| Title: | The Amazing Race Tidy Datasets |
|---|---|
| Description: | Comprehensive tidy datasets for the television series The Amazing Race. Contains clean tabular data on seasons, episodes, contestants, teams, legs, leg results, and tasks for exploratory data analysis, statistical modeling, route mapping, and game show survival analysis. Inspired by packages like alone, survivoR, and bakeoff. |
| Authors: | Nicholas Wilde [aut, cre] |
| Maintainer: | Nicholas Wilde <[email protected]> |
| License: | Apache License (== 2.0) |
| Version: | 0.7.2 |
| Built: | 2026-10-22 19:27:59 UTC |
| Source: | https://github.com/nicholaswilde/the-amazing-race |
Individual contestant demographics, ages, relationship categories, and hometown residences.
contestantscontestants
A data frame with 1300 rows and 12 variables:
Franchise country code
Season number (integer)
Unique alphanumeric contestant identifier
Full name of the contestant
Age of the contestant during filming (integer)
Gender of the contestant (M, F, NB)
Stated relationship to race teammate
City and state of permanent residence
Parsed US state two-letter postal code or region
Hometown country code (e.g. USA)
Finishing status (e.g. Winners, Runners-up, Eliminated)
Total count of Roadblock challenges completed by this contestant (integer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_(American_TV_series)
Episode-level broadcast metadata, titles, premiere air dates, and Nielsen television viewership ratings.
episodesepisodes
A data frame with 669 rows and 6 variables:
Franchise country code
Season number (integer)
Episode number within the season (integer)
Official broadcast episode title
Original television broadcast date (YYYY-MM-DD)
US broadcast viewership in millions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_(American_TV_series)
Finish placements, arrival ranks, and game-mechanic penalties/advantages for each team on every leg.
leg_resultsleg_results
A data frame with 4667 rows and 12 variables:
Franchise country code
Season number (integer)
Leg number within the season (integer)
Name of the competing team
Finishing rank on this leg (integer)
Original unparsed result table cell indicator
Logical flag indicating if the leg was a predetermined Non-Elimination Leg
Logical flag indicating if the team successfully utilized a Fast Forward
Logical flag indicating if the team was targeted by a U-Turn penalty
Logical flag indicating if the team was targeted by a Yield penalty
Logical flag indicating if the team served a Speed Bump penalty
Name of the contestant who performed the Roadblock on this leg, if applicable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_(American_TV_series)
Leg-level travel route summaries, itinerary waypoints count, task counts, and route narratives.
legslegs
A data frame with 677 rows and 13 variables:
Franchise country code
Season number (integer)
Leg number within the season (integer)
Locations and countries traversed during the leg
Origin country three-letter ISO code (e.g. USA, FRA)
Destination country three-letter ISO code (e.g. ZMB, JPN)
Primary destination city or region of the leg
Destination continent name (e.g. Africa, Europe, Asia)
Destination latitude coordinate (WGS84) (numeric)
Destination longitude coordinate (WGS84) (numeric)
Count of distinct route waypoints and stops (integer)
Count of challenge checkpoints on the leg (integer)
Comprehensive narrative detailing route travel, navigation challenges, and leg storyline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_(American_TV_series)
Season-level metadata, route summary statistics, and winning teams across all seasons.
seasonsseasons
A data frame with 56 rows and 11 variables:
Franchise country code ('US', 'CAN', 'AUS', etc.)
Season number (integer)
Total number of competing teams
Total number of legs in the season
Total number of broadcast episodes
Names of the winning team members
Total race travel distance in miles
Total race travel distance in kilometers
Season premiere and finale broadcast date range
Season filming date range
Wikipedia source page URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_(American_TV_series)
Detailed breakdowns of all Roadblocks, Detours, Fast Forwards, and Route Info challenges.
taskstasks
A data frame with 2378 rows and 6 variables:
Franchise country code
Season number (integer)
Leg number within the season (integer)
Task category ('Roadblock', 'Detour', 'Fast Forward', 'Route Info', 'Speed Bump')
Full description of task requirements, rules, and location
Name of the contestant who completed the task for Roadblock challenges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_(American_TV_series)
Two-person team statistics, relationship classifications, final finish placement, and total leg victories.
teamsteams
A data frame with 635 rows and 17 variables:
Franchise country code
Season number (integer)
Unique team identifier
Combined names of both team members
Relationship classification (e.g. Married, Dating, Siblings, Friends)
Hometown location of the team
Final race finish placement (1 = Champions, integer)
Finishing status description
Count of first-place leg finishes won by the team (integer)
Total number of legs completed before elimination or victory (integer)
Average leg finish placement across all completed legs (numeric)
Standard deviation of leg finish placements (numeric)
Total count of Top-3 leg finishes (integer)
Proportion of completed legs finishing in Top-3 (numeric)
Team gender composition (MM, FF, MF)
Final distribution of Roadblock challenges completed between teammates (e.g. '6-6', '7-5')
Equitability score of Roadblock task distribution from 0.0 (unequal) to 1.0 (perfect parity) (numeric)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_(American_TV_series)