hold the phone wrote:
Thanks for the corrected table, Malmo -- it does make interesting reading. One thing that sort of leaps out is that the IAAF tables seem to be a bit generous to 3000m/2 mile times, possibly because of they're contested less often. The graph suggests that BK, MT, AG and DR have each had their best overall performance at that distance..
Ockhams Razor comes to play here. Why don't you consider those 3k/2 mile times to be better than their other times? I do