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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · Mar 17

I've decided to collect all of my 2025 race pace analysis threads into one thread of threads. You can check back here throughout the season to see the latest data and to review past races.

Round 1
Australian Grand Prix
Albert Park Circuit
16 March 2025

Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · Mar 17

First race is in the books, and here are the first race pace calculations of the 2025 F1 season.

On the left, you can see the data calculated just for the two green-flag stints on intermediates. The table on the right includes the short middle stint on slicks.

Lots of things to take away...

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Race pace calculations for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix held on 16 March 2025

Pace calculated solely for the two stints on intermediates under green-flag conditions.

The table lists the following average lap times by driver:

Lando Norris (McLaren) — 90.243s
Oscar Piastri (McLaren) — 90.692s
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) — 90.814s
George Russell (Mercedes) — 91.397s
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) — 91.780s
Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) — 92.122s
Alexander Albon (Williams) — 92.203s
Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) — 92.412s
Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) — 92.502s *
Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls) — 92.566s
Pierre Gasly (Alpine) — 92.602s
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) — 92.704s
Nico Hülkenberg (Sauber) — 92.969s
Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) — 93.350s *
Esteban Ocon (Haas) — 93.523s
Liam Lawson (Red Bull) — 93.621s *
Oliver Bearman (Haas) — 93.958s

* — This driver's average only includes the first intermediate stint, as the driver crashed out of the race before the second intermediate stint.

Jack Doohan (Alpine), Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls), and Carlos Sainz (Williams) all crashed out before completing a lap under green-flag conditions.

Data aggregated from F1-Tempo.com and visualized in Microsoft Excel by Zach Bigalke using Bigalke font on 17 March 2025.

Race pace calculations for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix held on 16 March 2025
Average race pace is calculated by omitting opening laps, in-laps and out-laps from pit stops, and any yellow-flag running from the calculations.

The table lists the following average lap times by driver:

Lando Norris (McLaren) — 89.803s
Oscar Piastri (McLaren) — 90.281s
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) — 90.380s
George Russell (Mercedes) — 91.049s
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) — 91.704s
Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) — 91.764s
Alexander Albon (Williams) — 91.819s
Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) — 92.103s
Pierre Gasly (Alpine) — 92.141s
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) — 92.323s
Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls) — 92.392s
Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) — 92.502s *
Nico Hülkenberg (Sauber) — 92.568s
Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) — 92.693s **
Liam Lawson (Red Bull) — 93.041s **
Esteban Ocon (Haas) — 93.269s
Oliver Bearman (Haas) — 93.652s

* — This driver's average only includes the first stint, as the driver crashed out of the race before the second stint.

** — This driver's average only includes the first two stints, as the driver crashed out of the race before the second intermediate stint.

Jack Doohan (Alpine), Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls), and Carlos Sainz (Williams) all crashed out before completing a lap under green-flag conditions.

Data aggregated from F1-Tempo.com and visualized in Microsoft Excel by Zach Bigalke using Bigalke font on 17 March 2025.

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 3h

... that said, it might be time to see if the pup is awake and wanting to go for our morning promenade.

Six things knocked off my to-do list, nine more to go today...

Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 3h

My slides are revised for 2 of my 3 classes this week. I got feedback to a student on their writing draft. I sorted out a discussion board. I finalized an exam that students will take on Friday in the testing center.

It's amazing what you can get done in 3 hours when you're the only one awake...

Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 4h

As much as the fan in me hated watching Oregon lose yesterday, the nerd in me is just as stoked that Peter Wolfe releases his first rankings today...

... then the only piece missing from calculating the BCS rankings is the Anderson & Hester ranking — which wasn't released until Nov. 20 last year.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 17h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 19h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 18h

It clicked after I made my Lanning comment. Students are going to be pissed on campus on Monday.

Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 18h

I'm guessing he was referring to my workplace and the institution that bestowed my PhD.

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 18h

I don't think Dan Lanning is the problem...

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 18h

Rage. Just rage.

I need a fuckin' drink.

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 1d

Stop trying to shoehorn "AI" into every piece of tech. I don't need it and I sure as fuck don't want it.

No, Apple, I DON'T want the AI features that you've mashed into your latest OS update...

That goes for you too, Samsung.

I'm so sick of their shitty broken gadgets fucking with my machinery.

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 2d

So ... Catholic *traditionalists* want a pope who doesn't involve himself in global politics?

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 2d

We get to talk about Jack Johnson in class today as we wind up this week's material on the Progressive Era.

This 441 class has been an ass-kicker as a new prep this semester, but it's also been incredibly fun to teach...

Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 2d

Always has been.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

So they’re keeping the House in recess for another week (see his follow up)?

To delay the Epstein Files and, I guess, avoid the No Kings rally on 10/18?

They are in full blown pants pissing panic

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 2d

UNREAL

Democratic Whip Notice: The House GOP Leadership have made the following change to the House Floor schedule:

Members are advised that votes are no longer expected in the House on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Pending Senate action on FY26 Funding, Members will receive 48 hours' notice prior to any potential votes in the House. Further information regarding the Floor schedule will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

This is a change from the House GOP Leadership's previously announced schedule.

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 2d

I hate Illinois Nazis.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Several Illinois state troopers out here now with pepper ball launchers of their own.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 2d

This is a GENOCIDE

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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 2d

More nonsensical anti-cycling rhetoric from The Irish Times.

This nonsense tries to pit people cycling up against people trying to buy a home.

This kind of framing is nothing more than a distraction tactic, pitting ordinary people against each other instead of addressing the real issues.

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 2d

** 28% of America

GOP Holds Edge in Party Affiliation for Third Straight Year

Americans' political party preferences remain closely divided, with Republicans having a slight edge in party ID and leaning for the third consecutive year.

news.gallup.com

Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 2d

Unless you think that processing and cooling demands on the power grid will one day decrease despite the attempts to increase computing power and capacity, I just cannot see any of those limited ways.

Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 2d

Fucking yikes. If sports betting has rotted your brain to this extent, you need to call a gambling hotline.

WIRED @wired.com · 2d

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 2d

Whatever excess power generation might currently be happening is magnitudes below what these data centers need to power the processing units necessary to run these Mechanical Turks.

That's why they're trying to revive shuttered power plants and build new ones for this crap.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

RFK Jr admitted there’s no proof Tylenol causes autism.

He said “we’re making the proof”.

This is the man directing public health policy for the country.

If you have to “make the proof” you haven’t solved the problem.

He’s a eugenicist grifter.

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, come on...

Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe she didn't feel y'all shared any similar interests

Or maybe you're just an asshole who couldn't sweet talk the princess...

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe she didn't feel y'all shared any similar interests

Or maybe you're just an asshole who couldn't sweet talk the princess...

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 2d

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