Mo in a perfectly paced race is probably between 12:40 and 12:45...about the same as the ethiopians.
The ethiopians are not in so much better shape than him that they can run away from him. When has anyone ran away from him in the past couple years when he is at his best?
Today he closed in 25.8/53.4/1:51ish. That's insane. A 53.4 last lap is great...but the fact that the penultimate 400 was still fairly solid (57.99 for leader).
Farah is almost certainly in 3:30 shape for 1500m, if not better. He just ran last 800m at ~3:28 pace. Slow race? Sure. But I think he is in 3:29-3:30 form...and probably sub 7:25 shape as well for 3000m.
I really wish he time trialed more, to be honest. Winning races in 13:05-13:20 with a 53 last quarter is kinda getting old.
As for Ventolin? ...his calculator is his religion, and his religion is sometimes wrong, often obviously so. That and his "moron", "idiot", "kennster" talk is fairly annoying. But, that's what makes this site great, right? The personalities...