Check My Math

[Arbfarkle]

I just read in Bleacher Report where Marcus Johnson's coach said he ran a 20.1 200 meter. By my calculations that would be a 40 y in 3.675888 I mean that would average that. Unless he is a slow starter that would mean that he should break the (unofficial) record listed in wkipedia. I don't plan to race against him, but would like to be there when he takes off.

 

[omnipresent]

Not smack talking - just doesn't work like that.. Also, I'm assuming you realize a meter is longer than a yard. Either way, I'd guess it physically impossible for anyone to ever run a 3.6xxx (yard or meter)

Thanks to non for catching my basakwardness

 

[notanative]

Re: Also, I'm assuming you realize a yard is longer than a meter.

A meter is 39+ inches. Go figure.

 

[Third Coast]

Maybe I am missing something, but are you dividing the longer distance by the shorter to get the relative time increments? If that is the case, a physical object is going to start slower and gain momentum up to maximum speed over a particular distance, so the first increment is obviously going to be the slowest in a sprint.

 

[Arbfarkle]

I just multiplied 200 * 3937007874
I also multiplied 40 * 36
then divided the former by the latter to see how many 40 yard dashes there are in 200 meters.
then I divided 20.1 by that number and got what I think would be his average 40 yards in the 200 meters
The records (according to wikipedia) for 200 meter runs are less than 20 seconds, so guess that is physically possible. Still would like to see what his official 40 time is. If he is averaging the 3.68 then at least one of the 40s would have to be even faster.
Okay, maybe the last statement that I made would not HAVE to be true, but at points in the 200 meter run he would have to be moving faster than that.

 

[omnipresent]

You're right Arb, I for one, assumed you meant from a dig. Usain Bolt @ top speed was recorded 27.79 (13.58622 yards per second). To get a true time, you need to take into account the reaction time of runner when he hears the gun and the person timing him

 

[Arbfarkle]

I'm kind of glad that I questioned that.
I didn't know that there is no official 40 time.
I didn't know that the reason football people think it important is average punting distance and average hang time on punts. I didn't know that in a sprint that the later legs would be faster than the first.
Seems like for football purposes the timing should be done full pads.

Any way it seems to me that Texas has another part time football player. I could be wrong.

 

[omnipresent]

"ppp"

 

[Bevo Incognito]

Despite what his coach said, Marcus Johnson does not run a 20.1 200 meters.

Fastest time in the nation so far this year is MUCH slower than that, 20.84.

 

[tholly]

Maybe that was his split in a 4x200 relay. That could happen with a kid that runs a 21+ 200 open