BadmintonBites

TL;DR I used a simulator to analyze badminton games “played” by perfectly equally skilled players. A scoreline of 30-29 or 29-30 occurred .024707% of the time. Abolishing the 30 point cap resulted in a maximum scoreline of 43-41 in 100 million simulated…

One South Korean pair bagged title after title, ascending the World Mixed Doubles Rankings in just a handful of years. This up-and-coming duo is none other than the team of Seo Seung Jae and Chae Yu Jung!

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The 2023 BWF World Championships was filled with excitement, heartbreaks, shocking upsets, and everything in-between. It’s every professional badminton player’s dream to become World Champion and it’s therefore the most prestigious badminton tournament out there besides the Olympic Games (which, for those years, the gold medalists are considered “world champion”) Without further ado, here’s my recap of the 2023 BWF World Championships. Spoilers ahead.