Tag: statistics
Is 2015 the greatest ever year for sprinting?
According to the numbers, 2015 could possibly be the best year in history for the 100m. The table below lists the number of sub-10 and sub-11 performers in each of the past 20 years. It makes for fascinating reading. Already in 2015 there has been a flurry of fast times, leading to 10 men […]
Chronological list of the sub-11 club
I’m a stickler for equality. So following my list of the chronological entries into the sub-10-second club for the 100m, I had to do the same for the women; this time using 11 seconds as the benchmark. To date, 84 women have achieved the feat. As was the case with the men’s, there were […]
Chronological list of the sub-10 club
When Adam Gemili clocked 9.97 in the 100m in Birmingham last weekend, there was some confusion over whether or not he became the 100th member of the sub-10-second club. Some stats sites listed him as the 102nd member, others the 100th, the 101st, the 103rd. You get the picture. It’s exactly the kind of […]
So just how bloody good is Paula Radcliffe’s marathon world record?
View image | gettyimages.com In short: very. But here, in the first of a three-part series of blog posts that looks back on Paula Radcliffe’s career, I’ve expanded on that with 13 superlatives and statistical observations to help illustrate just how phenomenal Paula Radcliffe’s 2:15:25 is. 1. Radcliffe’s 2:15:25 made her the fastest British […]