2017 FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Sunday, July 23rd – Sunday, July 30th
- Budapest, Hungary
- LCM (50m)
- Full Competition Schedule
- Meet Info
- Psych Sheets
- Omega Results
- Pick ’em Contest
- Event-by-Event Previews
View your entries/scores here
We have a new leader on day 5 of the World Champs Pick ‘Em Contest! Junker23 has overtaken former leader Joker23 by just a single point, and spa0102 has moved into a tie for second place.
Day 5’s top point total went to Quinn at 49. You can see the top 10 for Day 5 and overall below, and full scores are available at the link above.
Day 5 Leaders
| Rank | Day 5 Points | |
| 1 | Quinn | 49 |
| 2 | IIuTa4oK | 46 |
| 3 | Coach C | 44 |
| 4 | Jake Silver | 43 |
| 5 | Kyle Mowid | 42 |
| 5 | rono6100 | 42 |
| 7 | BMC0706 | 41 |
| 7 | tgo63 | 41 |
| 9 | SpartanAndy | 40 |
| 9 | SwimminMoose | 40 |
| 9 | Junker23 | 40 |
| 9 | simplythegreatest | 40 |
| 9 | Ghpanda | 40 |
Overall Leaders
| Rank | Event | Total Points |
| 1 | Junker23 | 210 |
| 2 | Joker23 | 209 |
| 2 | spa0102 | 209 |
| 4 | ThatSwimKid | 203.5 |
| 5 | GatorFan4000 | 202 |
| 5 | AvidSwimFan | 202 |
| 7 | Thomas Selig | 198.5 |
| 8 | Blomgren | 198 |
| 9 | kbland32 | 197.5 |
| 10 | james7187 | 196 |
How everyone did
The biggest gold-medal upset was in the 50 back, where only 2% of contestants picked Etiene Medeiros to win. That event as a whole was rough on our players, with only 2% picking fourth place correctly and 14% each picking silver and bronze right.
A couple top-4 finishers came completely out of left field. Not a single person picked France’s Mehdy Metella to take 3rd in the men’s 100 free, and no player selected Korea’s An Sehyeon for any place within the top 4 of the 200 fly. She got 4th place for a grand total of zero points to Pick ‘Em players.
Easily the most overwhelming favorite was the American 4×200 free relay team, which got 99% of picks to win. The only players not getting the 7 points for that pick are 7 contestants who left the slot blank and two lonely homers who selected Canada and Australia, respectively.
81% also had Mireia Belmonte winning the women’s 200 fly.
Wonder how many people predicted the USA’s 1-2 sweep in the 100 free
I had Adrian-Dressel…
Me too. Zero point.
Adrian-Dressel as well…
Had Dressel first and Adrian second. I picked Dressel to win because he’s a Big Meet swimmer. He dug deep the last 15 meters.
…holy crap. Can we stop now?
The big day is Day 8, when there are 8 finals. Most days there are only 5 finals.
Hm, yup that’ll be the day I tumble into the bottom quarter.