Ironically, I had no idea about the 31 consecutive day thing until after Kax posted it, after predictions for this match were already locked down. Freaky coincidence.

It's not actually consecutive, it's just total for the contest. So you could still exceed 31! For consecutive days in the lead, you had 25 in 2005 and 24 this time... the third and fourth highest numbers ever.
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I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience