Record-breaking attempt - would you claim the record?
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Record-breaking attempt - would you claim the record?
Okay, before poor Neil starts getting worried enough to stop taking photos of finished dinner plates (i'm actually starting to worry about him, it's quite bizarre...) we haven't broken the record (yet).
What this is really after is some general opinion.
Hypothesis: You attempt an All 275. You break the record with an amazing time of: 18 hours, 35 minutes, 12 seconds...
i.e. Only a matter of 29 seconds faster than Geoff and Neil.
In this circumstance - would you necessarily claim the record and submit evidence?
Personally i'd be inclined not to bother - firstly because with such a small margin, it would all be subject to detailed scrutiny and even a minor error on your part (not managing to get a single train number, having too large a gap between witness statements) could invalidate your claim. Secondly, it seems a bit petty to start getting into the realms of fighting over 30 seconds... Not so much with the current system closures but with a fully operational 275 it would seem quite arrogant to claim a record 30 seconds faster than the previous time...
What do you guys think?
What this is really after is some general opinion.
Hypothesis: You attempt an All 275. You break the record with an amazing time of: 18 hours, 35 minutes, 12 seconds...
i.e. Only a matter of 29 seconds faster than Geoff and Neil.
In this circumstance - would you necessarily claim the record and submit evidence?
Personally i'd be inclined not to bother - firstly because with such a small margin, it would all be subject to detailed scrutiny and even a minor error on your part (not managing to get a single train number, having too large a gap between witness statements) could invalidate your claim. Secondly, it seems a bit petty to start getting into the realms of fighting over 30 seconds... Not so much with the current system closures but with a fully operational 275 it would seem quite arrogant to claim a record 30 seconds faster than the previous time...
What do you guys think?
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It's too innacurate, especially with the debate about when the clock ends & starts (Doors Opening/Closing, Pulling Off etc) for a second to be an incontestible new world record. (For the full challenge anyway)
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Agreed. The exact time is debatable and, even though the challengers may insist that they started the watch whent he doors closed on the first train, they could easily have started them when the train pulled away.
The presence of the second stopwatch makes the time much more accurate (to within a second or two), as the two must be set off at the exact same time, which essentially would have to be the moment the doors close or the moment the train pulls away.
However if one record is set, starting when the doors close, and another is set starting when the train moves, then one will have to be a good 10 seconds faster than the other in order to be approved.
Probably.
The presence of the second stopwatch makes the time much more accurate (to within a second or two), as the two must be set off at the exact same time, which essentially would have to be the moment the doors close or the moment the train pulls away.
However if one record is set, starting when the doors close, and another is set starting when the train moves, then one will have to be a good 10 seconds faster than the other in order to be approved.
Probably.
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Re: Record-breaking attempt - would you claim the record?
You'd have to go through all that scrutiny no matter what your margin, and your claim would still be invalidated with either of the "minor errors" you mentioned.dr_chris wrote:with such a small margin, it would all be subject to detailed scrutiny and even a minor error on your part (not managing to get a single train number, having too large a gap between witness statements) could invalidate your claim.
Of course it's worth claiming, a record is a record.
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