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Baby Hales' Pool

Welcome to our baby pool! I have had so much fun hearing what people think we are having I thought it would be fun to start an online pool! Try your hand at guessing all the details of Baby Hales' birthday!

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Entered Sort by EnteredPerson Sort by PersonEmail Sort by EmailBirth Date Sort by Birth DateBirth Time Sort by Birth TimeGender Sort by GenderLength Sort by LengthWeight Sort by WeightHair Sort by HairEyes Sort by EyesFirst Name Sort by First NameMiddle Name Sort by Middle NameComments/ Congratulations Sort by Comments/ Congratulations
2010-11-19 17:52:33Aunt Megan 2011-01-1511:24Girl19.7507.125
7 lbs 2oz		BrownBlueKeelyMarie 
2010-11-19 18:29:27Kim Barrettkim_barret
t881@???.c
om		2011-01-2304:37Boy20.0006.563
6 lbs 9oz		BlondBlueBrennanPaulSo happy for you and Justin and looking forward to welcoming the new baby in January.
2010-11-19 19:32:16Aunt Kimmikvb5711@
???.com		2011-01-1303:17Girl21.0008.563
8 lbs 9oz		BrownBrownKinleyMarie 
2010-11-19 21:41:55Erin Burba Erin.Burba
@???.com		2011-01-1111:30Girl19.5007.875
7 lbs 14oz		BrownBlueMauraCatherineBaby jack is going to have a buddy really soon!!!!
2010-11-19 21:45:23ToMy BurbaAnthonybur
ba@???.com		2011-01-2107:00Boy19.5007.375
7 lbs 6oz		BrownBrownHudsonHarper 
2010-11-20 06:56:32Dave Hales aka FIL 2011-01-1904:29Boy20.0008.000
8 lbs		BlackBrownHudsonDavidLook for a birthmark that looks like either a volleyball or a gobler.
2010-11-20 07:18:20Rhonda Aarondraaron@??
?.net		2011-01-1820:44Girl20.5007.125
7 lbs 2oz		BlackBlueCarlottaDianeExcited about finding out who is right!
2010-11-20 13:06:07Uncle Brendanbjmarkowsk
i@???.com		2011-01-1312:00Boy20.2507.438
7 lbs 7oz		BrownGreenAidenJames 
2010-11-20 14:16:01Great Aunt Shirleysabzips7@?
??.net		2011-01-1105:00Girl21.0007.875
7 lbs 14oz		BlackBlueJosieRenneYou two will be great parents no matter what Baby Hales is...And I will be his/her favorite Graunt!!
2010-11-21 00:19:59Baby Daddyjdhales@??
?.com		2010-12-3113:14Boy23.0009.313
9 lbs 5oz		BaldBlueZeusThe Triumphant:) love my wife and my baby :)
2010-11-21 18:30:28JamieStyronfami
ly@???.com		2011-01-1716:30Girl21.5007.800
7 lbs 13oz		BaldBlueJamieJamiename works either way! think about it??? lol congrats !!!!
2010-11-21 18:48:41weswstyron@??
?.com		2010-11-2101:30Boy20.6209.370
9 lbs 6oz		BaldHazelziggytrintonCongratulations .... can't wait to meet the little guy "the zigster"
2010-11-21 19:39:29Uncle Joejoetart324
@???.com		2011-01-1404:45Boy22.0007.380
7 lbs 6oz		BrownBrownHudsonHunter 
2010-11-21 20:58:05Nannyjooneil@??
?.com		2011-01-2209:00Girl20.5007.500
7 lbs 8oz		BlondBluesusanmarieYou will be so loved!!
2010-11-29 14:16:12Miranda  2011-01-2002:00Girl22.0008.188
8 lbs 3oz		BrownBlueGabriellaMelissa ? :)Your baby 'girl' will be here before you know it! So exciting!
2010-11-30 17:09:40Terri Mitchellterri.mitc
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du		2011-01-2116:00Boy22.5009.188
9 lbs 3oz		BrownHazelAnthonyJosephCan't wait for the arrival of your bundle of joy!!!!
2010-11-30 17:14:16Mem 2011-01-1607:33Boy21.1208.750
8 lbs 12oz		BrownBlueKyleDavidHI, congrats, can't wait to see you just before you bring that beautiful great___ into this world:)!
2010-12-03 16:14:16Grammy 2011-01-2407:15Boy20.5207.750
7 lbs 12oz		BrownBrownShaunAlan 
2011-01-08 23:58:48Donna Johannesenb1gr8mom@?
??.net		2011-01-1009:00Girl19.5007.125
7 lbs 2oz		BaldBlueKylieMarieCongratualtions! Enjoy every second!!!
2011-01-09 00:39:40Nana K 2011-01-1709:00Boy21.0008.500
8 lbs 8oz		BrownBlueJudsonDavidJust to make it easier for myself. :)
2011-01-09 00:41:21Ohmi K 2011-01-1709:00Girl21.0008.500
8 lbs 8oz		BrownBlueEllaMarieCovering the bases. ;)
2011-01-09 19:07:52NiniJill.hales
@???.net		2011-01-1609:47Boy21.7508.350
8 lbs 6oz		BlackBlueHudsonDavidCan't wait to meet the little one!!!
2011-01-09 22:05:32Gramps 2011-01-2008:00Boy20.0007.500
7 lbs 8oz		BlondBlueJustinRaymondBoy or Girl - Will have two great parents!
2011-01-22 14:17:04ACTUAL RESULTS 2011-01-2210:16Girl21.5007.500
7 lbs 8oz		BrownBlueKaylaMarie 
 
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Statistics:

Gender:   
13 Boy (57%)
10 Girl (43%)
  23 Total
 
Average Length:    20.8 in
 
Average Weight:        7.96 lbs
 
Hair:   
4 Bald (17%)
4 Black (17%)
3 Blond (13%)
12 Brown (52%)
0 Red (0%)
 
Eyes:   
15 Blue (65%)
5 Brown (22%)
1 Green (4%)
0 Gray (0%)
2 Hazel (9%)
 
   







Scores (low score wins):

Nanny
1
 
Points
Birth Date: 0
Birth Time: 0.152
Gender: 0
Length: 1
Weight: 0
Hair: 1
Eyes: 0
First Name: 2.9
Middle Name: 0.1
Total: 5.152
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-22
Birth Time: 09:00
Gender: Girl
Length: 20.500
Weight: 7.500
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
First Name: susan
Middle Name: marie
Ohmi K
2
 
Points
Birth Date: 5
Birth Time: 0.152
Gender: 0
Length: 0.5
Weight: 1
Hair: 0
Eyes: 0
First Name: 2.2
Middle Name: 0
Total: 8.852
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-17
Birth Time: 09:00
Gender: Girl
Length: 21.000
Weight: 8.500
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Ella
Middle Name: Marie
Aunt Megan
3
 
Points
Birth Date: 7
Birth Time: 0.136
Gender: 0
Length: 1.75
Weight: 0.375
Hair: 0
Eyes: 0
First Name: 1.1
Middle Name: 0
Total: 10.361
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-15
Birth Time: 11:24
Gender: Girl
Length: 19.750
Weight: 7.125
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Keely
Middle Name: Marie
Grammy
4
 
Points
Birth Date: 2
Birth Time: 0.362
Gender: 1
Length: 0.98
Weight: 0.25
Hair: 0
Eyes: 1
First Name: 2.9
Middle Name: 2.8
Total: 11.292
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-24
Birth Time: 07:15
Gender: Boy
Length: 20.520
Weight: 7.750
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
First Name: Shaun
Middle Name: Alan
Jamie
5
 
Points
Birth Date: 5
Birth Time: 0.748
Gender: 0
Length: 0
Weight: 0.3
Hair: 1
Eyes: 0
First Name: 2.8
Middle Name: 1.6
Total: 11.448
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-17
Birth Time: 16:30
Gender: Girl
Length: 21.500
Weight: 7.800
Hair: Bald
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Jamie
Middle Name: Jamie
ToMy Burba
6
 
Points
Birth Date: 1
Birth Time: 0.392
Gender: 1
Length: 2
Weight: 0.125
Hair: 0
Eyes: 1
First Name: 3.9
Middle Name: 2.2
Total: 11.617
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-21
Birth Time: 07:00
Gender: Boy
Length: 19.500
Weight: 7.375
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
First Name: Hudson
Middle Name: Harper
Miranda
7
 
Points
Birth Date: 2
Birth Time: 0.992
Gender: 0
Length: 0.5
Weight: 0.688
Hair: 0
Eyes: 0
First Name: 3.6
Middle Name: 4.5
Total: 12.28
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-20
Birth Time: 02:00
Gender: Girl
Length: 22.000
Weight: 8.188
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Gabriella
Middle Name: Melissa ? :)
Mem
8
 
Points
Birth Date: 6
Birth Time: 0.326
Gender: 1
Length: 0.38
Weight: 1.25
Hair: 0
Eyes: 0
First Name: 1.1
Middle Name: 2.5
Total: 12.556
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-16
Birth Time: 07:33
Gender: Boy
Length: 21.120
Weight: 8.750
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Kyle
Middle Name: David
Gramps
9
 
Points
Birth Date: 2
Birth Time: 0.272
Gender: 1
Length: 1.5
Weight: 0
Hair: 1
Eyes: 0
First Name: 3.9
Middle Name: 3
Total: 12.672
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-20
Birth Time: 08:00
Gender: Boy
Length: 20.000
Weight: 7.500
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Justin
Middle Name: Raymond
Kim Barrett
10
 
Points
Birth Date: 1
Birth Time: 0.678
Gender: 1
Length: 1.5
Weight: 0.937
Hair: 1
Eyes: 0
First Name: 3.7
Middle Name: 2.9
Total: 12.715
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-23
Birth Time: 04:37
Gender: Boy
Length: 20.000
Weight: 6.563
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Brennan
Middle Name: Paul
Rhonda Aaron
11
 
Points
Birth Date: 4
Birth Time: 1.256
Gender: 0
Length: 1
Weight: 0.375
Hair: 1
Eyes: 0
First Name: 3.3
Middle Name: 2.2
Total: 13.131
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-18
Birth Time: 20:44
Gender: Girl
Length: 20.500
Weight: 7.125
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Carlotta
Middle Name: Diane
Terri Mitchell
12
 
Points
Birth Date: 1
Birth Time: 0.688
Gender: 1
Length: 1
Weight: 1.688
Hair: 0
Eyes: 1
First Name: 3.3
Middle Name: 3.5
Total: 13.176
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-21
Birth Time: 16:00
Gender: Boy
Length: 22.500
Weight: 9.188
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
First Name: Anthony
Middle Name: Joseph
Nana K
13
 
Points
Birth Date: 5
Birth Time: 0.152
Gender: 1
Length: 0.5
Weight: 1
Hair: 0
Eyes: 0
First Name: 3.9
Middle Name: 2.5
Total: 14.052
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-17
Birth Time: 09:00
Gender: Boy
Length: 21.000
Weight: 8.500
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Judson
Middle Name: David
Aunt Kim
14
 
Points
Birth Date: 9
Birth Time: 0.838
Gender: 0
Length: 0.5
Weight: 1.063
Hair: 0
Eyes: 1
First Name: 2.5
Middle Name: 0
Total: 14.901
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-13
Birth Time: 03:17
Gender: Girl
Length: 21.000
Weight: 8.563
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
First Name: Kinley
Middle Name: Marie
Dave Hales aka FIL
15
 
Points
Birth Date: 3
Birth Time: 0.694
Gender: 1
Length: 1.5
Weight: 0.5
Hair: 1
Eyes: 1
First Name: 3.9
Middle Name: 2.5
Total: 15.094
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-19
Birth Time: 04:29
Gender: Boy
Length: 20.000
Weight: 8.000
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
First Name: Hudson
Middle Name: David
Nini
16
 
Points
Birth Date: 6
Birth Time: 0.058
Gender: 1
Length: 0.25
Weight: 0.85
Hair: 1
Eyes: 0
First Name: 3.9
Middle Name: 2.5
Total: 15.558
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-16
Birth Time: 09:47
Gender: Boy
Length: 21.750
Weight: 8.350
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Hudson
Middle Name: David
Donna Johannesen
17
 
Points
Birth Date: 12
Birth Time: 0.152
Gender: 0
Length: 2
Weight: 0.375
Hair: 1
Eyes: 0
First Name: 1.2
Middle Name: 0
Total: 16.727
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-10
Birth Time: 09:00
Gender: Girl
Length: 19.500
Weight: 7.125
Hair: Bald
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Kylie
Middle Name: Marie
Uncle Brendan
18
 
Points
Birth Date: 9
Birth Time: 0.208
Gender: 1
Length: 1.25
Weight: 0.062
Hair: 0
Eyes: 1
First Name: 2.9
Middle Name: 2.2
Total: 17.62
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-13
Birth Time: 12:00
Gender: Boy
Length: 20.250
Weight: 7.438
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
First Name: Aiden
Middle Name: James
Uncle Joe
19
 
Points
Birth Date: 8
Birth Time: 0.662
Gender: 1
Length: 0.5
Weight: 0.12
Hair: 0
Eyes: 1
First Name: 3.9
Middle Name: 3
Total: 18.182
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-14
Birth Time: 04:45
Gender: Boy
Length: 22.000
Weight: 7.380
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
First Name: Hudson
Middle Name: Hunter
Erin Burba
20
 
Points
Birth Date: 11
Birth Time: 0.148
Gender: 0
Length: 2
Weight: 0.375
Hair: 0
Eyes: 0
First Name: 2.5
Middle Name: 3.1
Total: 19.123
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-11
Birth Time: 11:30
Gender: Girl
Length: 19.500
Weight: 7.875
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Maura
Middle Name: Catherine
Great Aunt Shirley
21
 
Points
Birth Date: 11
Birth Time: 0.632
Gender: 0
Length: 0.5
Weight: 0.375
Hair: 1
Eyes: 0
First Name: 3.5
Middle Name: 2.4
Total: 19.407
Data
Birth Date: 2011-01-11
Birth Time: 05:00
Gender: Girl
Length: 21.000
Weight: 7.875
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Josie
Middle Name: Renne
Baby Daddy
22
 
Points
Birth Date: 22
Birth Time: 0.356
Gender: 1
Length: 1.5
Weight: 1.813
Hair: 1
Eyes: 0
First Name: 3.4
Middle Name: 5.1
Total: 36.169
Data
Birth Date: 2010-12-31
Birth Time: 13:14
Gender: Boy
Length: 23.000
Weight: 9.313
Hair: Bald
Eyes: Blue
First Name: Zeus
Middle Name: The Triumphant
wes
23
 
Points
Birth Date: 62
Birth Time: 1.052
Gender: 1
Length: 0.88
Weight: 1.87
Hair: 1
Eyes: 1
First Name: 3.1
Middle Name: 3.5
Total: 75.402
Data
Birth Date: 2010-11-21
Birth Time: 01:30
Gender: Boy
Length: 20.620
Weight: 9.370
Hair: Bald
Eyes: Hazel
First Name: ziggy
Middle Name: trinton
 
 

Scoring Explanation:

A pool entry/guess entails up to 9 components. The pool administrator chooses which components to include. An exact match results in a zero (0)—a perfect score—for that component. The overall score is the total points of all the active components.

Points are determined as follows:

Birth Date
1 point for each day of the week before or after actual (for instance, off by two weeks means 14 points).

Birth Time
A value ranging roughly between 0 – 3 points for time of day (approximately 0.12 points per hour difference. For instance, plus or minus 4 hours is approximately a half point; birth date is not part of the calculation, so clock time is relative and not calculated across the midnight boundary).

Gender
1 point if guess is wrong.

Length
1 point for every inch (or 0.3937 points per cm) greater or less than actual (technically, if the actual is 20 inches and the guess is of 19.999, then 1/1000 of a point is added, for example).

Weight
1 point for every lb (or 2.2 points per kg) greater or less than actual (technically, if the actual is 7 lbs and the guess is of 7.001, then 1/1000 of a point is added, for example).

Hair
1 point if guess is wrong.

Eyes
1 point if guess is wrong.

First Name & Middle Name
On average, one will gain 2 to 4 points for an incorrect guess.

The characters of a name are analyzed for similarity. Character parity, order, and count determine how close the guess is to the actual; phonetic distance is also taken into account. For example, if the actual name is "Bart", then:

"Barry" scores better than "Bartholomew" (count: Bart [4], Barry [5], Bartholomew [11]).
"Brad" scores better than "Jill" (parity: Brad contains the 'a' & 'r', but Jill contains neither).
"Marli" scores better than "Keira" (order: both contain the 'a' & 'r' of Bart, but in Keira it occurs in the wrong order).

If the actual name is "Stu", then:
"Stew" scores better than "Stan" (phonetic: pronunciation usage of 'u' more closely related to 'ew' than 'an').

Case matters ('A' is not equal to 'a')!

There's also significant penalty points for a guess that looks like a non-guess: "?" or "???", for instance.

Note: When the administrator of the baby pool enters the Actual Results, some, but not all components may be filled in. Actual Results components of numeric type which are left blank will default to zero (0). Blank multiple choice components will display blank and 1 point is applied equally to all participants for that component. If the Actual Results are removed and re-entered (for the sake of corrections/additions), scores will be recalculated. If a pool component is deselected by the pool administrator, any data entered while it was active will be ignored by the total score calculation.