I got the Data from Wikipedia and used Matplotlib for creating the graphics.
Somehow my subtitle didn’t make it, so: I added the seperation to the 10 disciplines as well as the best individual decathlon competitors for each sport. For example, Markus Rooth was the overall winner this year, but Damian Warner sprinted the fastest among the Decathletes, so his points are visible on another line of values.
I don’t understand these charts
The gap between records of Specialists and decathlon athletes in Discus Throw and Shot Put is increasing as time progresses.
My takeaway is the gap between specialists and decathletes seems to be shrinking in track but widening for field. Makes sense cause throwing events require big dudes/dudettes.
Personally, I was kinda hoping Bolt would try decathlon in Tokyo after retiring from being a specialist in the prior Olympics. The points formula exponent seems to disproportionately reward track events.
![[OC] Addition to Specialists compared to Decathlon winners](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/9armvxjiw2id1.png)
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I got the Data from Wikipedia and used Matplotlib for creating the graphics.
Somehow my subtitle didn’t make it, so: I added the seperation to the 10 disciplines as well as the best individual decathlon competitors for each sport. For example, Markus Rooth was the overall winner this year, but Damian Warner sprinted the fastest among the Decathletes, so his points are visible on another line of values.
I don’t understand these charts
The gap between records of Specialists and decathlon athletes in Discus Throw and Shot Put is increasing as time progresses.
My takeaway is the gap between specialists and decathletes seems to be shrinking in track but widening for field. Makes sense cause throwing events require big dudes/dudettes.
Personally, I was kinda hoping Bolt would try decathlon in Tokyo after retiring from being a specialist in the prior Olympics. The points formula exponent seems to disproportionately reward track events.