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Try this link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/us/heat-wave-south.html?unlocked_article_code=L9oiRSsJFQ11FvvJCi0PQvu6O18FzhIRytmAAAhT44l8kx8WooBI8ySjUEWOpGMJIE23B5PbeiBq0grcT2zZ-u31Tub8frOscjHT8J6yOtsTZdUJqJ8VObCOPsjuFlQUgUbPzXlUq6Bqtayg511wcA7XBZsiMdiClATCxf7VOsbaJZ_li6onYy1wHZyBhCWVc0PcXA6OZex8YKxC-Kdnwt1DOnQooaDQ2GDKdt7cW9qKyVoq180H5wgwtLje9kuFke8iZk5mrm9_13cDteKS99qR7phucURWgTCKEuXTt8JqTchfe9k9eeEE-Dt3AiyYDMV-oA&smid=url-share

It sounds like you want time as in the date of earlier contests to be the explanatory or independent variables and scores at finals to be the dependent variable. You should be able to use the regression function in Excel to come up with the regression specifications that you could use to forecast finals scores. https://www.dummies.com/software/microsoft-office/excel/how-to-use-the-regression-data-analysis-tool-in-excel/