Ladies and Gentlemen, we are only a few days away from the start of our most ambitious tournament ever! I am grateful to everyone for participating in the preceding nomination process, but now the real fun begins! This thread will serve as your launching pad for the various stages of the tournament and will help track the various threads, results, and announcements.
The structure has been discussed at length in the main announcement thread but here it is to refresh anyone's memory or for anyone new:
- There are 1,456 tracks nominated overall, divided into 14 time periods of five years within 8 decades, covering the last 70 years of popular music from the end of World War II to today (1945-2014).
- The tournament will actually consist of 14 consecutive tournaments for each time period, followed by a face-off between the winners of each of the 14 five-year periods to determine the best piece of music of all time (or rather of the last 70 years... you know what I mean).
- There will be three initial rounds, each going for about a month. The first two time periods (1945-1949 and 1950-1954) will only go through two rounds.
- This will be followed by five rounds of playoffs: the initial two rounds followed by the quarterfinals, the semifinals, and the finals.
- After the playoffs we will have 14 winners, each representing its time period. Seeded based on percentages acquired throughout the tournament, they will then go on to the Tournament Final, the ultimate showdown to determine our last song standing.
Yes, this will take a long time, and there will be lots of songs to listen to and many polls each day to vote on. But I believe this will be incredibly fun and interesting. I think everyone did a great job nominating a very eclectic mix of well known classics and more obscure gems, and voting on these, even in the early rounds, will be difficult, since everything is so good!
Note: each poll will be open for 7 days and any tiebreaker polls will be open for 4 days.
ROUND 1
Without further ado, then, here is the schedule for Round 1. The lists have been randomized using random.org at least 10 times. Each poll will run for seven days in its decade-appropriate sub-forum and will contain seven nominations with the top five moving on.
Week One
Monday, March 14, 2016
- 1945-1949 - Group 1 of 8 - Tiebreaker
- 1945-1949 - Group 2 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Group 3 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Group 4 of 8 - Tiebreaker
- 1945-1949 - Group 5 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Group 6 of 8 - Tiebreaker
- 1945-1949 - Group 7 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Group 8 of 8
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
- 1950-1954 - Group 1 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Group 2 of 8 - Tiebreaker
- 1950-1954 - Group 3 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Group 4 of 8 - Tiebreaker
- 1950-1954 - Group 5 of 8 - Tiebreaker
- 1950-1954 - Group 6 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Group 7 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Group 8 of 8 - Tiebreaker
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Group 1 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 2 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 3 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 4 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 5 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 6 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 7 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 8 of 16
Thursday, March 17, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Group 9 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 10 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 11 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 12 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 13 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 14 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 15 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 16 of 16
Friday, March 18, 2016
- 1960-1964 - Group 1 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 2 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 3 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 4 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1960-1964 - Group 5 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 6 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 7 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 8 of 16
Week Two
Monday, March 21, 2016
- 1960-1964 - Group 9 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 10 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1960-1964 - Group 11 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 12 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 13 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 14 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 15 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 16 of 16
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Group 1 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 2 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1965-1969 - Group 3 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 4 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 5 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1965-1969 - Group 6 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1965-1969 - Group 7 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 8 of 16
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Group 9 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1965-1969 - Group 10 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1965-1969 - Group 11 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 12 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 13 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 14 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 15 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 16 of 16
Thursday, March 24, 2016
- 1970-1974 - Group 1 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 2 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 3 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 4 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 5 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 6 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1970-1974 - Group 7 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 8 of 16
Friday, March 25, 2016
- 1970-1974 - Group 9 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 10 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 11 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 12 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 13 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1970-1974 - Group 14 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 15 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 16 of 16
Week Three
Monday, March 28, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Group 1 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 2 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 3 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1975-1979 - Group 4 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 5 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 6 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 7 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 8 of 16
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Group 9 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 10 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 11 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 12 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 13 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1975-1979 - Group 14 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 15 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1975-1979 - Group 16 of 16 - Tiebreaker
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Group 1 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 2 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 3 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 4 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1980-1984 - Group 5 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 6 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 7 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 8 of 16
Thursday, March 31, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Group 9 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1980-1984 - Group 10 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 11 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 12 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 13 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 14 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 15 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 16 of 16
Friday, April 1, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Group 1 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 2 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 3 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 4 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 5 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1985-1989 - Group 6 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 7 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 8 of 16
Week Four
Monday, April 4, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Group 9 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 10 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1985-1989 - Group 11 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1985-1989 - Group 12 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1985-1989 - Group 13 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1985-1989 - Group 14 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1985-1989 - Group 15 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1985-1989 - Group 16 of 16
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
- 1990-1994 - Group 1 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1990-1994 - Group 2 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 3 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 4 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 5 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1990-1994 - Group 6 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 7 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 8 of 16
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
- 1990-1994 - Group 9 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 10 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 11 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1990-1994 - Group 12 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 13 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1990-1994 - Group 14 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 15 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 16 of 16
Thursday, April 7, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Group 1 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1995-1999 - Group 2 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 3 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 4 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1995-1999 - Group 5 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 6 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1995-1999 - Group 7 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1995-1999 - Group 8 of 16
Friday, April 8, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Group 9 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 10 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 11 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 12 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 13 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 14 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1995-1999 - Group 15 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 16 of 16 - Tiebreaker
Week Five
Monday, April 11, 2016
- 2000-2004 - Group 1 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 2 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 3 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 4 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 5 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 6 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 7 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 8 of 16
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
- 2000-2004 - Group 9 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 10 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 11 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 12 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 13 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 14 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 15 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 16 of 16
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
- 2005-2009 - Group 1 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 2 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 2005-2009 - Group 3 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 2005-2009 - Group 4 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 5 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 6 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 7 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 8 of 16 - Tiebreaker
Thursday, April 14, 2016
- 2005-2009 - Group 9 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 2005-2009 - Group 10 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 2005-2009 - Group 11 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 12 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 13 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 2005-2009 - Group 14 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 2005-2009 - Group 15 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 16 of 16
Friday, April 15, 2016
- 2010-2014 - Group 1 of 16
- 2010-2014 - Group 2 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 2010-2014 - Group 3 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 2010-2014 - Group 4 of 16
- 2010-2014 - Group 5 of 16
- 2010-2014 - Group 6 of 16
- 2010-2014 - Group 7 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 2010-2014 - Group 8 of 16
Saturday, April 16, 2016
ROUND 2
Tracks in Round 2 have been ranked according to their percentage received in the preceding round (and then alphabetically), and groups were seeded World Cup-style, from top to bottom, across 16 (or 8) groups (in other words, from #1 to #16 seeded as first in groups 1 through 16, then #17 to #32, and so on). For the second round we will go through a similar process, but now there will be five nominations in each group with the top three picks moving on to Round 3. The winners of the first two time periods (1945-1949 and 1950-1954) will actually be moving on to the playoffs, so there won't be a third round for them, while the rest will be moving onto the third and final preliminary round. To refresh, the playoffs will pit the top 24 tracks from each time period in a direct one-and-done bracket, and the seeding will be accomplished by ranking the percentage of overall votes acquired by the song through the two or three preliminary rounds. For example, if a song from the first time period received 75% of the vote in Round 1 and 45% of the vote in Round 2, its cumulative percentage is 120% (or 60% of the available 200%).
Week One
Monday, May 2, 2016
- 1945-1949 - Group 1 of 8 - Tiebreaker
- 1945-1949 - Group 2 of 8 - Tiebreaker
- 1945-1949 - Group 3 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Group 4 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Group 5 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Group 6 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Group 7 of 8 - Tiebreaker
- 1945-1949 - Group 8 of 8 - Tiebreaker
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
- 1950-1954 - Group 1 of 8 - Tiebreaker
- 1950-1954 - Group 2 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Group 3 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Group 4 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Group 5 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Group 6 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Group 7 of 8 - Tiebreaker
- 1950-1954 - Group 8 of 8
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Group 1 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 2 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1955-1959 - Group 3 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 4 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1955-1959 - Group 5 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 6 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 7 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 8 of 16
Thursday, May 5, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Group 9 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 10 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 11 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 12 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1955-1959 - Group 13 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1955-1959 - Group 14 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 15 of 16
- 1955-1959 - Group 16 of 16
Friday, May 6, 2016
- 1960-1964 - Group 1 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1960-1964 - Group 2 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 3 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 4 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 5 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 6 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1960-1964 - Group 7 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 8 of 16
Week Two
Monday, May 9, 2016
- 1960-1964 - Group 9 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 10 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 11 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1960-1964 - Group 12 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 13 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1960-1964 - Group 14 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 15 of 16
- 1960-1964 - Group 16 of 16
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Group 1 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 2 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 3 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 4 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 5 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 6 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 7 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 8 of 16
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Group 9 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 10 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1965-1969 - Group 11 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 12 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 13 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 14 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 15 of 16
- 1965-1969 - Group 16 of 16
Thursday, May 12, 2016
- 1970-1974 - Group 1 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 2 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 3 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1970-1974 - Group 4 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 5 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 6 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 7 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 8 of 16
Friday, May 13, 2016
- 1970-1974 - Group 9 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 10 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 11 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 12 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 13 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 14 of 16
- 1970-1974 - Group 15 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1970-1974 - Group 16 of 16 - Tiebreaker
Week Three
Monday, May 16, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Group 1 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 2 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 3 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 4 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 5 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 6 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 7 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 8 of 16
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Group 9 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 10 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 11 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1975-1979 - Group 12 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 13 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 14 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 15 of 16
- 1975-1979 - Group 16 of 16
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Group 1 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 2 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 3 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 4 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 5 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 6 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1980-1984 - Group 7 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 8 of 16
Thursday, May 19, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Group 9 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 10 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1980-1984 - Group 11 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 12 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 13 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 14 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 15 of 16
- 1980-1984 - Group 16 of 16
Friday, May 20, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Group 1 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 2 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 3 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1985-1989 - Group 4 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 5 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 6 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 7 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 8 of 16
Week Four
Monday, May 23, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Group 9 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 10 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 11 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 12 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 13 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 14 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 15 of 16
- 1985-1989 - Group 16 of 16
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
- 1990-1994 - Group 1 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 2 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 3 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 4 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1990-1994 - Group 5 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1990-1994 - Group 6 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 7 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1990-1994 - Group 8 of 16
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
- 1990-1994 - Group 9 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 10 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 11 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 12 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 13 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 14 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 15 of 16
- 1990-1994 - Group 16 of 16
Thursday, May 26, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Group 1 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 2 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 3 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1995-1999 - Group 4 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1995-1999 - Group 5 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 6 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 7 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 8 of 16 - Tiebreaker
Friday, May 27, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Group 9 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 10 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 11 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 12 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 13 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 14 of 16
- 1995-1999 - Group 15 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 1995-1999 - Group 16 of 16
Week Five
Monday, May 30, 2016
- 2000-2004 - Group 1 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 2000-2004 - Group 2 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 3 of 16 - Tiebreaker
- 2000-2004 - Group 4 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 5 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 6 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 7 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 8 of 16 - Tiebreaker
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
- 2000-2004 - Group 9 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 10 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 11 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 12 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 13 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 14 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 15 of 16
- 2000-2004 - Group 16 of 16
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
- 2005-2009 - Group 1 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 2 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 3 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 4 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 5 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 6 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 7 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 8 of 16
Thursday, June 2, 2016
- 2005-2009 - Group 9 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 10 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 11 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 12 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 13 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 14 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 15 of 16
- 2005-2009 - Group 16 of 16
Friday, June 3, 2016
- 2010-2014 - Group 1 of 16
- 2010-2014 - Group 2 of 16
- 2010-2014 - Group 3 of 16
- 2010-2014 - Group 4 of 16
- 2010-2014 - Group 5 of 16
- 2010-2014 - Group 6 of 16
- 2010-2014 - Group 7 of 16
- 2010-2014 - Group 8 of 16 - Tiebreaker
Saturday, June 4, 2016
ROUND 3
Tracks in Round 3 have been ranked according to their cumulative percentage received in the preceding two rounds (and then alphabetically), and groups were seeded World Cup-style, from top to bottom, across 12 groups of four tracks. The top two tracks in each group will move onto the playoffs. Since there were half as many tracks for the first two time periods (1945-1949 and 1950-1955), we will be starting off with 1955-1959.
Week One
Monday, June 20, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Group 1 of 12
- 1955-1959 - Group 2 of 12
- 1955-1959 - Group 3 of 12
- 1955-1959 - Group 4 of 12
- 1955-1959 - Group 5 of 12
- 1955-1959 - Group 6 of 12
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Group 7 of 12
- 1955-1959 - Group 8 of 12
- 1955-1959 - Group 9 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1955-1959 - Group 10 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1955-1959 - Group 11 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1955-1959 - Group 12 of 12
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
- 1960-1964 - Group 1 of 12
- 1960-1964 - Group 2 of 12
- 1960-1964 - Group 3 of 12
- 1960-1964 - Group 4 of 12
- 1960-1964 - Group 5 of 12
- 1960-1964 - Group 6 of 12
Thursday, June 23, 2016
- 1960-1964 - Group 7 of 12
- 1960-1964 - Group 8 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1960-1964 - Group 9 of 12
- 1960-1964 - Group 10 of 12
- 1960-1964 - Group 11 of 12
- 1960-1964 - Group 12 of 12 - Tiebreaker
Friday, June 24, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Group 1 of 12
- 1965-1969 - Group 2 of 12
- 1965-1969 - Group 3 of 12
- 1965-1969 - Group 4 of 12
- 1965-1969 - Group 5 of 12
- 1965-1969 - Group 6 of 12
Week Two
Monday, June 27, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Group 7 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1965-1969 - Group 8 of 12
- 1965-1969 - Group 9 of 12
- 1965-1969 - Group 10 of 12
- 1965-1969 - Group 11 of 12
- 1965-1969 - Group 12 of 12
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
- 1970-1974 - Group 1 of 12
- 1970-1974 - Group 2 of 12
- 1970-1974 - Group 3 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1970-1974 - Group 4 of 12
- 1970-1974 - Group 5 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1970-1974 - Group 6 of 12
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
- 1970-1974 - Group 7 of 12
- 1970-1974 - Group 8 of 12
- 1970-1974 - Group 9 of 12
- 1970-1974 - Group 10 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1970-1974 - Group 11 of 12
- 1970-1974 - Group 12 of 12
Thursday, June 30, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Group 1 of 12
- 1975-1979 - Group 2 of 12
- 1975-1979 - Group 3 of 12
- 1975-1979 - Group 4 of 12
- 1975-1979 - Group 5 of 12
- 1975-1979 - Group 6 of 12
Friday, July 1, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Group 7 of 12
- 1975-1979 - Group 8 of 12
- 1975-1979 - Group 9 of 12
- 1975-1979 - Group 10 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1975-1979 - Group 11 of 12
- 1975-1979 - Group 12 of 12 - Tiebreaker
Week Three
Monday, July 4, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Group 1 of 12
- 1980-1984 - Group 2 of 12
- 1980-1984 - Group 3 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1980-1984 - Group 4 of 12
- 1980-1984 - Group 5 of 12
- 1980-1984 - Group 6 of 12 - Tiebreaker
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Group 7 of 12
- 1980-1984 - Group 8 of 12
- 1980-1984 - Group 9 of 12
- 1980-1984 - Group 10 of 12
- 1980-1984 - Group 11 of 12
- 1980-1984 - Group 12 of 12
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Group 1 of 12
- 1985-1989 - Group 2 of 12
- 1985-1989 - Group 3 of 12
- 1985-1989 - Group 4 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1985-1989 - Group 5 of 12
- 1985-1989 - Group 6 of 12
Thursday, July 7, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Group 7 of 12
- 1985-1989 - Group 8 of 12
- 1985-1989 - Group 9 of 12
- 1985-1989 - Group 10 of 12
- 1985-1989 - Group 11 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1985-1989 - Group 12 of 12
Friday, July 8, 2016
- 1990-1994 - Group 1 of 12
- 1990-1994 - Group 2 of 12
- 1990-1994 - Group 3 of 12
- 1990-1994 - Group 4 of 12
- 1990-1994 - Group 5 of 12
- 1990-1994 - Group 6 of 12
Week Four
Monday, July 11, 2016
- 1990-1994 - Group 7 of 12
- 1990-1994 - Group 8 of 12
- 1990-1994 - Group 9 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1990-1994 - Group 10 of 12
- 1990-1994 - Group 11 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1990-1994 - Group 12 of 12
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Group 1 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1995-1999 - Group 2 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1995-1999 - Group 3 of 12
- 1995-1999 - Group 4 of 12
- 1995-1999 - Group 5 of 12
- 1995-1999 - Group 6 of 12
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Group 7 of 12
- 1995-1999 - Group 8 of 12
- 1995-1999 - Group 9 of 12
- 1995-1999 - Group 10 of 12 - Tiebreaker
- 1995-1999 - Group 11 of 12
- 1995-1999 - Group 12 of 12
Thursday, July 14, 2016
- 2000-2004 - Group 1 of 12
- 2000-2004 - Group 2 of 12
- 2000-2004 - Group 3 of 12
- 2000-2004 - Group 4 of 12
- 2000-2004 - Group 5 of 12
- 2000-2004 - Group 6 of 12
Friday, July 15, 2016
- 2000-2004 - Group 7 of 12
- 2000-2004 - Group 8 of 12
- 2000-2004 - Group 9 of 12
- 2000-2004 - Group 10 of 12
- 2000-2004 - Group 11 of 12
- 2000-2004 - Group 12 of 12 - Tiebreaker
Week Five
Monday, July 18, 2016
- 2005-2009 - Group 1 of 12
- 2005-2009 - Group 2 of 12
- 2005-2009 - Group 3 of 12
- 2005-2009 - Group 4 of 12
- 2005-2009 - Group 5 of 12
- 2005-2009 - Group 6 of 12
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
- 2005-2009 - Group 7 of 12
- 2005-2009 - Group 8 of 12
- 2005-2009 - Group 9 of 12
- 2005-2009 - Group 10 of 12
- 2005-2009 - Group 11 of 12
- 2005-2009 - Group 12 of 12
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
- 2010-2014 - Group 1 of 12
- 2010-2014 - Group 2 of 12
- 2010-2014 - Group 3 of 12
- 2010-2014 - Group 4 of 12
- 2010-2014 - Group 5 of 12
- 2010-2014 - Group 6 of 12
Thursday, July 21, 2016
PLAYOFFS ROUND 1
For the first round of the playoffs, the bottom 16 tracks (of 24 that made the playoffs from each time period) will face off against one another in order to take on the top 8 in the second round of the playoffs. The bracket structure being used can be seen here. So in this first round it will be #16 vs. #17, #9 vs. #24, #13 vs. #20, #12 vs. #21, #14 vs. #19, #11 vs. #22, #15 vs. #18, and #10 vs. #23.
Week One
Monday, August 1, 2016
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 4 of 8
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 8 of 8
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 4 of 8
Thursday, August 4, 2016
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 8 of 8
Friday, August 5, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 4 of 8
Week Two
Monday, August 8, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 8 of 8
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 4 of 8
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 8 of 8
Thursday, August 11, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 4 of 8
Friday, August 12, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 8 of 8
Week Three
Monday, August 15, 2016
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 4 of 8
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 8 of 8
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 4 of 8
Thursday, August 18, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 8 of 8
Friday, August 19, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 4 of 8
Week Four
Monday, August 22, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 8 of 8
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 4 of 8
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 8 of 8
Thursday, August 25, 2016
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 4 of 8
Friday, August 26, 2016
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 8 of 8
Week Five
Monday, August 29, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 4 of 8
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 8 of 8
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 4 of 8
Thursday, September 1, 2016
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 8 of 8
Friday, September 2, 2016
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 4 of 8
Week Six
Monday, September 5, 2016
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 8 of 8
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
- 2010-2014 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 2010-2014 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 2010-2014 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 2010-2014 - Bracket 4 of 8
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
PLAYOFFS ROUND 2
For the second round of the playoffs, the eight winning tracks from the previous round will take on the top eight tracks in each time period. The winners will move onto the Quarterfinals. The bracket structure being used can be seen here.
Week One
Monday, September 19, 2016
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 4 of 8
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 8 of 8
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 4 of 8
Thursday, September 22, 2016
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 8 of 8
Friday, September 23, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 4 of 8
Week Two
Monday, September 26, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 8 of 8
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 4 of 8
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 8 of 8
Thursday, September 29, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 4 of 8
Friday, September 30, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 8 of 8
Week Three
Monday, October 3, 2016
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 4 of 8
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 8 of 8
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 4 of 8
Thursday, October 6, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 8 of 8
Friday, October 7, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 4 of 8
Week Four
Monday, October 10, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 8 of 8
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 4 of 8
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 8 of 8
Thursday, October 13, 2016
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 4 of 8
Friday, October 14, 2016
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 8 of 8
Week Five
Monday, October 17, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 4 of 8
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 8 of 8
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 4 of 8
Thursday, October 20, 2016
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 8 of 8
Friday, October 21, 2016
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 4 of 8
Week Six
Monday, October 24, 2016
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 5 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 6 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 7 of 8
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 8 of 8
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
- 2010-2014 - Bracket 1 of 8
- 2010-2014 - Bracket 2 of 8
- 2010-2014 - Bracket 3 of 8
- 2010-2014 - Bracket 4 of 8
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
QUARTERFINALS
Week One
Monday, November 7, 2016
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 4 of 4
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 4 of 4
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 4 of 4
Thursday, November 10, 2016
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 4 of 4
Friday, November 11, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 4 of 4
Saturday, November 12, 2016
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 4 of 4
Week Two
Monday, November 14, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 4 of 4
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 4 of 4
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 4 of 4
Thursday, November 17, 2016
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 4 of 4
Friday, November 18, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 4 of 4
Saturday, November 19, 2016
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 4 of 4
Week Three
Monday, November 21, 2016
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 1 of 4
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 2 of 4
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 3 of 4
- 2005-2009 - Bracket 4 of 4
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
SEMIFINALS
Monday, December 5, 2016
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 1945-1949 - Bracket 2 of 2
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 1950-1954 - Bracket 2 of 2
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 1955-1959 - Bracket 2 of 2
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 1960-1964 - Bracket 2 of 2
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 1965-1969 - Bracket 2 of 2
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 1970-1974 - Bracket 2 of 2
Thursday, December 8, 2016
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 1975-1979 - Bracket 2 of 2
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 1980-1984 - Bracket 2 of 2
Friday, December 9, 2016
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 1985-1989 - Bracket 2 of 2
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 1990-1994 - Bracket 2 of 2
Saturday, December 10, 2016
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 1995-1999 - Bracket 2 of 2
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 1 of 2
- 2000-2004 - Bracket 2 of 2
Sunday, December 11, 2016
FINALS
Monday, December 19, 2016
- 1945-1949 - Final 1 of 14
- 1950-1954 - Final 2 of 14
- 1955-1959 - Final 3 of 14
- 1960-1964 - Final 4 of 14
- 1965-1969 - Final 5 of 14
- 1970-1974 - Final 6 of 14
- 1975-1979 - Final 7 of 14
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
- 1980-1984 - Final 8 of 14
- 1985-1989 - Final 9 of 14
- 1990-1994 - Final 10 of 14
- 1995-1999 - Final 11 of 14
- 2000-2004 - Final 12 of 14
- 2005-2009 - Final 13 of 14
- 2010-2014 - Final 14 of 14
TOURNAMENT FINALS
Monday, January 2, 2017
Monday, January 9, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
Monday, January 23, 2017
Monday, January 30, 2017