Thomas Willemsen

Art, tech & motion at ✨ Building experiences mixing physical × digital, with an iterative MVP mindset ⚙️ Running & catching flights 🌍

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@WarMonitor3 Proof Messi is carrying: Argentina are already 4th in my ranking of all teams using the best-third-place criteria 😄 https://t.co/zDx4b14NWQ

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@AaronWar_ Another way to look at it: rather than percentages, track the actual race. I rank all teams using the real 3rd-place tiebreakers, so you can experience how the chances change live: https://t.co/f8eY4wpq3p

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@Theoladeledada On my tracker there's a page for each country with the specific points that trigger their places (and the possible next round opponents, still 18 for Cape Verde) So hope this explains: https://t.co/02REmpT9hb

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@puddingbowl1905 @IainMitchell17 Right now, only 5 points guarantees qualification as a best third (though no current third has 5 yet). Even 1 point is still mathematically possible. It depends on many results. Full points guide: https://t.co/rDrvZsS3VF Good luck!

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@Furious_red_ Tracking all teams with the best-thirds ranking rules on https://t.co/5ANzSEbDWF. When you click through on a country you see the group standings and how they lead (or are behind).

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

If you really want to know what your country is up for in the group stages, stop guessing. We’ve built a tool to visualize all teams in #WorldCup2026 on their best-third-ranking and that sometimes says more than the group view. Search for your country on https://t.co/5ANzSEbDWF

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@petejohnjeffery @football360au They are 20th now on the Best Third Place ranking, so 14 places above the cutline. But anyway a draw is already enough to be second. https://t.co/48xmTynA98

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@iammikkymighty Even by winning their final match they reach only 3 points, possible level with Sweden, but they had already lost the head-to-head to them. See https://t.co/QOmvlnD6Sq

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@mmartinezradio Hah, I've made it a league phase model based on the best-thirds ranking: https://t.co/f8eY4wpq3p

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@arjunaskykok @nahsukunawillwi @MadridXtra Japan is very high at the Best-Third-ranking at this moment with +4 goals, so even then, should be good. And has still 12 possible opponents for R32. (https://t.co/rOhLnHIxAd)

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@cjluck84 We tried to solve that (and even made it better including possible opponents in next round): https://t.co/f8eY4wpq3p

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@PamelaNjoku2 If they both win, Curacao are -5 on goal difference, so if they can’t close that gap Ecuador finish 2nd. Can still qualify as a best third-placed team, but they’re below the cut line for now.
Built a tracker for this (including possible next opponents) https://t.co/r9kV7PTWvq

[rombiezobots @rombiezobots]

It's happening today! Tiny sneak peek of our presentation about trying to produce our first animated short. 13:30 AMS time, livestreamed at https://t.co/l1h41nhRF9 #aslinmovie #bcon19

[Dave Driesmans @DaveDriesmans]

Personal project alert. Been working on this with @breadcrumbs in the past months: a social web space for books and music. The main idea is that you share stuff (in public) and discover. Looking forward to see where it goes next! https://t.co/vPC0BZrQTG

[Samuel Leroux @samueleroux]

“Intelligent machines that learn: What do they know?” Amazing IA demo during the @memotv conf at #kikk17 #machinelearning #realtimeanalysis

[Chet Haase @chethaase]

A Machine Learning algorithm walks into a bar.
The bartender asks, "What'll you have?"
The algorithm says, "What's everyone else having?"

[Thomas Willemsen @ThomasW]

@TomHudders Tell me where & when!

[PUSH @pushconf]

The horizon we work on is usually 10 or 25+ years. That’s the main difference from #SpeculativeDesign to the process we know @jape #push17

[PUSH @pushconf]

#MachineLearning doesn’t need to be perfect, nor does it have to be. If we wait for that, others will already exist @tonyhschu #push17