{"id":694,"date":"2026-07-16T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/?p=694"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:41:47","slug":"694","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/?p=694","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;The H0 World Cup\u201d is out (see links below). They have made a thorough update of \u201cThe H0 Olympics\u201d paper from 5 years ago by the same core author group, with an extensive comparison of models in light of new data. This independent analysis shows that the Cold NEDE and Hot NEDE (with DRMD) models are among the leading models for solving the Hubble tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Cold NEDE is clearly among the leading models (in the EDE class), Hot NEDE with DRMD (in the class of dark radiation models) is only among the leading models when allowing for running and running of the running of the spectral index, as also shown in our recent paper (\u201cThe End of the First Act\u201d). In the short summary paper, this discussion is not included, and for the full picture of the DRMD model, one should read their second long paper (see links below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first short &#8220;The H0 World Cup\u201d summary paper:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2607.13282\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2607.13282<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second long &#8220;The H0 World Cup\u201d complete paper:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2607.13283\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2607.13283<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a YouTube video seminar where I discuss the Cold NEDE and Hot NEDE with DRMD models, and their similarities and differences, see f.ex.:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/VaaCsy4aPV0?si=bYtvFCzJS2AsXg5w\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/VaaCsy4aPV0?si=bYtvFCzJS2AsXg5w<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/VaaCsy4aPV0?si=KNIqsBu6K2czmfjh\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-16-at-11.59.06-1024x621.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-16-at-11.59.06-1024x621.png 1024w, https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-16-at-11.59.06-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-16-at-11.59.06-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-16-at-11.59.06-1536x931.png 1536w, https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-16-at-11.59.06-2048x1242.png 2048w, https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-16-at-11.59.06-495x300.png 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The H0 World Cup\u201d is out (see links below). They have made a thorough update of \u201cThe H0 Olympics\u201d paper from 5 years ago by the same core author group, with an extensive comparison of models in light of new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/?p=694\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15,11,12,16,9,4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmology","category-dark-energy","category-dark-matter","category-dark-matter-2","category-inflation","category-nede","category-physics","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":700,"href":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universe-origins.dk\/sloth\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}