In the past week, I got 49 hits in 14 States [CA25, FL, MA, MN2, MO, NJ, NM2, NV4, NY, OH, OR4, PA2, UT, WA] as well as an international hit in Tbilisi, Georgia and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Of those hits, 5 were the 2nd hit on the bill and the rest (44) were the initial hit on the bill. Below is a calendar view of the hits throughout the week:
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 01 | 02 | 03 |
| 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 5 |
The 15 hits I got on Thursday set a new record for me for hits in a single day. My previous most was 13 which was set on May 20, 2012. In addition, I got 55 hits between Friday of last week through Thursday which was the most I've gotten in a 7 day period breaking my previous most of 47 by eight hits. This week's total of 49 hits is the most I've gotten in a Sunday through Saturday week (previous high was 47).
I came into the week with a 77 day hit streak. I got a hit on every day of this week which extended the streak to 84 days: good for my 3rd longest streak all-time. Here's a look at my all-time ten longest hit streaks:
| Rank | Start Date | End Date | Days | Rank | Start Date | End Date | Days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10/07/2012 | 01/02/2013 | 88 | 6. | 07/28/2011 | 09/23/2011 | 58 | |
| 2. | 02/08/2013 | 05/05/2013 | 87 | 7. | 09/26/2011 | 11/18/2011 | 54 | |
| 3. | 05/12/2013 | 08/03/2013 | 84 | 8. | 06/24/2012 | 08/16/2012 | 54 | |
| 4. | 12/28/2011 | 03/17/2012 | 81 | 9. | 04/04/2012 | 05/21/2012 | 48 | |
| 5. | 04/13/2011 | 06/30/2011 | 79 | 10. | 01/04/2013 | 02/06/2013 | 34 |
Of the 14 States in which I received hits this past week, 1 were the first hit for that State in 2013: New Mexico. Overall I've received hits in 41 States in 2013. Here's how that stands towards my goal of 46 States hit:
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The hit in New Mexico was my first since December of 2012. The hit in Ohio was my first since April of this year.
Additionally in the past week I received my first hit in 2 counties bringing my total of counties hit to 539. The newly hit counties were Valencia NM and Jefferson WA. I set a goal of 98 new counties hit in 2013, and here's a look at my progress towards that goal:
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Of the bills hit in the past week, the longest active bill from the bunch was re-entered 3 Years 330 Days 18 Hours 4 Minutes after I originally entered it. That bill is now 24th on my all-time longest active list.
I made predictions regarding bill entries and hits and new bills with hits for 2013. Here's a look at how I'm doing towards those predictions:
| SoYStart of Year | SoWStart of Week | EoWEnd of Week | WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week | YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year | PPrediction (for Year) | P/WPrediction for Week: A Week's Share of the Total | PtDPrediction to Date: The Portion of the Prediction that should be Completed so Far | WvPWeek versus Prediction: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the P/W | DvPDate versus Prediction: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the PtD | |
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| Bills Entered | 22920 | 27464 | 27553 | 89 | 4633 | 28920 | 115.1 | 26454 | -26 | +1099 |
| Bills with Hits | 3704 | 4450 | 4494 | 44 | 790 | 5074 | 26.3 | 4511 | +18 | -17 |
| Total Hits | 4330 | 5243 | 5292 | 49 | 962 | 6030 | 32.6 | 5331 | +16 | -39 |
The massive amount of hits I had this week cut my deficit in regards to Bills with Hits in half and took off almost 30% of my deficit in regards to Total Hits. This week has gone a long way towards getting me back on track for both of those goals.
At the current rate I'm entering bills in 2013, I'll end up with 7865 bills entered. To hit my goal of 6000 entries, I'll need to just average 63.8 bills per week for the rest of the year.
Looking at my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 87.64% so the goal is 88.64%), my percentage is now 88.20% [+0.57%].Regarding my goal of increasing my non-San Francisco FRB entries, here's a table of my current progress:
| SoYStart of Year | SoY%Percentage of Overall at Start of Year | SoWStart of Week | SoW%Percentage of Overall at Start of Week | EoWEnd of Week | EoW%Percentage of Overall at End of Week | G%Goal Percentage | GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Meet the Overall Goal | DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD | #IBNumber of Inserted Bills | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston "A" | 781 | 3.41% | 953 | 3.47% | 959 | 3.48% | 3.51% | 958 | +1 | 78 |
| New York "B" | 1691 | 7.38% | 2067 | 7.53% | 2072 | 7.52% | 7.58% | 2070 | +2 | 68 |
| Philadelphia "C" | 656 | 2.86% | 809 | 2.95% | 813 | 2.95% | 2.96% | 807 | +6 | 44 |
| Cleveland "D" | 819 | 3.57% | 1006 | 3.66% | 1009 | 3.66% | 3.67% | 1003 | +6 | 6 |
| Richmond "E" | 1569 | 6.85% | 1931 | 7.03% | 1935 | 7.02% | 7.05% | 1923 | +12 | 6 |
| Atlanta "F" | 2096 | 9.14% | 2652 | 9.66% | 2660 | 9.65% | 9.64% | 2611 | +49 | 14 |
| Chicago "G" | 1502 | 6.55% | 1860 | 6.77% | 1867 | 6.78% | 6.75% | 1842 | +25 | 6 |
| St. Louis "H" | 740 | 3.23% | 907 | 3.30% | 910 | 3.30% | 3.33% | 908 | +2 | 49 |
| Minneapolis "I" | 602 | 2.63% | 741 | 2.70% | 744 | 2.70% | 2.73% | 743 | +1 | 84 |
| Kansas City "J" | 558 | 2.43% | 687 | 2.50% | 691 | 2.51% | 2.53% | 690 | +1 | 65 |
| Dallas "K" | 953 | 4.16% | 1179 | 4.29% | 1188 | 4.31% | 4.36% | 1183 | +5 | 68 |
At this point in the year, if I've entered 59 bills for a particular FRB than I'm on pace to enter 100 bills for that FRB.
What a week! My hit totals on Tuesday and Thursday were really responsible for putting this week over the top. It was also nice to see that the hits were spread across 14 States along with Puerto Rico and Georgia (the country in Europe/Asia). I'd certainly rate this week a 10.
Speaking of which, there's a thread on the Where's George forums regarding scoring one's hits in a month. I previously wanted to create a metric for the "coolness" of a hit, but abandoned the thought when I came to the conclusion that such a metric wouldn't give the results I desired. I think such a metric might be possible for a week's hits, and I may be putting a bit more thought into this in the upcoming weeks.
Another side note, I really thought I'd have a 20% slugging percentage by now based on my beginning of the year predictions which would have me end the year with a 20.85% slugging percentage. However since I'm way far ahead on bill entries and a bit behind on total hits, I've just finally crossed 19.2% (currently at 19.21%). Based on bills entered, I'm currently 218.6 hits behind. At the start of the week, I was 249.8 hits behind, so this massive hit week also took a big chunk out of that deficit. I started the year 254 hits behind, so until this week, I really hadn't made much progress.
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