Duna AI tournament read
Rio standouts: Stam/Schoon set the efficiency benchmark
Across 66 of 76 matches with statistics, the clearest tournament-field outliers were Shaw/Martin in team hitting efficiency, Thamela/Victoria on serve, Harward/Hodel at the net, and Hegeile/Vitoria in digging. The latter is based on only one match and three sets, so it is an incomplete-sample signal.
- Shaw/Martin lead the aggregate efficiency outliersShaw/Martin posted 49.15%, 12.92 percentage points above the 36.23% tournament average across four matches and nine sets. Among the larger samples, Stam/Schoon also stood out at 47.59% over seven matches and 14 sets; Stam led all listed players at 56.4%.
- Thamela/Victoria were the strongest serving team by rateTheir 2.30 aces per set exceeded the tournament average by 0.99 across four matches and 10 sets. In the broader team aggregates, DeBerg/Flint reached 2.00 aces per set over nine matches, while Izuzquiza/Tania recorded 2.27 over five matches.
- Harward/Hodel produced the top blocking rateHarward/Hodel averaged 1.83 blocks per set, 0.69 above the 1.14 tournament average, across six matches and 12 sets. Carol /Rebecca also combined high volume and rate: 23 blocks and 1.64 per set over seven matches.
- Hegeile/Vitoria are the extreme digging outlier—with a major sample caveatTheir 14.00 digs per set led the supplied standout figures by 3.36 above average, but the rate comes from just one match and three sets. Over deeper team samples, Vieira/Chamereau led the listed field at 13.23 digs per set across nine matches and 22 sets.
- No meaningful field-wide defensive relationship appearedDigs per set and opponent hitting efficiency showed a near-neutral correlation of -0.126 across 130 observations. This is descriptive, not causal: the supplied aggregate does not support a strong tournament-wide relationship between digging volume and opponent hitting efficiency.
