• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    That set is inclusive of every official marathon ever ran, so no it is not a single sample. We see consistently that the women’s record always is slower than the men’s record.

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      5 months ago

      Fair, but it’s also limited to the very top of the bell curve at any point in time.