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    [OC] World Cup 2026 Local Kick-Off times


    Created an overview of which countries got the worst (and best) schedule for the upcoming FIFA World Cup.

    Source of the schedule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup
    Calculated the weighted time average with help of ChatGPT
    Design of the tables in Google Sheets. Combined in Photoshop.

    Posted by iuhfd

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    8 Comments

    2. theflintseeker on

      Sweden getting super hosed. They get two terrible times PLUS have to play in Houston, Dallas, and Monterrey in June. I know Texas stadiums are domed but those just aren’t fun places to be in the summer.

    3. slick_3010 on

      EDIT: OP clarified it’s weighted timezones, not the scores.

      > Calculated the weighted time average with help of ChatGPT

      1. You used ChatGPT for something that is a single Excel/Sheets action.
      2. What’s weighted here? It’s just normal avg as all matches have equal weightage. It’s sum/3. Maybe you mean time itself is weighted?

      IDK, it’s not very beautiful or elegant to me. And the use of chatGPT is certainly useless and distasteful.

    4. InForTheSqueeze on

      So Algerian fans are going to riot and burn Paris on a random Tuesday morning commute?

    5. admiralross2400 on

      My only comment is that I think the red scores should be shifted left a bit…It’s worse going to bed on a work night late than getting up a couple hours early. So a match starting at 1, which won’t finish till at least 230 is worse I’d say than getting up at 4 to see a match then heading to work after. It’s easier to go to bed early than it is to somehow find a time to nap before a late start, or to just power through with less sleep.

      But otherwise, great work.

    6. mrpithecanthropus on

      One of my fondest memories of old world cups is watching them at work or first thing in the morning. I can watch normal domestic football at normal times.

    7. dobsky1912 on

      Not sure how 10pm is seen as ideal for kick off in local time but its an interesting and well done exercise otherwise.

    8. mivitrash on

      For France, Why the score is 90 on a 21:00 match vs Senegal but 95 om a 21:00 match vs Norway ?
      21:00 is the usual hour for national team match in France shouldn’t it be 100 score ?