EPT0.08s reaction time
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Inflicted
Australia18228 Posts
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On August 08 2016 12:12 FiWiFaKi wrote: All thanks to Jason Lezak on the last split. One second faster than the WR for 100m freestyle for his split. One of the nicest swimming races of all time. Worth noting that said WR was set... literally like five minutes before - in the same race. I've said it before, that Lezak leg was a one-of-a-kind thing. He never got close again, and nor did anyone else. The current WR is still about .9 seconds slower than his split. It was and remains absurd, even with the suits. | ||
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On August 08 2016 12:12 Inflicted wrote: https://www.rio2016.com/en/swimming-mens-4-x-100m-freestyle-relay-final 0.08s reaction time Not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but you're allowed to have a reaction time all the way down to -0.02 (negative .02s) seconds in a relay setting. Reaction times overall are actually quite poor, but a product of desperately needing to be safe as to not get DQ'd after the Chinese were this morning. 0.08 is pretty good, but anything over 0.12 leaves more to be desired. Ideally you'd want about 0.80 in total reaction time for the entire team, but that's asking a lot in an Olympic setting of course. | ||
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Belisarius
Australia6233 Posts
For track races it makes sense because they get to pre-accelerate, but in swimming it seems like there isn't much practical difference. Reaction time doesn't cover it. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On August 08 2016 12:21 Belisarius wrote: What makes relay splits so much faster than the corresponding singles race? For track races it makes sense because they get to pre-accelerate, but in swimming it seems like there isn't much practical difference. Reaction time doesn't cover it. In singles the reaction time is the hearing the gun, plus reacting to that. So think of seeing a car break ahead of you, and how long it takes for you to break. That's roughly around 0.5 seconds for a person, but I think the way reaction is measured here is once feet leave the ground, so that's another 1/10th or 2/10ths there. For the people further on, you predict when they'll touch, you're not actually waiting for them to touch, so it's not really a measure of reaction. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Belisarius
Australia6233 Posts
Assuming that Lezak in 2008 was some kind of insane outlier, the rest are fairly consistent. | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On August 08 2016 12:21 Belisarius wrote: What makes relay splits so much faster than the corresponding singles race? For track races it makes sense because they get to pre-accelerate, but in swimming it seems like there isn't much practical difference. Reaction time doesn't cover it. Vision reaction time is better than hearing reaction time, so it is a measurable difference. | ||
Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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Raidern
Brazil3811 Posts
-eidt 4th best split, not 3rd | ||
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Otolia
France5805 Posts
This is going to be the worst Olympics ever. | ||
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Belisarius
Australia6233 Posts
On August 08 2016 14:35 Raidern wrote: Phelps had the 3rd best split, only behind McEvoy and Adrian, that's very impressive. Kinda sad to see Magnussen with a 48'11 split considering he has swam 47 low before which would mean a 46 high split. -eidt 4th best split, not 3rd Magnussen was out with injury for most of last year. He's not in his best form and he also has a bit of a history of disappointing in the relays. It's still a shame. Roberts also had a bad day. We might have been a more serious contender if Magnussen was in better shape, but bronze is bronze. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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Elurie
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Garbels
Austria653 Posts
On August 08 2016 17:09 Elurie wrote: That 40+ year old gymnast is ridiculous. How does her body even keep up? Wow her seventh olympia participation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oksana_Chusovitina | ||
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Harris1st
Germany6995 Posts
Djokovic lost vs Del Potro in the first round, giving Madman Murray his best shot for a back to back olympic win | ||
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Draconicfire
Canada2562 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany6995 Posts
On August 08 2016 18:17 Draconicfire wrote: Del Potro was also trapped in an elevator for 40 minutes before the match too. Apparently the electricity cut out while he was in it. Really? Thats awful! They really know how to keep the drama going in Brazil Anyone saw womens beach volleyball? The egypt team wore bodycovering cloth and even headscarfs .... what the hell ^^ | ||
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Raidern
Brazil3811 Posts
On August 08 2016 15:53 Belisarius wrote: Magnussen was out with injury for most of last year. He's not in his best form and he also has a bit of a history of disappointing in the relays. It's still a shame. Roberts also had a bad day. We might have been a more serious contender if Magnussen was in better shape, but bronze is bronze. Yea I thought he might've been injured during his preparation but I didn't know for sure. | ||
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