spencer 🇭🇷 @spbrown

VAR intervention rate per 100 fouls in the 2026 World Cup.

Solo alguien sin conocimientos técnicos puede creer que un sensor inalámbrico metido dentro de una pelota —que es pateada durante horas con una tasa de muestreo pésima— es capaz de detectar un pelo en su superficie en milisegundos, pero mágicamente inmune a la onda de presión si alguien la falla por un milímetro… todo transmitido por el aire en tiempo real a cientos de metros. Es un acelerómetro. Capta vibraciones y cambios de presión de todo lo que esté cerca, hasta un insecto. Después la @FIFAcom decide qué pico cuenta como “toque”. Y si el microchip marcó el “toque de cabeza” del croata… ¿por qué en la gráfica no aparece después el impacto clarísimo contra el defensor portugués? Esto no es tecnología. Es un robo descarado. Uno de los más escandalosos de la historia del fútbol. Y eso que han habido varios… #Mundial #CopaMundial #FIFA #WorldCup #Fútbol #VAR #TecnologíaFIFA

Apparently the spike in the snickometer was caused by the ball hitting Ruben Dias's arm. If that is so, this will go down as the most disgraceful World Cup match ever played

🇭🇷 Croatia got eliminated from the World Cup by a closed-source sensor. FIFA says the Kinexon chip in the Trionda "proved" Matanović touched the ball. Absolute disgrace. What actually happened: they ran signal processing over 500Hz IMU data from a 14-gram sensor and isolated a supposed contact spike from thousands of noisy samples dominated by bladder harmonics, panel flex, spin wobble and stadium micro-tremors, then nullified one of the most dramatic World Cup equalizers in history via spectral analysis of what is essentially glorified noise. Oh, and it gets better. They moved the chip this year. Back in 2022, it used to hang suspended in the center of the ball. Now it's glued into the sidewall of ONE panel, with counterweights stuffed into the other three so the ball doesn't fly like a shopping cart. So sensitivity now depends on which side of the ball the "contact" happens relative to the sensor. Totally fine basis for ending a nation's tournament. An IMU measures acceleration. Somewhere in a proprietary pipeline, a threshold decides which acceleration counts as "touch." That threshold is unpublished. The false positive rate is unpublished. The calibration data is unpublished. The patents are literally still in their secrecy window. And FIFA owns the raw data, so nobody can independently audit the trace that ended Modrić's last World Cup. And we're all supposed to accept a "heartbeat graphic" on the broadcast as if that settles anything. Since we sadly all know you won't ever admit your crimes or remove this technology for good, at least open source the detection pipeline, @FIFAcom! Publish the thresholds, the error rates, the raw IMU trace from last night. If the tech is right, transparency costs nothing, right?

Heartbroken, but never broken. The pride remains. 🇭🇷💔 #PORCRO 📸 Drago Sopta / HNS #WorldCup #HrabarBroj #Vatreni❤️‍🔥

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🚨🗣️ Luka Modrić on VAR and the penalty: “We deserved much more. Some things didn't go our way. If the situation had been reversed, VAR would NEVER have intervened. I said from the beginning, when VAR was introduced, that I didn't like it. It's useful for some things, but it's being used incorrectly or selectively. VAR should only intervene if it's a 200% clear mistake. Today's incident was NEVER a penalty. They were both holding each other and both fell. You can't decide a match like this with a penalty like that. These things frustrate me because they decide people's fate. They affect your emotions after everything you sacrifice and fight for. We have young players coming through, and then something like this happens. It hurts, especially because it always seems to go against us. Still, we won't use it as an excuse.”

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The NCAA, and 110 hurdles specifically are Brutal. Just some of the big name casualties who won’t be advancing: Antoine Andrews, DeVontae Ford, Sam Bennett, Giovanni Waring, Abel Jordan, Prosper Ekporere

BOO〽️💥 @spbrown 🇭🇷 is moving on to round 2️⃣ at the #ncaaTF West Regional 110m hurdles! His 13.79 earned him a time qualifying spot on Friday 👏 #SkiUMah

The #Gophers pick up 8️⃣ points in the 110m hurdles!! 4th. Spencer Brown (13.68) 6th. Christian Martin (13.82) #B1GTF

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YOU BETCHA! 🗣️ The #Gophers are sending ✌️ high hurdlers to the BIG TEN FINAL! 2nd. Christian Martin (13.57 - Q) 7th. Spencer Brown (13.72 - q)

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“FINALLY!” 🗣️ @spbrown 🇭🇷 sets a new lifetime best to push himself to the No. 2 spot in school history! His winning time of 13.65 is the No. 23 nationally and ties him for 4th in the @bigten this season! #ncaaTF | #Gophers

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Not a bad way to spend the weekend @spbrown 😏🇭🇷🏆 Croatian Indoor National CHAMP in the 60m hurdles (7.81) #ncaaTF | #Gophers

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🎥 @spbrown's 🇭🇷 7.77 in the Windy City Classic 60m hurdles final 〽️ #SkiUMah

Minnesota Cross Country, Track & Field @GopherCCTF

a year ago

Spencer Brown's 🇭🇷 7.77 led the way for the #Gophers unattached men in the 60m hurdles final at the Windy City Classic, helping him finish fifth overall. Martin (7.79) was sixth and Buchanan (7.90) finished eighth overall in the final. #ncaaTF

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This Really Just Happened 😂 Michael Buchanan 🇯🇲 wins the 60m hurdles in a lifetime best 7.72 seconds‼️ #ncaaTF

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PHOTO FINISH 📸 Christian Martin (7.79) defeated teammate Spencer Brown (7.78) for the Jack Johnson Classic 60m hurdles title! Both posted PRs in the process 👏 #ncaaTF

Christian Martin (7.83) and Spencer Brown (7.84) win the two preliminary heats in the 60m hurdles 🎥🔥 Final is at 1:45 pm CT! #ncaaTF

13 months on the shelf, happy to be back. all glory to God🤍

Minnesota Cross Country, Track & Field @GopherCCTF

2 years ago

Spencer Brown leads the way for the #Gophers in the 60m hurdles, setting a new PR of 7.87!! #ncaaTF | #SkiUMah

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The Rebs go 1-2-3 in the event with @spbrown racing to a personal best and @kenney_broadnax having his best time of the outdoor season!