I dont expect you to make them Rafal otherwise you won't have to sleep this winter! Nevertheless I explain the 1013 combinations. (Maybe you know the formula but I explain for the fan). Like the 9,8,7,6... (to get the 45) there is a mathematical logic. From 1 event you can make 1 list. From 2 events you can make 3 lists or for example 1 from 100m and 1 from LJ plus 1 combined. From 3 events we have 3 events (apart), 3 combinations of 2 and 1combination of the 3 events. (Ex. 100m; LJ; SP; 100/LJ;100/SP; LJ;SP; 100/LJ/SP) . That makes 7. Or 2 = (2x2)-1 = 3 3 = (2x2x2) -1 = 7 4 = (2x2x2x2) - 1 = 15 ... 10 = (2 to the tenth) - 1 = 1023! Because this includes 10 lists of 1 event who are not "combinations " we do 1023 - 10 = 1013 possible "combinations" for the decathlon! Some are known on decathlon2000, like Running, Jumping and Throwing. (To me the combination SP - 1500 is as important as those three.) And now I'm very pleased with the combinations of two Let's keep up the good work and thanks! Chris
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