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Horserace Chart Maker

Animate who is ahead at every stage, with a line and a flag or logo for each contender. Upload a spreadsheet and publish the race for free.

什么是 Horserace Chart?

A horserace chart is an animated line chart built to answer one question: who is in front, and how did that change? Each contender gets a line that grows from left to right across a run of stages, such as days, rounds or quarters. The head of every line carries a marker, a live rank and a score, so you can read the order at any moment. A play bar runs the race, and viewers can scrub back and forth. It suits medal tables, polls, league standings and market share.

什么时候使用 Horserace Chart

  • The order is the story

    Who leads, who overtakes and who falls back is easy to follow when the lines race.

  • You have a cumulative total per stage

    Medals after each day, points after each match and sales after each quarter all fit.

  • You want a face on each line

    Flags, logos and portraits turn a line into a contender the audience recognises.

  • You need it to play

    Autoplay, looping and a scrubber make it work on a page, in a video and in a presentation.

什么时候不该用 Horserace Chart

  • You have dozens of contenders

    Labels collide once the pack is thick. Filter to the top ones or use a plain line chart.

  • Exact values matter more than rank

    A table or a bar chart is better when readers must look up a number.

  • The output is a still image

    A race needs motion. A static export shows only the stage you stopped on.

  • You have only two stages

    A dumbbell or slope chart shows a before and after more clearly.

如何制作 Horserace Chart

从电子表格到已发布的图表,一步一步来。

  1. 01Open the Horserace template
  2. 02Add your data
  3. 03Bind names and stages
  4. 04Set how the race scores
  5. 05Style the lines and heads
  6. 06Set playback and publish
阅读完整的 Horserace Chart 指南

Horserace Chart 的组成部分

Line
The path each contender takes across the stages.
Head marker
A circle or picture at the front of the line.
Rank label
The live position, name and score beside the head.
Stage axis
The ticks along the bottom, one for each stage column.
Play bar
The button, replay and slider that run and scrub the race.
Filter buttons
Optional buttons that narrow the race to one group.

Horserace Chart 的常见错误

Using per-stage values for a total

The lines expect running totals. If your columns are increments, switch on the accumulate setting.

Putting the stages out of order

The columns are read left to right, so sort them in running order before you bind them.

Showing too many runners

A crowded finish hides the labels. Limit the race to the top contenders.

Leaving out a picture URL

A missing or broken image falls back to a plain circle. Check the links in the data.

Horserace Chart:常见问题

An animated line chart where each contender's line grows across stages, with a live rank at its head.

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