Tournament of Maiden Solos: the Top 10 video!

Which guitar solo is your favourite?


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Oh, and also; all things considered, what with there only being three guitarists in the competition, I managed to get some good early odds on an Adrian solo winning this thing...

Put my house on it.
 
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Adrian's style and sound are very popular, it doesn't surprise me at all. Admittedly, I'd have preferred Thin Line to go through here, but it did get close.
 
Here are the first 32 eliminated solos. Before I started I wanted to work with absolute votes, but later I realised that the participation differed throughout the game. In the beginning I had 60, sometimes 70 or even around 80 votes per group, and later it was around 40 to 50. So I decided to use this method: number of votes for one solo in proportion to the number of total votes for its group. Still, I also counted absolute votes and later I decided to compare both. In the outcome I saw that 5 solos were in or outside elimination range depending on the method, so I decided to do a tiebreak, to be sure which are the most popular.

rank number / solo number / solo info / solo votes in proportion to group votes / votes in group / votes in tiebreak*

097 / 072 / 2 A.M. Janick Gers 3:25 - 3:49 / 0.14545454545 / 8 / 8*
098 / 121 / Starblind Adrian Smith 2:34 - 2:53 0.1 / 8 / 4*
099 / 056 / Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter Janick Gers 2:19 - 3:00 / 0.17073170731 / 7 / 3*
100 / 055 / The Assassin Janick Gers 2:24 - 3:04 / 0.14634146341 / 6
101 / 002 / Phantom of the Opera Dave Murray 5:10 - 5:30 / 0.14583333333 / 7
102 / 105 / Brighter Than a Thousand Suns Janick Gers 5:25 - 5:53 / 0.13953488372 / 6
103 / 125 / The Man Who Would Be King Dave Murray 4:01 - 4:55 / 0.13725490196 / 7
104 / 071 / Blood on the World's Hands Janick Gers 3:32 - 3:48 / 0.125 / 5
105 / 057 / From Here to Eternity Janick Gers 2:28 - 2:41 / 0.12244897959 / 6
106 / 070 / Fortunes of War Janick Gers 5:02 - 5:27 / 0.11764705882 / 6
107 / 024 / Still Life Dave Murray 3:45 - 4:11 / 0.11111111111 / 6
108 / 051 / Still Life (LIVE: Maiden England) Dave Murray 3:26 - 3:49 / 0.10869565217 / 5
109 / 069 / Lord of the Flies Janick Gers 3:19 - 3:42 / 0.09803921568 / 5
110 / 052 / Holy Smoke Janick Gers 2:08 - 2:31 / 0.09615384615 / 5
111 / 092 / Hallowed Be Thy Name (LIVE: Rock in Rio) Janick Gers / 4:50 - 5:11 0.09433962264 / 5
112 / 003 / Transylvania Dennis Stratton 1:54 - 2:22 / 0.0862068965517241 / 5
113 / 026 / Quest for Fire Dave Murray 2:39 - 2:54 / 0.08163265306 / 4
114 / 019 / Die With Your Boots On Dave Murray 3:00 - 3:23 / 0.07692307692 / 4
115 / 068 / Sign of the Cross Janick Gers 8:35 - 8:54 / 0.07142857142 / 4
116 / 067 / Prowler (LIVE: A Real Dead One '93) Dave Murray 2:10 - 2:33 / 0.06818181818 / 3
117 / 122 / Starblind Adrian Smith 4:15 - 4:44 / 0.0625 / 3
118 / 098 / Gates of Tomorrow Janick Gers 3:14 - 3:35 / 0.06 / 3
118 / 109 / For the Greater Good of God Janick Gers 5:49 - 6:03 / 0.06 / 3
120 / 102 / Where Eagles Dare (LIVE: Ullevi) Dave Murray 2:15 - 2:39 / 0.05555555555 / 3
121 / 008 / Drifter Adrian Smith 3:04 - 3:42 / 0.05263157894 / 4
122 / 091 / Hallowed Be Thy Name (LIVE: Rock in Rio) Dave Murray / 4:31 - 4:51 0.0487804878 / 2
123/ 014 / The Number of the Beast Adrian Smith 3:14 - 3:34 / 0.04081632653 / 2
124 / 115 / Heaven Can Wait (LIVE: Flight 666) Janick Gers 4:30 - 5:07 / 0.03846153846 / 2
125 / 123 / Starblind Dave Murray 4:43 - 4:53 / 0.025 / 1
126/ 077 / Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger Janick Gers 5:56 - 6:10 / 0,000000000000 / 0
126 / 009 / Invaders Adrian Smith 2:09 - 2:28 / 0,000000000000 / 0
126 / 053 / No Prayer for the Dying Dave Murray 3:10 - 3:29 / 0,000000000000 / 0
 
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Here are the first 32 eliminated solos. Before I started I wanted to work with absolute votes, but later I realised that the participation differed throughout the game. In the beginning I had 60, sometimes 70 or even around 80 votes per group, and later it was around 40 to 50. So I decided to use this method: number of votes for one solo in proportion to the number of total votes for its group. Still, I also counted absolute votes and later I decided to compare both. In the outcome I saw that 5 solos were in or outside elimination range depending on the method, so I decided to do a tiebreak, to be sure which are the most popular.
Good stuff! :ok:
100 / 055 / The Assassin Janick Gers 2:24 - 3:04 / 0.14634146341 / 6
:down:
118 / 098 / Gates of Tomorrow Janick Gers 3:14 - 3:35 / 0.06 / 3
:nonono:
111 / 092 / Hallowed Be Thy Name (LIVE: Rock in Rio) Janick Gers / 4:50 - 5:11 0.09433962264 / 5
:eek:
 
Yep. There's simply too much Gers. I might have contributed to that, since I was trying to be as unbiased as possible and when there was Gers' weaker solo against a particular strong one by H, I might have voted for H then. :(
 
098 / 121 / Starblind Adrian Smith 2:34 - 2:53 0.1 / 8 / 4*
109 / 069 / Lord of the Flies Janick Gers 3:19 - 3:42 / 0.09803921568 / 5
116 / 087 / Out of the Silent Planet Janick Gers 3:51 - 4:20 / 0.06818181818 / 3
117 / 122 / Starblind Adrian Smith 4:15 - 4:44 / 0.0625 / 3
111 / 092 / Hallowed Be Thy Name (LIVE: Rock in Rio) Janick Gers / 4:50 - 5:11 0.09433962264 / 5
RIP
 
Check how close these two are:
107 / 024 / Still Life Dave Murray 3:45 - 4:11 / 0.11111111111 / 6
108 / 051 / Still Life (LIVE: Maiden England) Dave Murray 3:26 - 3:49 / 0.10869565217 / 5

Every guitarist of our three amigos has a "least popular solo":
126/ 077 / Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger Janick Gers 5:56 - 6:10 / 0,000000000000 / 0
126 / 009 / Invaders Adrian Smith 2:09 - 2:28 / 0,000000000000 / 0
126 / 053 / No Prayer for the Dying Dave Murray 3:10 - 3:29 / 0,000000000000 / 0
 
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