There was also a short term study done on Thorograph vs. Ragozin. I'm going to guess it was about 10 years or so ago. It got off to a good start and then suddenly it was stopped. I'm not sure if the volunteer got tired of doing the work or someone didn't like that the results, but it was stopped fairly quickly.
I'm kind of jaded on the whole issue.
Obviously, the times of races matter a lot, but the technical and subjective issues involved lead to a lot of small and large inaccuracies and disagreements between figure makers. Then the way the track is playing and how the races develop adds another layer on top of that. I think it's more about being comfortable with the figure maker's thinking and understanding his ideas well than which set of figures you use. Personally, I'm just looking to know whether the race was clearly fast or slow for the class and less about a 1 or 2 fifths either way.
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