Dundee United's late winner at Falkirk on Saturday boosted the Tannadice side's Scottish Premiership top-six hopes and may well have had other managers reaching for their calculators.
While all the focus has been on the most thrilling title race in years, and the managerial changes of the sides fighting relegation, an intriguing situation has developed in the middle of the table with the split drawing near.
At first glance, sixth-place Falkirk have an 11-point cushion and should be sitting pretty - but the havoc wrought on the fixture list by incessant rain in recent weeks means there's still a lot of potential for things to get very competitive before the league is carved in two.
Who is in the mix?
Realistically, there are four teams fighting for two places in the top half.
Fourth-placed Motherwell are two points clear of Hibernian in fifth with two games in hand and look nailed on for Europe, while at the other end Dundee are nervously looking over their shoulder in ninth rather than dreaming of a drive at sixth or higher.
That middle section has Hibs on 42 points and Falkirk on 39 with six games each to play until the split.
But though Aberdeen trail behind on 28 points and Dundee United reached the same mark with the win at Falkirk, postponed games mean they still have nine and eight games respectively to make up ground.
To put it another way, Aberdeen are 14 points behind Hibs but have nine more points to play for. United are 11 behind Falkirk but have six more available to them in their games in hand.
Add to that a fixture list that has the Dons playing each of the other three sides before the split, and rearranged matches handing United four Premiership games in 11 days, and it's a picture that could change quickly.
What are the managers saying?
After a 2-0 win over St Mirren, Hibs head coach David Gray was still preferring to look up at catching Motherwell in the fourth spot that would guarantee European football.
"All we can do is take care of ourselves," Gray said. "We've moved three points closer to Motherwell – I know they play tomorrow and they've got another game in hand."
United boss Jim Goodwin knows there's a challenge ahead but still firmly believes a top-six place is achievable for his side.
"We all understood the importance of the game," he said after his side's vital away win.
"We've closed the gap on Falkirk by three points and we've a couple of games in hand on them.
"If we can go and perform like that – on the offensive front – in weeks to come, then we give ourselves a good chance of continuing this fight for top six.
"Albeit we've given ourselves a mountain to climb, we won't stop trying."
At Aberdeen, where Peter Leven all but confirmed he would be in place as interim manager until the end of the season, he made his target clear for his time in charge.
"Top six is still possible," he said. "That's what we've got to aim for. The last time I took over, we went on a good unbeaten run, so I'm hoping to get that form back."
'There's been an unpredictability about Hibs'
Who will find that form is up for debate but Hibs are already in the strongest position and Motherwell midfielder Andy Halliday believes the Easter Road men are well equipped for the challenge ahead after some canny transfer business.
"Hibs have arguably had the best January out of everyone in the league," Halliday told BBC Sportsound. "Getting £7m for Kieron Bowie... is an excellent bit of business, considering he came in for £600,000.
"Dane Scarlett and Owen Elding are looking impressive. Kai Andrews is someone I've played with and he's got loads of composure. He'll add loads to Hibs' midfield. Ante Suto - three games in a Hibs jersey, came on and scored two goals.
"There's almost been a level of unpredictability in terms of their performance levels. They've not quite hit the heights that they did last year. They've got only a certain amount of games to change that to try to finish as high up as they possibly can."
BBC pundit Michael Stewart watched United's dramatic win over Falkirk but still has concerns about their ability to make a sustained push.
"They can be a little bit too easy to get at it and that's been their Achilles heel," he said. "Some of the guys at the top end of the park have shown flashes of what they can do."
St Mirren needed just 41 points to take a top-six place in dramatic fashion last season and Dundee reached the top half with the same total the previous year.
Hibs have already passed that point and Falkirk are one win away from surpassing it with plenty of games to spare.
But in a much more competitive Premiership, either Dundee United or Aberdeen could sail clear of that mark with a good run of results.
In a season where almost every expectation has been upended already, a thrilling run-in to the split beckons.