This is going to sound stupid, but I've been looking up the answer and that should settle it, but it goes against everything I've ever known about this sport. I grew up thinking that yards were shorter than meters. One day recently I looked it up so I could convert my meters into yards and I did more yards than actual meters. Looking at a conversion chart right now says a yard is .9144 meters. Yet I foud a time converter online and all yards times are faster. Uhhhh, what am I missing here?
Yet I foud a time converter online and all yards times are faster. Uhhhh, what am I missing here?
Yes, yards are shorter than meters, hence the time to swim the distance is also shorter. I'm not seeing what you're missing here?
Thinking about it another way if you wanted to convert a short course meters time to short course yards you could multiply by 0.9144. This won't be exactly correct because it's only accounting for the distance difference (and not things like fatigue due to the longer distance), but it will be close.
Yet I foud a time converter online and all yards times are faster. Uhhhh, what am I missing here?
Yes, yards are shorter than meters, hence the time to swim the distance is also shorter. I'm not seeing what you're missing here?
Thinking about it another way if you wanted to convert a short course meters time to short course yards you could multiply by 0.9144. This won't be exactly correct because it's only accounting for the distance difference (and not things like fatigue due to the longer distance), but it will be close.
