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<blockquote data-quote="mmu1" data-source="post: 4167463" data-attributes="member: 319">Right.An 8% difference in any kind of high-end competitive athletic event is enormous - not big, literally off the charts - because it's a matter of diminishing returns. It takes a lot more than 8% more strength and endurance to run, swim, row, bike, whatever, 8% faster than someone else who's a competitive athlete. A runner that was 8% faster than his (same gender) competition would be a god. That's why, if you look at actual competition results, the difference between winners and losers is so much smaller than that. The current 12 fastest men's results for the 100m dash ranged from 9.74 to 9.86 seconds. That's something like a 1.2% difference between 1st and 10th. In the 10,000 meter run, the difference between the fastest guy in the world and the 25th fastest one is 2.1%. In the same event, the difference between the fastest man and fastest woman is 11%... that's a much bigger difference than between a male olympic champion and a competitive male high school runner.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmu1, post: 4167463, member: 319"] Right. An 8% difference in any kind of high-end competitive athletic event is enormous - not big, literally off the charts - because it's a matter of diminishing returns. It takes a lot more than 8% more strength and endurance to run, swim, row, bike, whatever, 8% faster than someone else who's a competitive athlete. A runner that was 8% faster than his (same gender) competition would be a god. That's why, if you look at actual competition results, the difference between winners and losers is so much smaller than that. The current 12 fastest men's results for the 100m dash ranged from 9.74 to 9.86 seconds. That's something like a 1.2% difference between 1st and 10th. In the 10,000 meter run, the difference between the fastest guy in the world and the 25th fastest one is 2.1%. In the same event, the difference between the fastest man and fastest woman is 11%... that's a much bigger difference than between a male olympic champion and a competitive male [i]high school[/i] runner. [/QUOTE]

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