26 Dec
2013
26 Dec
'13
11:02 a.m.
This page by Brian Skinner gives an interesting statistical analysis which concludes the fastest achievable mile time is 3min 39.6sec. http://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-fastest-possible-mile/ He then redid it for marathon finding 2hr 02min 43sec: http://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/the-fastest-possible-marath... In the comments he says he thinks this estimate has an error bar of +-15 seconds, i.e. making the bold prediction that 2hr 2min will never happen. if these true, the best athletes so far were already quite near to best possible performances.