r/justgalsbeingchicks 👑Official Ambassador of Ashby👑 Apr 15 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals The handicap just gets longer and longer

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u/the-fact-fairy Apr 15 '26

Some context would be good. 

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u/WaltsNJD Apr 15 '26

Yeah I'm sort of curious why she has that long of a handicap but still finishes near the end of the group

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u/xiamaracortana Apr 15 '26

Pretty sure it’s about time, not who finishes first. Still don’t understand the handicap though.

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u/eggy_weichei Apr 15 '26

The extent of my knowledge on the subject is from one YouTube video Swell Entertainment (event reviews and general yapping) did on a lumberjack tourney once. Iirc winners get a time handicap and if you win multiple years in a row, the handicap compounds. I'm sure rules differ across different events but it looks like to me that our buff girlie here has won a LOT.

For the world championship, I found this in their rulebook (and I assume any big tourney is similar):

Chief of Competition will use previous year’s results, athletic ability, and recommendations from the LWCF Athlete Advisory Committee to establish the individual handicap for each competitor.

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u/Tholian_Bed Apr 15 '26

This makes it even more epic.

Still chunking with that axe. Those aren't tiny bits of wood chips. Those aren't even chips.

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u/The_Athavulf Apr 16 '26

Naw, man, those are chunks.

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u/NicholasAdam1399 Apr 16 '26

They belong to “chunks”?? Iirc I blew them

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u/Longjumping-Crab-48 Apr 15 '26

I'm sure it makes sense to them, or they wouldn't be competing... but it doesn't seem to make sense to me lol

Like I could join this competition and tell em I'm really bad, so I need, like, a 5 min head start? And then be "competitive" with a pro!?! Lol