Recently Will Lanier from the Out Foundation contacted me because he had found an old blog post about my Crossfit Alerts project and was trying to do something similar for the upcoming 2018 Crossfit Open but for the LGBT+ community. He explained that he is involved in a project called OutWod to help bring together LGBT+ Crossfit athletes. They were going to have participants from this community...
It has seriously been a long time since I’ve blogged. Ever since leaving academics to start a company (Proven.com) with my business partner Pablo Fuentes, I’ve either not had time to dedicate to my blog or not had topics that I could really share in a public domain. Luckily, I had a nice side project idea recently mashing together two of my loves, CrossFit and programming. For those...
It’s been quite a while since I last posted. I have had lots of things to talk about, but just haven’t found the time to write anything. In this post, I am going back to analyzing CrossFit-related data, but this time I am taking a completely different angle. Rather than analyzing scores and comparing athletes based on their performances, I am comparing athletes based on their...
This is my third foray into the world of CrossFit data analysis, this time looking at scoring. Recently, over at the CrossFit Games website, there was an article about Scoring CrossFit Competitions as well as one talking about Scoring Technology. I participated in a number of conversations in the comments section with regards to how competitions are scored. This post is going to be a bit of a...
Don’t care about my post and just want the good stuff, follow this link: CrossFit Data Explorer My last blog post was quite easily my most popular post to date (although my Searchy-type problems post did receive a fair amount of attention). One former student of mine explained that my entry had, “the most practical findings for average people. Most of your posts even I have trouble...
It’s been quite a while since I’ve updated. I’ve had lots to post about, but other things have taken priority. Today’s update is going to be a little different, but I think it’s pretty fun stuff. Any of my readers that know me personally know that besides being obsessed with computers and research related things, my other passion is fitness and sports. In particular...
