In an effort to get back to the LC of this thread... I "won" the ticket lottery to be able to buy tickets to the Red Sox ALCS home games. I've since proceeded to sit in an online waiting room in limbo for 6 hours, and have gotten zero tickets. Likely to not get any.
I guess that's the brag and the beat.
The variance:
Personal best by 10 seconds. Yeah, I had some free time today.
Oh, and the world record is 38. WTF.