Last week I opined that it would be nice to see a chart of the Kentucky Derby done in R. Little did I know the challenge had already been answered! (Thanks for letting me know in the comments.)
I'd heard about Mine That Bird's come-from-behind performance, but hadn't seen the race myself. You can really see him move ahead at the 3/4 mile mark!
Visit Learning R to see how this chart was created using the ggplot2 package.
Learning R: ggplot2 Bump Chart
It's worth the 3 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/kentuckyderby
Posted by: BCC | May 12, 2009 at 09:19