4:43.13 most impressive distance record according to IAAF

I'm ready to call him GOAT now

Jakob GOAT

Probably not the MOST impressive but this together with the 2mile makes a very strong case for him as an MD all-timer. As people have said, 2k-5k looks like they are gonna be his best events, possibly the best ever at those events (discounting effects of super spikes and wavelights).

AND HIS BEST DISTANCE WILL BE 5K-1/2MAR

It's impressive for sure. What is the basis for those points, though? How are the values calculated? If you had to point to a particular part of the WA scoring tables and say "yeah, this part is the one I have least confidence in", wouldn't it be the very high end, world-record-and-above territory, due to lower sample sizes?

No world record run with the aid of super shoes is impressive. It’s as legit as running downhill to break a record run on a flat track.

Those scoring tables are only rough estimates. They aren't an exact science.

With that, Jakob is now one of four track athletes to surpass 1300 points in two WA-recognized events:

Bolt (100/200)

Blake (100/200)

Cheptegei (5000/10000)

Ingebrigtsen (2000/2mile)

The wild thing is he could potentially break 1300 in 3+ other events before he hangs them up.

I just figured that it was something of note especially when we know Jakob is better in farther distances and hes rarely raced the 2k. Interesting to see what he can do in a race he knows better, is trained better for, and is coming off more confidence.

lol, let him do it in important events like 1500m or 5000m, not irrelerant events that people barely rub

No idea whether the mark is superior to other established world records but it did feel like this was around the ideal distance where Ingebritsen can be most dominant as it’s too long for the 8/15 kickers to outpace him in the last 150 metres and not long enough for the 5/10 stars to string together a sustained high pace to run the finish out of him.

Then you are clearly too young to have watched Bekele run anything other than Marathons. Ridiculous.

Sure, but more than there being less accuracy in the WR-territory, we can’t be as confident in the points for events that aren’t contested that often. If athletes started racing 2ks with the same frequency as 1500m then we would get a better calibrated comparison.

We know 3:26.00 is more impressive.

J Ingrebrigtsen, 1500m Olympic champ refuses to split 800m in 1:48.xx or 1:49.xx, 1500m record attempts in order to give himself a mathematical possibility of 1500m w.r.

The way J I races 1500m with paid pacers with pace lights is proof 1500m and shorter distances are more impressive world records.

There’s no real fair objective to score events, especially those that are rarely run all out.

I don't know that I think this was the toughest distance record but, yeah, it was pretty damn good and Jacob deserves a lot of credit. Really hope he's still got a 1500 or mile WR left in him this year.

GTFO. Don't need to have watched him. jakob blows him out of the water. Records show this..

1500 meters:

Jakob: 3:27

Bekele: 3:32

1 mile:

Jakob: 3:46

Bekele: 4:01

2000 meters:

Jakob: 4:43

Bekele: 4:49.9

3000 meters:

Jakob: 7:24.0

Bekele: 7:25.79

2 miles:

Jakob: 7:54.10

Bekele: 8:13

5000 meters:

Jakob: 12:46

Bekele: 12:37

you forgot a few records there, chief. Jakob's never touching his marathon or 10,000 times. And all Bekele's times were achieved prior to super shoes, so add a few seconds to all Jakob's marks for a fair comparison.

10,000 meters:

Bekele: 26:17

Jakob: who cares

Marathon:

Bekele: 2:01:41

Jakob: who cares

Jakob can’t get the 1500m. And most likely can’t get the 5k. His in between times aren’t better than those times.