(Swimming) “4000 meters at 21°C! Beat this!” – “Hah! 2000 meters at 17°C! Now beat this!” … “Now since water temperature is not at all meaningless in swimming, how do you normalize your successes anyway?” – “Wait… one sec… like this! Tie!” (Calculation: s(n) = t – d/500 with s(n) = normalized success factor (min), t = temperature (°C) and d = distance (m))
Things to do in your head while swimming long distances in miserably cold water, pt. 1: making up stupid equations that establish you as the winner of anything imaginable.
(Let’s do the example, still: 17 (°C) – 2000 (m)/500 = 13. Smaller success factors are better; the lower the temperature, the easier it is – at the moment you could beat me by entering the water at below 13°C and not swimming at all. Ok, maybe the formula is crap after all.)
(Schwimmen) “4000 meters at 21°C! Beat this!” – “Hah! 2000 meters at 17°C! Now beat this!” … “Now since water temperature is not at all meaningless in swimming, how do you normalize your successes anyway?” – “Wait… one sec… like this! Tie!” (Formel: s(n) = t – d/500 with s(n) = normalized success factor (min), t = temperature (°C) and d = distance (m))
Gedankliche Ablenkung für viel zu langes Schwimmen in viel zu kaltem Wasser, Teil 1: sinnlose Formeln erfinden, die dich zum Sieger aller denkbaren Herausforderungen machen.
(Trotzdem mal die Beispielrechnung: 17 (°C) – 2000 (m)/500 = 13. Kleinere Faktoren sind besser; je geringer die Wassertemperatur, desto simpler wird es – im Moment könntest du mich schon schlagen, wenn du unter 13°C kaltes Wasser betrittst und überhaupt nicht schwimmst. Ok, vielleicht ist die Formel ja wirklich ziemlicher Müll.)
