challengesR Documentation

Challenges

Description

Details about the three challenges ("signature", "technical", and "showstopper") for each baker/episode across all GBBO series. Who was eliminated? Who won star baker? In the finale, who won and who was runner up?

Usage

challenges

Format

A data frame with 1,136 rows representing individual bakers per episode and 7 variables:

series

An integer denoting the UK series number (1-10).

episode

An integer denoting episode number within a series.

baker

A character string with a given name or nickname.

result

A character string denoting if the baker was IN, OUT, ⁠STAR BAKER⁠, or SICK for a given episode. For finale episodes, values are either WINNER or Runner-up. If NA, the baker did not appear in episode.

signature

A character string containing the bake for the signature challenge for that baker/episode. If NA, the baker did not appear in episode.

technical

An integer denoting the rank on the technical challenge for that baker/episode. A value of 1 means the baker was the winner of the technical challenge. If NA, the baker did not appear in the episode.

showstopper

A character string containing the bake for the showstopper challenge for that baker/episode. If NA, the baker did not appear in episode.

Source

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_British_Bake_Off#Format

Examples

if (require('tibble')) {
  challenges
 }
head(challenges)