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\nEveryone has their favourite Mario Kart character to play as, but is there really a best option? A choice which will actually give you an edge to beat your rivals – to go just a little bit faster, or recover that little bit quicker?\n<\/p>\n

\nWell, yes – some characters are mathmatically better than others. This is even true when you factor in the many different kart pieces – bodies, wheels and gliders – which you can mix and match to tweak your overall racer stat. So how do you pick? <\/p>\n

\nAccording to a fasincating and beautifully put together piece of research<\/a> by data scientist Antoine Mayerowitz, there are 703,560 different build options to choose from when you cater to all the different characters and kart pieces. But many of these are carbon copies of each other – so you can quickly whittle that down to just 25,704 distinct statistical options.\n<\/p>\n

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Everyone has their favourite Mario Kart character to play as, but is there really a best option? A choice which will actually give you an edge to beat your rivals – to go just a little bit faster, or recover that little bit quicker? Well, yes – some characters are mathmatically better than others. This is even true when you factor in the many different kart pieces – bodies, wheels and gliders – which you can mix and match to tweak your overall racer stat. So how do you pick? According to a fasincating and beautifully put together piece of research by data scientist Antoine Mayerowitz, there are 703,560 different build options to choose from when you cater to all the different characters and kart…<\/p>\n

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