With 2012 now over, it's time to take a look at how I did in regards to my Where's George Predictions, Goals, and Wishes for 2012. Starting off I'll take a look at my normal weekly stats (but for just the final two days of the year).
In the last two days of 2012, I received 4 hits in 4 States [CA, CO, NV, TX]. Throughout the year I received hits in 44 States. Overall I have hits in 49 States missing just West Virginia (my prediction of completing 50 State bingo didn't come through). No new counties means I ended the year with hits in 483 counties.
Of those 4 hits, 1 was the 4th hit on the bill, 1 was the 2nd hit on the bill, and the rest (2) were the initial hit on the bill. I didn't get a 5 hit bill during the year, so that wish didn't come true.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 30 | 31 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 |
| 1 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Two more days with hits extends my current hit streak to 86 days. The hit on Sunday came after 8 PM, and I had already written off my streak extending. I had previously completed my prediction of a 80+ day hit streak earlier in the year, and this current streak has extended beyond that one. All in all, I ended up with 9 hit-less days in 2012 (better than the prediction of 13). 3 of those hit-less days were within a week in October.
Looking at how my actuals compared to my predictions regarding bill entries and hits ended, I surpassed all three numbers by quite a bit. However, a lot of the exceeding values are due to an underestimation of the number of bills entered:
| SoYStart of Year | EoYEnd of Year | YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year | PPrediction (for Year) | DvPActual versus Prediction: How this Year's Numbers Stack Up Against the Prediction | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bills Entered | 16720 | 22920 | 6200 | 21720 | +1200 |
| Bills with Hits | 2430 | 3704 | 1274 | 3445 | +259 |
| Total Hits | 2799 | 4330 | 1531 | 4030 | +300 |
Based on the goal of 5000 bill entries, here's how I did towards my bill entry goals. Starting off with my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 86.29% so the goal is 87.29%), my percentage ended at 87.64% [+1.35%] which more than completed my goal:
As for the goal of having series 2009 pass series 2003A in number of entries, series 2009 easily surpassed 2003A and had a huge lead by the end of the year:
And for my goal of decreasing San Francisco "L" FRB entries below 50.0% while increasing Boston "A", Cleveland "D", St Louis "H", Philadelphia "C", Minneapolis "I", and Kansas City "J", I met the goal but went a bit overboard in the process inserting ~200 bills for each of the six FRBs I wanted to increase.
| SoYStart of Year | SoY%Percentage of Overall at Start of Year | EoYEnd of Year | EoY%Percentage of Overall at End of Year | GoalGoal Percentage | EoYGEnd of Year Goal: The Numbers Needed to be Entered this Year to Meet the Overall Goal | DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco "L" | 8532 | 51.03% | 10953 | 47.79% | < 50.0% | 49.94% | 11401 | +448 |
| Boston "A" | 461 | 2.76% | 781 | 3.41% | > 2.8% | 2.85% | 658 | +123 |
| Cleveland "D" | 395 | 2.36% | 819 | 3.57% | > 2.4% | 2.45% | 566 | +253 |
| St. Louis "H" | 382 | 2.28% | 740 | 3.23% | > 2.3% | 2.35% | 542 | +198 |
| Philadelphia "C" | 376 | 2.25% | 656 | 2.86% | > 2.2% | 2.25% | 516 | +140 |
| Minneapolis "I" | 352 | 2.11% | 602 | 2.63% | > 2.1% | 2.15% | 495 | +107 |
| Kansas City "J" | 290 | 1.73% | 558 | 2.43% | > 1.7% | 1.75% | 403 | +155 |
As for the other predictions, goals, and wishes that I haven't covered yet, here's how they ended up:
- California County Bingo: An Additional County Hit
I had hits in 52 of the 58 California counties coming into the year. I expected to just get one more in 2012, but ended up adding three to end the year with 55.
- FRB Bingos: 17 Additional Completed
I started the year with 40 and expected to have 57 by the end of the year. Instead, I ended with 74 aided by the extra hits that I got compared to predicted.
- National Rank by George Score: Under 1000
I started the year around 1050. In November and December, the highest my rank got was 792 and at best I was as low as 732. This goal turned out to be a bit easier than expected.
- Caifornia State Rank by George Score: 75 or Better
I started the year in the lower 90s/upper 80s. In November and December, the highest my rank got was 66 and at best I was as low as 55. This goal also turned out to be easier than expected.
- Zip Codes with 25+ Bills Entered: 30
I started the year with 22 and wanted to add an additional 8 zip codes to the list. I ended the year with 28. I probably could have met this goal, but midway through the year, I lost interest with this goal.
- New Record Month for Hits
My record coming into the year was 124 hits in October of 2011. I set new records four times in 2012: January (126), March (129), April (139), and May (160).
- Surpass 500 2006 L-L $1 Entries
I started the year with 481 and ended with 522 completing this wish.
- Surpass 400 Entries with one 2009 FRB/Block Combo and 300 with Another
I ended up with four different 2009 combos with greater than 300 entries: LG (398), LB (365), LF (353), and LK (332). LG was very close to 400 and narrowly missed completing this wish.
- Complete Non-Star Portions of Series 2003A and 2006 $1 Bingo
This turned out to be a very unrealistic wish. I needed 6 2003A and 11 2006 combos to complete the non-star portions. I got none of the 2003A combos but I did get 8 of the 2006 combos (plus two of the star combos that I didn't previously have) to fall 9 spots short overall.
- A 4+ Year Active Bill
My longest active bill coming into the year was active for 3 Years, 251 Days, 19 Hours, and 40 Minutes. I ended up with five 4+ year active bills in 2012 with the longest out there for 4 Years, 200 Days, and 22 Minutes.
All in all it was a fantastic year for me for Georging. Can't wait to see what 2013 brings!
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