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Old 11th July 2017, 04:34 PM
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Default Fast as Bottas? prove it...

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0.258 was my best in 5 attempts

scratch that... 0.249 in 8 attempts overall
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Old 11th July 2017, 05:23 PM
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The false start reaction time used in athletics is 0.1 seconds, they would consider 0.2 to be slow.
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Old 11th July 2017, 06:31 PM
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Old 11th July 2017, 07:53 PM
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Nice one!
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Old 11th July 2017, 08:40 PM
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0.279, but I am 63 years old!
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Old 11th July 2017, 10:15 PM
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0.048
Fastest time at bottom of the picture
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Old 12th July 2017, 08:16 AM
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Old 12th July 2017, 08:19 AM
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If you predict when its going to go out its markedly quicker, thats not a true test though. Predicting I improved to 0.077
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Old 12th July 2017, 09:19 AM
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Best I could do. How quick is Bottas?
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Old 12th July 2017, 09:24 AM
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I think they said 0.200 flat - he had to have anticipated the start, it was so touch and go
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