reading that sportscientists guy's take on M ( surprisingly good for him ! ), reminded me of his epic : the ideal 800 splits, which was an amalagam of some poor conclusions based only on 800wr splits rather than some serious logic application ( someone kindly link it )
now, solely on splits in wrs he went for the +ve splits
from logic/maths/etc :
the 2nd lap is flying & has to be worth something slower to = 1st
- the short relay is ~ 1.0s / leg
- the long relay is ~ 0.7/0.75s / leg
the big ? is how much is the flying 2nd lap worth in the 800, in a solo ?
the relay legs suggest slowing adjustment with increasing distance, but going into 2nd lap you really are flying !
no 20m x-change zone, you are just running thru at ~ 8m/s
i'm going to call it probably 1.0s advantage for 2nd lap
so, for a solo 800, ideal splits differ by 1.0s ->
1'44.00 = 51.50 / 52.50
1'43.00 = 51.00 / 52.00
1'42.00 = 50.50/ 51.50
1'41.00 = 50.00 / 51.00
1'40.00 = 49.50 / 50.50
some adjustments to follow for the "standard" wabbit from 150 - 400 at "accepted" 1s/lap for drafting...