Anyone got too much spare time these days? You can fritter some with this nerdy stat quiz.
Simple - 1. just post ANY number (just digits - colon, decimal,etc. for answers only.)
2. Come up with name of T&F great with the MOST significant performance that the
number "represents". Rounding allowed. Example: '89571' would be Mike POWELL (8.95
LJ WR), or 8125 could be Paula RADCLIFFE - 8125 sec. (2:15:25). Like I said, for stat nerds
& their calculators.
Any #s?.....
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69
I say yay. That is what I say.
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69 (above) -
Get ready to puke. Found plenty, in my by-performance archives..
Sinead DIVER(Aus) 69 min. (age 45 WR, Half M. - 69:00)
Nadyeza CHIZOVA(USSR) 69 ft. SP (gold,WR, 1972 Olympics - 69'0") (1'3" better than current American Record. 50y ago. Hmmm...)
Evelyn SCHLAAK(EG) 69m (Discus gold, '76 Olympics - 69.00m)
Martin McGRADY 69 sec. (600y WR, 1966? - 69.0)
Hayes JONES 6.9 - first sub-:7(hand) 60yH, 1962
Vera OLENCHENKO(Rus) 6.9m - age 37 WR LJ (6.90/22'7 3/4")
Stefka KOSTADINOVA(Bul), Yaroslava MAKHUCHIKH(Ukr) 6'9" HJ - age 20 WR
Stacey DESTIN 69 inches (age 12 WR - 5'9")
Hey, they were all 'significant' performances. (Which one is 'most' significant?)
Sorry, couldn't resist being thorough with this.....
What the heck.. 5446 (Toots and the Maytals, above)....
Marina IVANOVA(Rus) 5446 seconds (age 43 WR 3000m - 9:04.6)
Tore SJOSTRAND(Swe) " Steeplechase gold, 1948 Olympics - 9:04.6
5'4.46"=5'4 1/4" John THORNELL(Aus) - age 10 HJ WR, Jim GILLCRIST US age 67 record,
Alison WOOD US age 48 record
cue the 'Twilight Zone' music..........
1357 (above) - doesn't count if adding digits, but, anyway:
Emil ZATOPEK 13:57.2 WR, 1954. 13:57.04 Edward CHESEREK HSInR?, 2112.
1.357m= 1.35(4'5") Kathy BERGEN US age 66 HJ record
Okay, maybe this should die, along with most threads.. but it's so much fun for me...
anyone want to post some cryptic digits that would yield their favorite star (of today or yesteryear..)?
Fact - there's NO number (with rounding) that doesn't represent a significant recordsetting performance in this sport. (Not surprising - same for baseball or most other sports)
2600
2600. (Okay, cue the Twilight Zone music again) Found these:
Stefka KOSTADINOVA, Yaroslava MAKHUCHIKH - 2m,6.00cm (6'9") age 20 WR Walter MARTY " " WR, 1934
Edward MILLS (GB) 260.0 sec. (Mile WR, 4:20.0, 1864)
Kevin McMAHON, A.G. KRUGER 260'0" Hammer Throw #8 alltime US
Conor McCULLOUGH 260'0 age 17 US record (6k hammer)
Rosa GRASSE(Can) 26.00 220y WR, 1926
William BELL 2.600m (8'6 1/4") pole vault - age 82 WR
Robert HEWITT 26'00" triple jump age 82 US record (wind aided)
1776
2659
1066
1555
1776
Mike CONLEY 17.76/58'3 1/4" - current American Indoor Record
2659
26'5.9" = 26'5 3/4 Lynn DAVIES - gold, 1964 Olympic Games
2.659m = 2.65 Liz PARNOV(Aus) - age 9 pole vault WR (8'8 1/4")
26.59m(87'3") Leon JOSLIN - age 79 WR /1.5k discus
26:59.60 (doesn't count.. added digit) - Chris SOLINSKY - #3 a-t US
bf wrote:
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He wrote “colon”. Lol
bf wrote:
Anyone got too much spare time these days? You can fritter some with this nerdy stat quiz.
Simple - 1. just post ANY number (just digits - colon, decimal,etc. for answers only.)
2. Come up with name of T&F great with the MOST significant performance that the
number "represents". Rounding allowed. Example: '89571' would be Mike POWELL (8.95
LJ WR), or 8125 could be Paula RADCLIFFE - 8125 sec. (2:15:25). Like I said, for stat nerds
& their calculators.
Any #s?.....
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Suzi Favor’s performances in Vegas
1066 (above):
10.66w Brittany BROWN - #5a-tUS
Rudolf HARBIG - 106.6 sec. (800 WR, 1939. 1:46.6)
Carmen TRONCOSO - 10min,6.6sec. - US age 50 3000m record
Jacob NUR - 1066 sec. - US age 67 5K record (17:46)
1555 (above):
155'5" Zsofia BACKSAY(Hun) - age 12 Hammer WR
15.55m John KUCK - SP WR, 1928
15'5.5" Stacy DRAGILA - WR, 2001, Wilma MURTO(Fin) age 17 WR
1.555m =1.55 David MONTIETH age 71 HJ US record, Florence PICAUT(Fr) age 55 WR,
Stijn HENDRICKS(Net) age 9 WR (5'1")