Race Standards

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larkim May 2020 10:41am, 11 May 2020 11,002 posts	0 larkim There should be a box under "units of measurement" called "WAVA factors"?
controversial May 2020 10:42am, 11 May 2020 10,346 posts	0 controversial found it, was been thick
Sigh May 2020 10:48am, 11 May 2020 6,238 posts	0 Sigh I've undertaken a comparison of my age grades on Power of 10 vs. the Fetch 2010 standards vs. the new Fetch standards. Working on the basis that the Po10 ones are 'true' , then it's telling me that the new Fetch standards match for all races EXCEPT parkrun times, and for parkrun times the 2010 standards are the correct ones. Note: these are the age grades on Po10, not the age grades on the parkrun site (which are very close to Po10).
chunkywizard May 2020 10:51am, 11 May 2020 7,672 posts	0 chunkywizard PO10 has access to the parkrun API so might just use the values it gets with a different rounding. I'll ask.
fetcheveryone May 2020 10:53am, 11 May 2020 23,992 posts	0 fetcheveryone The WAVA factors include '5k' and '5kRoad' as options. I've used '5kRoad'.
SPR May 2020 10:55am, 11 May 2020 30,122 posts	0 SPR Parkrun should surely be using 5kroad? Fetch - Is there anyway you could use 5k for track? Also what are the options for 1500m wouldn't expect that to differ?
Sigh May 2020 10:55am, 11 May 2020 6,239 posts	0 Sigh Thanks, CW!
SPR May 2020 10:56am, 11 May 2020 30,123 posts	0 SPR I'm assuming 5k is tougher than 5kroad but may be wrong?
controversial May 2020 11:03am, 11 May 2020 10,347 posts	0 controversial Thanks Mr Fetch!!!! this is why fetch is the best site ever ...
larkim May 2020 11:13am, 11 May 2020 11,004 posts	0 larkim Oddly, the track factors are the same for all distances from 1500m to 10,000m, but the road factors are all different from 5km to HM. From HM upwards the road ones are all the same. 5k track is based on a scratch time of 757s (12m37) whereas road is based on 779s (12m59s) so 5k track should be tougher in any event, and then the factors are different too.