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Schedule comparison · group stage
United States has the easier schedule overall (11.0 vs 1.0 weighted metric points).

Travel

14,089 km
Total km flown
8,449 km
8 h
Cumulative TZ shift
3 h
2
Venue changes
4
317 m
Altitude swing
25 m
34°C
Max heat exposure
26°C
5 days
Min rest days
5 days
23
Circadian penalty (total)
20
42
Edge Index (0=easy, 100=hard)
22

Opponents

1598
Own Elo
1780
1868
Avg opponent Elo
1790
2129
Top opponent Elo
1866
7203
Group sum Elo
7248
71
Opponent difficulty (0=easy, 100=hard)
45

Predictions (Monte Carlo)

0%
P(top of group)
100%
0%
P(advance to R32)
100%
2.00
Expected points
6.00
0%
P(reach QF)
0%
0.0%
P(champion)
0.0%
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