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World Record
Since 1922, 38 decathlon world records have been set - 8 at the Olympics, with the last in 1984—but score comparisons over time are difficult due to multiple changes in the points tables.
Is a decathlete a real athlete? Commentators, world records, decathlon and prejudice!
You also feel a sense of injustice when world records from professionals are compared with the world records from participants of the multi events?
Fair Decathlon Model. Part 6: Day Two. Technical Gates, Throwing Delegations, and the Event That Refuses to Behave.
Rafał Snoch examines the five Day Two events through 100-point FDM-40N cohorts, revealing how technical failures, specialist strengths, exceptional performances and contrasting athlete populations shape the residuals behind the scoring model.
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An interview with Alex Folacci, the best personal trainer in New York City
Fair Decathlon Model. Part 2: How Much Is an Advantage Worth?
A Head-to-Head Analysis of the Fair Decathlon Model
Fair Decathlon Model. Part 3: Forty Seasons, Cleaner Data, and Wider Calibration
How a larger and stricter sample changed the formulas without changing the conclusions
Fair Decathlon Model. Part 4: Does FDM Balance the Ten Events?
A leave-one-event-out test of 17,277 complete decathlon performances
Fair Decathlon Model. Part 5: How Far Down Does FDM Continue to Balance the Ten Events?
A leave-one-event-out test from 7,000 to 4,000 points
Fair Decathlon Model. Part 6: Day One. Visitors, Ceilings, and the People Behind the Residuals.
Rafał Snoch examines the five Day One events through 100-point FDM-40N cohorts, revealing how individual specialists, weak-event survivors and population patterns shape the residuals behind the scoring model.
Fair Decathlon Model. Part 7: Can Decathlon Calibrate Itself?
This article asks whether the decathlon’s own performance data can provide enough information to calibrate a fair scoring system without relying primarily on elite athletes. Using 27, 741 complete decathlons—and a separate dataset excluding all …
Fair Decathlon Model. Part 8: The B Parameter – Where Should Zero Points Begin?
Part 8 takes the Fair Decathlon Model into its deepest territory yet, examining B — the parameter that determines where scoring reaches zero. Using 10, 720 complete performances with totals below 7000 points, this analysis tests whether the …
Fair Decathlon Model. Part 10: Ten Events. One Decathlon. One Clock.
A decathlon is not ten separate events. It is one competition, unfolding over two days, with one clock running from the first start to the final finish. Part 10 of the Fair Decathlon Model asks what happens when we look at the decathlon this way …