Sonya Thomas summer 2004 vs. 2005

Despite the setback at the Buffalo Wing Festival, Sonya Thomas has generally bested her previous year totals by 15%-25% in the summer of 2005

Event 2004 2005 % change
Nathan’s Hot Dog Contest 32 37 15.6%
Maine Lobster 9.76 lb. 11.3 lb. 15.7%
Buffalo Wing Festival 162 127 -21.6%
Krystal burgers 46 57 23.9%

The other three results indicate that the 2005 Buffalo wing result is most likely an anomaly. (Brian Seiken claims that the wings were difficult to eat). Another year of gains at her current rate should put Sonya near Kobayashi’s level (assuming he does not improve) It will be interesting to see how the heated competition from Joey Chestnut affects Sonya’s improvement.

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  1. ? and The Mysterians said

    September 8, 2005 @ 11:17 am

    Rifkin,

    You’re ridiculous. You can’t extrapolate like that, and an eater can’t improve like that. The Law of Diminishing Returns kicks in. You’re forecasting exponential growth, but incremental growth is hard enough to come by.

    You’re a great researcher but a lousy theorist.

  2. beautiful brian said

    September 8, 2005 @ 1:32 pm

    In response to the buffalo wings not being up to par tastewise, After going through a pound of the wings you start to say to yorself what am i biting into?Even the liquid wont dissolve it . Initially it wont hit you at first because you are so hungry that your mind is telling you thank you for the food and taste is not the issue at this point. But as time wears on, the bad taste and toughness of the wings start to settle in thus explaining why the great eaters had sub par performances.

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