๐ŸŽ‚ Birthday Paradox ยท Sports
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Olympic Skateboarding

Delegation

6 team lists ยท 56 player entries ยท avg team size 9.3

Read this sport as a comparison between raw coincidence and what team size alone predicts. Here, the real rate is +22.6 points above the birthday-paradox baseline.

Real team lists
33.3%
teams with shared birthdays
Why it matters: This is the headline rate, but it should never be read without team size.
Expected from size
10.7%
from avg team size
Why it matters: This is the fair baseline: what same-size random teams would do.
Gap from expected
+22.6 points
real โˆ’ expected
Why it matters: Positive means the sport has more birthday matches than size alone predicts.
Team lists
6
teams analysed
Why it matters: Small sample: treat the rate as a lead, not a verdict.
What to notice: The best question on a sport page is not "is the real rate high?" but "is it high after accounting for team size?" That is what the gap card is answering.

Country comparison

Countries with the most team lists for Olympic Skateboarding, charted by the share of teams with at least one shared birthday.

Gender split inside this sport

Real and expected rates for labelled team lists in this sport.

Why it matters: The gender gap is mostly a team-size story. Men have the larger average team size here (12.0 athletes), so their birthday-match rate naturally rises.

By country

Top 40 countries by team-list count.

CountryTeam listsAvg playersReal
AUS19.00.0%
BRA112.00.0%
ESP16.0100.0%
FRA17.00.0%
JPN110.00.0%
USA112.0100.0%
What to notice: Countries with larger average teams will naturally show more shared birthdays. The country list is most useful for finding which samples are driving this sport's overall rate.

By gender

Where the dataset records it.

GenderTeam listsRealExpectedGap
Women425.0%7.7%+17.3 points
Men250.0%16.7%+33.3 points

Sample team lists

Largest teams in the dataset.

TeamSeasonPlayersRepeatsExpected chance
USA Skateboarding (2024 Summer) ยท USA2024 Summer12116.7%
ESP Skateboarding (2024 Summer) ยท ESP2024 Summer614.0%
BRA Skateboarding (2024 Summer) ยท BRA2024 Summer12016.7%
JPN Skateboarding (2024 Summer) ยท JPN2024 Summer10011.7%
AUS Skateboarding (2024 Summer) ยท AUS2024 Summer909.5%
FRA Skateboarding (2024 Summer) ยท FRA2024 Summer705.6%
What to notice: The sample team lists show the mechanics: once the player count gets large, the expected chance climbs quickly, and each repeat is another player landing on a date already present.