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## Challenge #173: Tour de France - Crow Edition

Alteryx

A solution to last week's challenge can be found here!

The Tour de France is one of the most grueling competitions on the planet. Each year, incredibly fit athletes push the limits of human endurance to traverse some 3000+ kilometers (2000 miles) over about a three-week period ON A BIKE. Just finishing the race is an incredible achievement. But what do birds think about all this?

In this challenge, use Designer and data from the 2017 Tour de France to determine how long the race was, as the crow flies. That’s right, calculate how far the race would be for a bird flying all stages of the race.

This solution treated race days that started and ended in the same city as 0 km covered. Travel outside of racing was not included either (i.e. if the destination of one leg did not match the next leg’s origin, that distance was not included.

8 - Asteroid
Spoiler
14 - Magnetar

Here's my solution..

Spoiler
ACE Emeritus

My solution!

Spoiler
Took me longer than it should have to realize that calculations were in km not miles. Doh!

16 - Nebula

My solution

Spoiler
11 - Bolide

Solution is below

Spoiler

Pretty straightforward.  Interestingly the bike distance in the solution remained in miles, while the bird distance was in km. @danilang - yep miles was something I totally created and then "solved for" in my workflow. Updated workflow accordingly

16 - Nebula
Spoiler
I couldn't even ride my bike the bird's distance in 3 weeks!

12 - Quasar

If the birds didn't fly to the next leg's origin, when the destination of the previous leg was different, then did they ride in the teams' vans?

Spoiler
18 - Pollux

What's a "Bike" and how many horsepower does it have!

@David-Carnes .  Maybe they take the Train

Spoiler
Slightly different tack than those before me.  Transpose to minimize the joins

@john_miller9 :  I think the Bike distance in the input was already in KM.

Dan

8 - Asteroid

Here is my solution
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Given a text passage, determine:
    1. If it contains a mathematical question (including word problems or calculations)
    2. If an answer to that mathematical question is provided in the text

First, describe the content structure you found in 1-2 sentences.

Then provide your analysis in the following format:
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- NO_QUESTION
- SINGLE_QUESTION
- SINGLE_QUESTION_WITH_ANSWER
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# Weekly Challenge

Solve the challenge, share your solution and summit the ranks of our Community!

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## Challenge #173: Tour de France - Crow Edition

Alteryx

A solution to last week's challenge can be found here!

The Tour de France is one of the most grueling competitions on the planet. Each year, incredibly fit athletes push the limits of human endurance to traverse some 3000+ kilometers (2000 miles) over about a three-week period ON A BIKE. Just finishing the race is an incredible achievement. But what do birds think about all this?

In this challenge, use Designer and data from the 2017 Tour de France to determine how long the race was, as the crow flies. That’s right, calculate how far the race would be for a bird flying all stages of the race.

This solution treated race days that started and ended in the same city as 0 km covered. Travel outside of racing was not included either (i.e. if the destination of one leg did not match the next leg’s origin, that distance was not included.

8 - Asteroid
Spoiler
14 - Magnetar

Here's my solution..

Spoiler
ACE Emeritus

My solution!

Spoiler
Took me longer than it should have to realize that calculations were in km not miles. Doh!

16 - Nebula

My solution

Spoiler
11 - Bolide

Solution is below

Spoiler

Pretty straightforward.  Interestingly the bike distance in the solution remained in miles, while the bird distance was in km. @danilang - yep miles was something I totally created and then "solved for" in my workflow. Updated workflow accordingly

16 - Nebula
Spoiler
I couldn't even ride my bike the bird's distance in 3 weeks!

12 - Quasar

If the birds didn't fly to the next leg's origin, when the destination of the previous leg was different, then did they ride in the teams' vans?

Spoiler
18 - Pollux

What's a "Bike" and how many horsepower does it have!

@David-Carnes .  Maybe they take the Train

Spoiler
Slightly different tack than those before me.  Transpose to minimize the joins

@john_miller9 :  I think the Bike distance in the input was already in KM.

Dan

8 - Asteroid

Here is my solution
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The text passage describes a community challenge to calculate the distance of the Tour de France "as the crow flies" using Alteryx Designer. It includes a mathematical question and various community members' responses with their solutions.

TYPE: SINGLE_QUESTION_WITH_ANSWER