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Originally Posted by Tom
2.4 does not equal a length at all distances. It varies, and it has changed from his book. And he uses 5 lengths per second for his speed chart.
Here is what I calculated from PPs last Oct-Dec for each surface for value of a BL. Some blanks, I have not finished the whole thing, just the main distances I see in my handicapping.
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My understanding is that a length doesn't change as the distance changes, but the time to travel one length changes at different distances.
I use hundredths of a second to make my figures because it is all computerized. I use 1/5 of a second here for demonstration purposes.
Plugging my 1600 meter par of 95.92 into this formula results in a different value for 1/5 second compared to the value of a 1/5 of a second at 1000 meters:
(1 / (ParTimeAnyDist / 0.01)) * 1000 = bsp per 1/100 second
(1 / (95.92 / 0.01)) * 1000 = 0.104
Multiply 0.104 by 20 to convert to 1/5 seconds.
0.104 * 20 = 2.09 beyer speed points per 1/5 seconds at 1600 meters.
versus 3.34 beyer speed points per 1/5 seconds at 1000 meters.
This is almost identical to the value of 1/5 of a second that Beyer got for 5 furlongs and 1 mile.
1/5 of a second at 5 furlongs = 3.3 Beyer Speed Points.
1/5 of a second at 8 furlongs = 2 Beyer Speed Points.
