course, Timur decided to make himself look just as good, sticking with the same course. He took down the PG 3lap record with a time of 1'26"562. He apparently has potential to beat the PRB 3lap in Non-PRB.. let's see it happen! Awards He had a great week at the top, cutting over a full point which is tough at his position. He also entered the PRB top ten for the first time. Outside from his strong cut, he also hit his first WR ever. For such an achievement, Dylan Gaunt wins the POW for the third week of February! ~Kmacc

Massive Top Ten Action! Kevin @ Monday, February 15th   [link]

Movement I honestly don't even know how to start with all of this movement. I guess I'll just go in order. After not submitting for basically all of this year, #5 David Roldan unleashed a huge 3.0469 AF cut to move up two spots and reach a pretty secure spot in the top five.. for now. Basically every PR he hit was strong, those being PG 1'27"243 + 28"165 Gods, BP 42"833 Myth B + 8"120 God, RLC2 1'18"413 Myth B + 25"661 Myth C, RCI2 49"008 Myth B + 15"826 Myth B and RSG 1'08"238 + 21"295 Gods. With a huge ARR cut as well, he was the first of many to reach Myth A overall this week. David will surely continue towards #3 Giulio Centrone and #4 Alibis van Deaf, as he has already reached 3rd in almost every other statistical category. We must not forget his PRB activity as well, which gave him an even higher position at 4th overall. His 1.1719 AF cut initially put him in the top three, but more of that to come later. His cuts came from the help of some Non-PRB times, as well as times like MC 29"062 Myth D and RCI2 46"142 Titan A. We'll see if 2009's POY will continue to PR, because there's people quick behind him looking for his spot. Right behind last year's phenom is this year's phenom in #6 Timur Ahmad. He set a goal for himself this year; he wanted to become German Champion. What seemed like a far-fetched altogether, let alone in a year, became a complete reality this week. With a 1.8281 AF cut, Timur moved up two spots and narrowly landed ahead of #7 Sascha Brauninger, making him Non-PRB German Champion! He's still quite far from holding that title on the PRB charts, but if his movement these past weeks has been any indicator of his potential, he could be there before summer even hits. Although he worked more on consistency and hitting seven more German records (to take the lead in by the way), he still hit his share of top ten times such as LM 1'33"189 + 30"349 Gods, WP 1'59"448 + 39"316 Gods, RBC2 flap 30"119 God and RSG 1'07"695 + 21"273 Gods. Like David, Timur also reached Myth A this week, the second person to do it this week. Despite making a 0.5782 AF cut this week, #8 Dylan Gaunt dropped two spots due to the activity of David and Timur. He hit eight PRs, which included F8C 3lap 1'14"538 Myth A, PG flap 28"199 God, MMF 1'03"713 + 20"790 Myth B's and MB flap 23"208 God. Following in the footsteps of the two who passed him, Dylan was the third player to reach Myth A overall this week. On the PRB side, similar cuts helped him move closer to #10 Sascha Brauninger, meaning he could pass Sascha on both charts any week now. A few more players lie close ahead inside the top ten, so look for Dylan to have a single digit ranking there as well shortly. The last player active in the top ten was #9 Abel Marques, who made a 0.8281 AF cut to help secure his top ten spot, although he fell short of Myth A.. what a crazy week it would have been if four players had reached Myth A overall. Anyway, Abel doesn't really care about Non-PRB, so let's switch to the real charts. After David submitted his large PR batch to reach #3 PRB, Abel let out his huge hoarded pack of PRs (seventeen exactly). This resulted in a massive 1.4219 AF cut to place him back in the bronze position, although he plans to reach the silver medal podium by July. Some of the PRs that made this cut included SR 1'38"492 Myth B + 32"555 Titan A, AF 3lap 1'45"677 Titan A, PG flap 28"199 Myth E, BC 3lap 1'53"088 Myth D, RMC1 flap 12"401 Myth C, RCM 1'46"788 + 35"001 Myth B's and RBB 1'45"551 Myth E. With those shades, anything is possible! That was just the action in the top ten! We mustn't forget about the other hard working karters this week, the next one in line being #35 Simon Levy. Simon made a 3.3125 AF cut to ump up two spots, while becoming Titan A overall in the process. #57 Stacy Needham also continued activity this week for a 1.7187 AF cut, and moved up two spots as well. #66 Marcus Whitley made a 2.7813 AF cut which included passing former champion #69 Miguel Rodriguez. He now sits just 2.5 AF behind #65 Thomas Rielly for a top five spot in Australia. Last but not least, #74 Stefan Mayr made a 4.0782 AF cut to leap up five spots on the ladder, and sits right behind #73 Phillipp Hellmers for #9 in Germany. Stefan is also very close to Titan E overall, and should reach it next week. Movement outside the top 100 included #142 Pablo Gabriel -5.7970, #159 Sophie Steiner -4.9060, #210 Troy Dunbeck -14.3590, #287 Christian Wild -10.2660 (Advanced C to Advanced B), #354 Daan Becker -55.2180 (Intermediate A to Advanced E), #631 Gabriele Magi -2.6880 (Newbie to Beginner E) and #642 Leyla Hasso -4.3280. New Records There was 1 WR improved (blue) and one non-prb time (pink). With all the activity from the other top ten players, we don't want to forget that this one hit his first WR ever. That someone would be Leonardo Assisi, who took the RPC 3lap WR with a time of 51"481. For Non-PRB, Timur wanted to protect his SG 3lap record, and took it down further to a time of 1'07"695. Awards Apart from the hoarders, this player had the best week... again. He it more PRs at the top than anyone, had the biggest AF cut %-wise at 13.5%, and beat his own site record. Oh yeah, and he reached his 2010 goal of German Champion by mid-February. For a week of great accomplishments and being champion of his country, Timur Ahmad wins the POW for the second week of February! ~Kmacc

Jambalaya for all! Kevin @ Monday, February 8th   [link]

Movement There was some nice movement inside the top ten, which is always very fun to watch. #6 Dylan Gaunt is trying to secure his position ahead of Timur. In doing so, he made a 0.6094 AF cut, enough to pass over 2009 POY #7 David Roldan. Just three PRs from Dylan as he tries to maximize each cut, his PRs including a DP 3lap of 56"244 Myth D and KB2 flap 13"268. Similar cuts in PRB helped him move closer to a top ten spot, within about one AF point now of #10 Sascha Brauninger. As said earlier, he is running from #8 Timur Ahmad, who has caught fire and toasted everyone in his way. With a 1.2344 AF cut, Timur moved himself up three spots into the top ten, which included passing #10 Leonardo Assisi, making himself #2 Germany in Non-PRB. Of his eight PRs, half were top tens, and two were new German record acquisitions, those being CM flap 35"344 God and LC2 flap 25"649 Myth B. However, his best effort of the week came on SG 3lap, where he hit a record time of 1'07"899 God, proving he has potential to compete with the big boys. Both players fell just short of the milestone that is Myth A overall, and could very well reach it within the next few days. #42 Stefan Peters worked on some SG this week with some decent cuts. He moved very close to passing #41 Lewis Benny, and another PR or two may do it for him. From there, the top forty is in sight. Possibly taking some time off from other karts, #59 Stacy Needham sported a random comeback, amassing a 4.6094 to move up six spots on the ladder. In the process, he also reached Titan D overall. Although he didn't move up a position, #69 Marcus Whitley still had a nice week cutting 2.8281 AF. This now puts him within 5.5 AF of reaching country rival #65 Thomas Rielly. Getting his last few triple-digit ranked times into the top 100 would definitely help the cause. Lastly, #79 Stefan Mayr was active for the seventh week in a row, with a 3.9687 AF cut to jump up three spots. His only PRs of the week came from dual Titan B WS times, where he is hopefully utilizing the Kmacc Hill Clear Supreme! Movement outside the top 100 included #223 Troy Dunbeck -3.5000, #296 Christian Wild -49.3280 (Advanced D to Advanced C), #397 Daan Becker -35.1250 (Intermediate B to Intermediate A), #405 Andrew Howes -6.6090 and #633 Gabriele Magi -47.6980. New Records There were no WR's improved (blue) but one non-prb time (pink). Timur Ahmad just keeps on adding to his immense success this year, even if we are only a month in. In addition to his strong 2010 movement, he decided to add a record to his name. He played some SG 3lap, where he was able to just edge out the old record with a time of 1'07"899. Awards Another good week for this player, as he seems to be stealing awards left and right. He is back in the top ten for the first time since the beginning of 2008. He hit a bunch of PRs once again, adding a few more country records to his name, and even a non-prb record! For his climb to prestige and new record, Timur Ahmad wins the POW for the first week of February! ~Kmacc

Waka Waka. Kevin @ Wednesday, February 3rd   [link]

Movement At the top, #11 Timur Ahmad smashed some more times, enough for a 2.1875 AF cut to move himself up three spots. He now sits on the brink of the top ten, and another effort like this week will surely push him in. Possibly his biggest feat this week was his rack up of German records, gaining eight to end the month at fifteen. He is now not far behind Leonardo and Sascha, who have twenty-six and twenty-one German records respectively. The records that he hit this week include RMC1 41"667 + 13"178 Gods, RKB2 42"697 Myth B + 13"299 God, RMB flap 23"292 God, RBB 1'45"526 + 34"837 Gods and RSG flap 21"349 God. Timur has pushed himself pretty close to the next Myth A player, so we can watch to see if he reaches that plateau this month, or maybe even this week? Timur also climbed up two spots on the PRB charts to #19, but he didn't worry about that too much, although some others did. For the PRB charts, #8 Huwakun made a nice 0.9843 AF cut to move ahead of legends #9 Giulio Centrone and #10 Sascha Brauninger, solidifying his position in the top ten. The next two cutters were really the biggest though. #11 Dylan Gaunt knocked off a huge 4.9219 AF as he tries to make his PRB rank as good as his Non-PRB rank. His three spot jump puts him just outside the top ten, which is about 1.7 AF out of reach for now. With an even bigger cut of 5.0781, #16 Fabio Sacco moved up just a mere spot, but helped to balance out his timeset. Like Dylan, he is possibly trying to make his PRB set as good as his Non-PRB set, meaning he could be hitting some pretty strong times soon. #14 Nicola Torre, the King of Time Updaters, was active as well with a 0.6250 AF cut, although he lost a spot on the ladder due to Timur's activity. Nicola did hit some very strong time on DS with 1'31"889 Myth C + 29"066 God. Despite losing a spot, Nicola can regain that spot back soon by passing fellow Italian #13 Michele Magnaterra, sitting under 0.4 AF ahead of him. He did at least stay ahead of Timur on the PRB by just 0.1 AF, but it will be hard for him to hold Timur back much longer. #29 Pol Gonzalez was also a bit active with a 0.1563 AF cut, as he inches ever so slowly to his next opponent. We have to scroll quite a bit down for the other two actives in the top 100, the first one being #69 Marcus Whitley. He chopped off 2.8750 AF to move up three spots, which included passing #72 Jerome Francois. This moves Marcus into the #6 Australia spot, with the #5 spot belonging to #64 Thomas Rielly. The fortress phenom sits just 8 AF points away, so this is a goal Marcus can reach in the near future. Also active again, #82 Stefan Mayr had a strong AF cut of 5.5469, but unfortunately only moved up one spot. He did however become Hero A overall, and could become Titan overall very soon with the way he's been cutting. Movement outside the top 100 included #145 Pablo Gabriel -9.9530 (Expert B to Expert A), #161 Tanguy Nicolas -7.5150 (Expert C to Expert B), #163 Sophie Steiner -8.7340 (Expert C to Expert B), #218 Tom Mannings -5.2970, #225 Troy Dunbeck -17.5940 (Advanced A to Expert E), #226 Tom van Kessel -2.8440 (Advanced A to Expert E), #344 Christian Wild -102.3900 (Intermediate B to Advanced D) and #414 Andrew Howes -25.9690. New Records There were no new records this week. Awards This player is making strong progress up the charts, and can one day maybe even rise to be a top player. Only time will tell, but for his huge cuts now, Christian Wild wins the POW for the fourth week of January! His comeback started late last year, but he made his best progress this month. He has moved nearly to the top ten, with absolutely no signs of slowing down. For his great climb towards the top, Timur Ahmad wins the POM for the month of January! ~Kmacc

LOOKIN LIKE A FOOL WITH YO PANTS ON THE GROUND! Kevin @ Sunday, January 24th   [link]

Movement #7 Dylan Gaunt started the week falling back two positions due to AF loss. However, he scored two PRs to make a minimal cut, putting him back into his original position and leaving him some breathing room. Dylan's PRs were both God flaps; LM 30"454 and BP 8"195. It seems everybody is getting great BP flap times these days. Another player joined the top ten this week for the first time in many years, that player being none other than #10 Fabio Sacco. The Idolo flexed his muscles and knocked off 1.7500 AF to move ahead of USA Champion #11 Nick Welch, and #12 Michele Magnaterra, giving Fabio the #2 Italian position. He hit eight PRs, which included LM 1'33"983 Myth C + 30"354 God, TTC 1'33"987 Myth C + 30"322 God, and MC 1'31"648 Myth D + 29"711 Myth D. His massive cuts also pushed him over the halfway point to Myth A. Funny how so many people are charging towards that rank out of nowhere now... The next two active players look to do as Dylan did a few weeks ago, and what Fabio has just done this week. #13 Nicola Torre would love to follow Fabio and put three Italian players in the top ten, and is making a good case to do so. The king of time updaters made a 1.1875 AF cut to pass over Canadian Champion #15 Cole Gilbert. He worked on similar courses as Fabio, with PRs such as TTC 1'32"924 God + 30"330 and MC 1'31"206 Myth B + 29"676 Myth C. He also added in a BP 5lap of 42"912 Myth C. All of these great times helped Nicola reach Myth B overall. Following Nicola stride for stride is #14 Timur Ahmad, who made a 1.0469 AF cut and also passed over #15 Cole Gilbert. Timur hit five PRs, including great efforts on BB with 1'46"652 God + 34"924 God, and LC2 3lap 1'18"978 Myth D. Timur continues to try and obtain new German Records, falling a bit short of both on BB this week. Inside the top fifty, #29 Pol Gonzalez continues to make the small cuts he always does. Taking off 0.3437 AF this week, he moves himself within 1.5 AF of #28 Tim Shelbourne. #37 SImon Levy continues to smash some times and move farther ahead of rival #39 Timothee Le Borgne. His 0.8594 AF cut puts him just short of #36 James Leare, who he will surely pass with another active week. Simon's standout PR of the week came on BP flap, where he raced himself a nice #2 time of 8"134. #42 Stefan Peters continues his activity from last week with a 1.1250 AF cut, leaping over former champion #43 Michael Fried. Another strong week for Stefan could put him in the top forty before January is over. Another accomplishment for Stefan this week was a rank promotion to Titan B overall. A bit of a ways down, #83 Stefan Mayr destroyed some times which resulted in a 10.2660 AF cut, bringing if close to a double-digit number. Of his PRs, his best was on CM 3lap with a time of 1'50"233 Myth E, his fourth myth or better time. Last but not least, another German in #93 Richard Penkalla was active with a 0.7500 AF cut. Just two PRs from Richard, but arguably his strongest yet. The first DH flap 22"799 Myth E, and the next was BP flap 8"190 God, giving himself a German Record! He also became Hero B overall to boot. Movement outside the top 100 included #121 Sifus Thompson III -0.9850, #169 Sophie Steiner -83.3600 (Advanced A to Expert C), #222 Tom Mannings -8.0930, #226 Tom van Kessel -18.9370, #242 Daniel Pabst -6.2180, #385 Daniel Sampson -2.3280, #435 Christian Wild -75.8750 (Intermediate E to Intermediate B) and #439 Andrew Howes -5.5470 (Intermediate C to Intermediate B). New Records There was 1 WR improved (blue) but no non-prb times (pink). Thomas Bolton hit his first World Record of 2010, beating out David Roldan's PC flap by the smallest amount possible of "001. The record now stands at 16"816. Awards Lots of big cutters, but this player always seems to miss awards, and he really deserves this one. He made a pretty large cut at the top, and moved himself into the top ten for the first time in ages, proving that nothing is impossible. For this outstanding accomplishment, Fabio Sacco wins the POW for the third week of January! JETS! ~Kmacc

We Are A Legion Etch @ Saturday, January 16th   [link]

Movement #7 Dylan Gaunt continues to rape the cornhole of the AF chart jumping to 7th this week with another set of strong pr's. He started things off on WP with God times of 1'59"613 and 39"384. His other nice course total subs were BP 42"895 Myth B and LC2 1'18"996 Myth D. Dylan also picked up some new times on DP1 flap 17"899 Myth C, SR 3lap 1'40"586 Myth B and flap 32"812 Myth A. Lastly, he dropped his SG times to 1'08"478 and 21"472. All these new times nearly pushed Dylan to Myth A overall and is currently tied with #7 Abel Marques on non-prb while jumping to #15 on prb. As new players continue to push the records lower, the AF gaps that used to be in the top 20 are eroding away. There are only 5 AF points separating #5 Sascha Brauninger and #10 Nick Welch which will make further activity interesting to the shake up the ranks have been getting near the top. Although he was active, #9 Leonardo Assisi fell victim to Dylan's assault but managed some decent times too. He improved both sets of times on YF and CM with 46"885/15"346 and 1'47"432/35"353 which are all ranked God. His best records came on RR using the pipe sc to get 1'55"483 and 37"490 which helped take his AF under 10 on the prb charts where he is ranked #6. #12 Fabio Sacco was up to business as usual absolutely crushing the DP1 non-prb flap record shared by #1 Thomas Bolton and #2 Ben Stoneman with an insane time of 17"689! He also hit more top times on LC1 with now 1'12"344 and 23"828. While almost every time the idolo posts is ranked God, he showed his more mortal side on RR getting some Myth times with a 3lap sub of 1'59"867 and nearly flap sub of 39"063. Even if Fabio is digging his way through a big AF graveyard, he sure is doing it in style with all the new non-prb/prb records he has given us. Let's hope we haven't seen the last of standard rb and it's magnificent master. Making another surprise appearance is #14 Nicola Torre who decided to return to his mkds roots. If there was a new BP strat, he was most likely to pop up with a new time or WR. After Fabio utilized the triple hop ending, more players began experimenting with this minor adjustment to an already ideal strat. If it wasn't enough to see Fabio take the oldest WR down to date, Nicola delivered the coup de gras here with a monstrous cut approaching a Godly sub with a sick 8"119! Into our 5th year of competition, it's amazing what is still left to be discovered in saving fractions of time. He also beat his F8C records scoring top 10 times with 1'14"622 and 24"516 non-prb. Gratz on rejoining the WR chart Nicola! Bringing up the rear in this competitive top 20 group is #15 Timur Ahmad who continues to cruise his way up. He got a couple flaps first with YF 15"349 and CCB 27"725 which are both Gods. Timur also went sub 39 on RR non-sc with 38"789 God. Next he tackled WS, hopefully using the kmacc hill clear supreme, to push his times down to 1'56"965 Myth C and 38"120 Myth A. Once again saving the best for last, he got number 8 times on DKP with 1'47"217 Myth A and 34"951 God. Timur has 6 German records now and while Sascha was inactive for almost 3 years now still leads Leonardo but by a slim margin of 29 to 28. Leonardo however dominates the prb side in the Rhineland. Another week of good times helped Timur move up 2 spots to join the top 15 with Nicola next in line. Same as last week, #29 Pol Gonzalez remains put but is getting a little closer to moving up another spot. While his YF flap of 15"716 Titan A isn't all that special, he got a top 20 time on PG 3lap with a solid run of 1'28"834 Myth D! Pol also got a new record on AF 3lap with a sweet sub of 1'46"999 Titan A. His last few times included MC 1'32"240 Titan A, WS 1'58"470 Titan A, KB2 3lap 43"345 Titan C and flap 13"399 God. It was #37 Simon Levy's turn to strike this week passing one player to distance himself from rival #39 Timothee Le Borgne. He improved a variety of times like DKP 1'51"221/35"858 and AF 1'48"190/35"138 with the 3laps ranked Titan E and flaps ranked Titan A. His last time for non-prb came on DP1 flap with the awesome sub 18 getting 17"997 Myth E! Simon also beat his DP1 prb flap with 17"658 Titan D. Best of all and another CR for him was LC2 prb flap where he scored a top 10 time with an awesome record of 24"820 Titan A! With another good week Simon will probably reach Titan A overall. Not far down, #40 Mark Engelsman made a surprise appearance as well sending in a large batch of non-prb times he never got around to submitting before. He has the honors of being #2 Dutchie the longest playing fiddle to the great Zgetto and current champ #33 Joep van Gelder. His new times gave him a 3 point AF cut which will keep him in the top 40 a little longer and extends his lead over #637 Elmore Vaal. Last but not least, #57 Patryk Choma continues to ravage his times with a big 4 point cut this week bumping him up to Titan D overall! The Mihawk struck on several tracks coming up with some nice barely and nearly subs. He improved a variety of flaps with PC to 18"249 Titan A, F8C to 24"966 Titan B, MC1 to 13"567 Titan B, BC to 38"000 Titan C, YF to 15"911 Titan D, and MMF to 21"393 Titan D. Patryk's new 3laps included BC 1'57"104 Titan B, MMF 1'05"892 Titan E, YF 48"871 Hero A, and KB2 43"753 Hero A. While I can't recall how many 4 way ties there have been for any particular time, Patryk is currently the 4th person with an 8"299 on BP. I think it's worthy pointing out that the now #111 Ding-An Chen got his 8"299 with LGS. There are also 4 way ties at 8"199, yours truly, and 8"599 which recently happened thanks to #286 Alexis Le Borgne. I thought I was done but apparently #92 Stefan Mayr joined the top 100 this week with an excellent 6 point AF cut. He started off with SG getting 1'11"762 Hero A and 21"975 Myth E. His last two nice times came on BP flap with 8"244 and KB2 flap with 13"392 which are both God ranked. Just these few times helped him reach Hero B overall and shows that he has a lot of potential still left so keep on karting! Movement outside the top 100 included #115 Marcus Frenje -113.1560 (Expert C to Hero C), #121 Sifus Thompson III -1.0620, #144 Mike Bennett -3.6720 (Expert B to Expert A), #153 Pablo Gabriel -4.9840, #243 Sophie Steiner -36.4680 (Advanced B to Advanced A), #247 Tom van Kessel -4.4220 and #385 Daniel Sampson -4.0160. New Records There was 1 WR improved (blue) and two non-prb times (pink). Nicola was all the rage recently with his massive BP flap which revealed how much better those triple hops really were. After a nearly 4 year slumber, he came back with a vengence and dropped the fastest WR to 8"119. Only he and Paul Gourdon can say they held the WR with both LGS and standard rb. For the first WR of the year, what an awesome time and achievement! For Non-PRB, Nicola dropped BP flap to 8"119 and Fabio crushed the DP1 flap with a sick time of 17"689! Awards Lot of top players were making great cuts but once again this guy came out on top with a 2 point AF cut with several top 10 times and God times to go along with it. For another dominating week and reaching the top 15, Timur Ahmad wins the POW for the second week of January! bow down to the awesomeness that is mkds!!! ~ETCH