Does anyone have an idea if qualifying times for SCN will drop back a bit now that the suits have been gone? I am real close in the 50 and 100 free and this would be good news for me.
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Seriously, tried to find a formula or something on this site with no luck. I think it's based on the previous year's Top 10, so if your age group's times went down post-rubber, the quals will probably drop.
The formula is a little hard to find, but it's listed at the bottom of the qualifying times tables for SCY, at least. For SCY, it's the three year average of the Top Ten 10th place time + a conversion factor (15% for 50s and 100s, and 10% for 200s+). For LCM, I couldn't immediately find the formula, but I think I remember it being the three year average of the Top Ten 5th place time plus a similar conversion factor. In any event, it takes into account the three year averages. So, the times may be affected somewhat by whatever suits were/are allowed over the past few years, but it won't be a dramatic change from year to year.
Seriously, tried to find a formula or something on this site with no luck. I think it's based on the previous year's Top 10, so if your age group's times went down post-rubber, the quals will probably drop.
The formula is a little hard to find, but it's listed at the bottom of the qualifying times tables for SCY, at least. For SCY, it's the three year average of the Top Ten 10th place time + a conversion factor (15% for 50s and 100s, and 10% for 200s+). For LCM, I couldn't immediately find the formula, but I think I remember it being the three year average of the Top Ten 5th place time plus a similar conversion factor. In any event, it takes into account the three year averages. So, the times may be affected somewhat by whatever suits were/are allowed over the past few years, but it won't be a dramatic change from year to year.
