Event Timings
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| cowie |  | Event Timings | 30-01-2017 @ 16:27 |
 Member 3740, 1584 posts | After a discussion earlier today in the gym with a training partner we were both in agreement that a man with a stopwatch/human reaction times may possibly lead to an athlete misplacing in an event, Loz & Hall separated by 3/10's of a second on Saturday's BSM for instance. Thoughts Please | ||
| JamieG | | ... | 30-01-2017 @ 16:30 |
 Tom's CNS is better than steroids Member 2886, 2973 posts SQ 190, BP 122.5, DL 210522.5 kgs @ 90kgs UnEq | I always thought it was crazy how they awarded points to a 1/100 of a second when it's just some dude with a stopwatch. Would it be really bad if they just rounded up the the nearest second. This is even worse on multi-lane events with different people timing etc. | ||
| macroth | | ... | 30-01-2017 @ 16:32 |
 no longer the Swiss Deadlift record holder Member 3517, 3368 posts SQ 182.5, BP 122.5, DL 255560.0 kgs @ 90kgs UnEq | At US Nationals last year (can't remember which fed and which weight class), they had a dozen people ranked within a second on a carrying medley. Hand-timed of course. Half a step or a slow time-keeper put you right out of contention. I agree it's a bit silly, but having automated timing seems complicated for these kinds of events. | ||
| macroth | | ... | 30-01-2017 @ 16:35 |
no longer the Swiss Deadlift record holder Member 3517, 3368 posts SQ 182.5, BP 122.5, DL 255560.0 kgs @ 90kgs UnEq | JamieG said:I always thought it was crazy how they awarded points to a 1/100 of a second when it's just some dude with a stopwatch. Would it be really bad if they just rounded up the the nearest second. This is even worse on multi-lane events with different people timing etc. Rounding up or down works if it's one at a time. But if there are two or more lanes and one athlete clearly beats the other, albeit within a split second, should they both be given the same time/points? I don't think there's an easy solution. | ||
| Wayne_Cowdrey |  | ... | 30-01-2017 @ 17:49 |
 Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22056 posts | This is a problem that has no easy solution. There are other similar problems, for example if someone runs out of time during a vehicle pull how can you accurately say what their distance was when the whistle blew. I guess it's down to designing the events to make almost identical times/distances as unlikely as possible. | ||