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Fix points in the IAAF example
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The points in the example seems to be calculated incorrectly.
Official lookup table shows 671 for 11.78 100m men outdoor results, and calculating given formula also yields 671.12.
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divan authored Apr 5, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Let's consider 100m outdoor men as an example. The reference time for this event
is 17 seconds in the 2017 edition.

Suppose John ran the distance in 11.78 seconds. That is 5.22 seconds better than
the reference time. John's result is equivalent to 24.63 * 5.22^2 = 952 points
the reference time. John's result is equivalent to 24.63 * 5.22^2 = 671 points
(we round the decimals down to the nearest integer). The 24.63 is a coefficient
specific to this event.

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