I'm coming up on my first meet since I was in middle school (now 26). Is there a site that has age adjusted percentiles for various events? It's hard to compare myself to high schoolers/collegiate athletes!
Thanks!
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Another way of doing it is the Finnish formula as used by the British Masters Decathlon rankings:
asaftp.sportcentric.net/.../
The guide to how it works is here:
asaftp.sportcentric.net/.../British Swimming Masters Decathlon Competition 2007.pdf
You can see it in action most easily if you look at the age adjusted rankings for a particular event, e.g. mens 100m free:
asaftp.sportcentric.net/.../
The formula doesn't work so well when people get really old, hence a 94 year old being top, but basically anyone who is high up in that list is a very good swimmer. Bear in mind there are SCM and LCM times mingled in together in the rankings, that is why some slower adjusted times rank more highly than slightly faster times if the slower time was LCM and the faster time SCM.
Another way of doing it is the Finnish formula as used by the British Masters Decathlon rankings:
asaftp.sportcentric.net/.../
The guide to how it works is here:
asaftp.sportcentric.net/.../British Swimming Masters Decathlon Competition 2007.pdf
You can see it in action most easily if you look at the age adjusted rankings for a particular event, e.g. mens 100m free:
asaftp.sportcentric.net/.../
The formula doesn't work so well when people get really old, hence a 94 year old being top, but basically anyone who is high up in that list is a very good swimmer. Bear in mind there are SCM and LCM times mingled in together in the rankings, that is why some slower adjusted times rank more highly than slightly faster times if the slower time was LCM and the faster time SCM.
