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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe men’s median shooter needed 32.0 s in 2001\u201302, 14 years later in 2014\u201315 only 28.3 s (-3.6 s). If you look at the top 40’s average, the shooting time improved a little less (-3.3 s). In percent, the top 40’s median shooting time improved by an incredible 11.6% in 14 seasons. Interestingly, most of the major improvements happened with the lower ranked athletes; the top 10 are only 1.8s quicker, but the top 40’s slowest shooter was 5.1s slower in 2001\u201302 compared to last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the women’s side, the shooting times improved across the board as well, although generally not by as much (median: -5.6%). The top 40’s median fell by 1.9 s (34.2 s \u2192 32.3 s), the average by 2.7 s (34.8 s \u2192 32.1 s). In 2014\u201315, the men’s median shooter was 4.0s faster than the women’s. Unlike the men, the women improved almost equally in all categories: the top 10 athletes are 2.4 s quicker, the top 60 athletes 2.9 s quicker than in 2001\u201302.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The gap between genders increased enormously in the last 14 years (for the top 40 from 2.2 s to 4.0 s). However, last season was somewhat of an outlier, the difference was a lot smaller in 2013\u201314. Ordinarily you wouldn’t expect such a huge gap, because physical strength is probably secondary for shooting pace. I’m not sure if the differences are mainly psychological (risk taking during shooting) or physiological (reaction time for example). The ski times are much closer on the men’s side, maybe gaining just a few second at the range is therefore considered more valuable in the men’s races?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s a closer look at Biathlon World Cup shooting times over the course of the last 14 seasons. The shooting time in biathlon is the time between stepping on and off the shooting mat. The men’s median shooter needed 32.0 s in 2001\u201302, 14 years later in 2014\u201315 only 28.3 s (-3.6 s). If you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-long-term-trends","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Top 40<\/td> 2001
\u201302<\/td> 2002
\u201303<\/td> 2003
\u201304<\/td> 2004
\u201305<\/td> 2005
\u201306<\/td> 2006
\u201307<\/td> 2007
\u201308<\/td> 2008
\u201309<\/td> 2009
\u201310<\/td> 2010
\u201311<\/td> 2011
\u201312<\/td> 2012
\u201313<\/td> 2013
\u201314<\/td> 2014
\u201315<\/td> Diff. <\/td><\/tr> Maximum<\/td> 39.5<\/td> 37.9<\/td> 36.7<\/td> 37.4<\/td> 38.1<\/td> 33.9<\/td> 34.1<\/td> 34.1<\/td> 33.3<\/td> 33.7<\/td> 32.4<\/td> 32.5<\/td> 31.9<\/td> 34.4<\/td> -5.1<\/td><\/tr> 1st quartile<\/td> 33.9<\/td> 33.3<\/td> 33.3<\/td> 34.4<\/td> 32.7<\/td> 31.4<\/td> 32.1<\/td> 31.7<\/td> 30.6<\/td> 30.4<\/td> 30.0<\/td> 30.0<\/td> 29.8<\/td> 30.2<\/td> -3.7<\/td><\/tr> Median<\/strong><\/td> 32.0<\/strong><\/td> 31.7<\/strong><\/td> 32.0<\/strong><\/td> 32.4<\/strong><\/td> 30.8<\/strong><\/td> 29.8<\/strong><\/td> 30.4<\/strong><\/td> 30.3<\/strong><\/td> 29.8<\/strong><\/td> 29.3<\/strong><\/td> 28.9<\/strong><\/td> 28.8<\/strong><\/td> 28.8<\/strong><\/td> 28.3<\/strong><\/td> -3.6<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 3rd quartile<\/td> 29.6<\/td> 30.3<\/td> 30.7<\/td> 30.7<\/td> 29.9<\/td> 28.6<\/td> 28.6<\/td> 28.9<\/td> 28.5<\/td> 28.0<\/td> 27.1<\/td> 27.2<\/td> 27.8<\/td> 27.5<\/td> -2.1<\/td><\/tr> Minimum<\/td> 26.3<\/td> 26.1<\/td> 26.9<\/td> 28.3<\/td> 25.0<\/td> 25.8<\/td> 24.0<\/td> 24.9<\/td> 22.7<\/td> 24.0<\/td> 24.6<\/td> 24.5<\/td> 23.2<\/td> 23.3<\/td> -3.0<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> 2001
\u201302<\/td>2002
\u201303<\/td>2003
\u201304<\/td>2004
\u201305<\/td>2005
\u201306<\/td>2006
\u201307<\/td>2007
\u201308<\/td>2008
\u201309<\/td>2009
\u201310<\/td>2010
\u201311<\/td>2011
\u201312<\/td>2012
\u201313<\/td>2013
\u201314<\/td>2014
\u201315<\/td>Diff.<\/td><\/tr> Top 10 avg<\/td> 30.5<\/td> 31.5<\/td> 31.3<\/td> 31.8<\/td> 29.2<\/td> 30.8<\/td> 30.6<\/td> 30.7<\/td> 28.3<\/td> 28.8<\/td> 28.5<\/td> 27.8<\/td> 27.7<\/td> 28.7<\/td> -1.8<\/td><\/tr> Top 20 avg<\/td> 30.9<\/td> 31.5<\/td> 31.6<\/td> 32.2<\/td> 30.3<\/td> 30.0<\/td> 29.9<\/td> 30.3<\/td> 28.9<\/td> 28.9<\/td> 28.5<\/td> 28.2<\/td> 28.4<\/td> 28.1<\/td> -2.8<\/td><\/tr> Top 40 avg<\/strong><\/td> 32.0<\/td> 31.8<\/td> 31.7<\/td> 32.4<\/td> 31.0<\/td> 30.1<\/td> 30.4<\/td> 30.2<\/td> 29.5<\/td> 29.2<\/td> 28.5<\/td> 28.7<\/td> 28.6<\/td> 28.7<\/td> -3.3<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Top 60 avg<\/td> 32.4<\/td> 32.2<\/td> 32.3<\/td> 33.0<\/td> 31.5<\/td> 30.8<\/td> 30.5<\/td> 30.7<\/td> 30.1<\/td> 29.7<\/td> 29.2<\/td> 29.3<\/td> 28.8<\/td> 29.1<\/td> -3.3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Unbenannt-5.gif\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nTop 40<\/td> 2001
\u201302<\/td> 2002
\u201303<\/td> 2003
\u201304<\/td> 2004
\u201305<\/td> 2005
\u201306<\/td> 2006
\u201307<\/td> 2007
\u201308<\/td> 2008
\u201309<\/td> 2009
\u201310<\/td> 2010
\u201311<\/td> 2011
\u201312<\/td> 2012
\u201313<\/td> 2013
\u201314<\/td> 2014
\u201315<\/td> Diff. <\/td><\/tr> Maximum<\/td> 40.5<\/td> 41.4<\/td> 44.0<\/td> 41.6<\/td> 38.9<\/td> 38.6<\/td> 39.8<\/td> 42.7<\/td> 38.8<\/td> 39.2<\/td> 39.5<\/td> 38.8<\/td> 34.9<\/td> 38.0<\/td> -2.5<\/td><\/tr> 1st quartile<\/td> 36.8<\/td> 35.9<\/td> 36.6<\/td> 35.8<\/td> 36.4<\/td> 35.7<\/td> 34.8<\/td> 35.0<\/td> 34.7<\/td> 36.5<\/td> 34.9<\/td> 34.1<\/td> 32.7<\/td> 33.1<\/td> -3.6<\/td><\/tr> Median<\/strong><\/td> 34.2<\/strong><\/td> 34.1<\/strong><\/td> 34.0<\/strong><\/td> 34.6<\/strong><\/td> 34.5<\/strong><\/td> 33.2<\/strong><\/td> 33.1<\/strong><\/td> 33.6<\/strong><\/td> 32.3<\/strong><\/td> 33.4<\/strong><\/td> 33.0<\/strong><\/td> 32.4<\/strong><\/td> 31.3<\/strong><\/td> 32.3<\/strong><\/td> -1.9<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 3rd quartile<\/td> 32.7<\/td> 32.3<\/td> 32.6<\/td> 33.1<\/td> 32.6<\/td> 31.9<\/td> 31.8<\/td> 31.8<\/td> 31.2<\/td> 31.7<\/td> 31.6<\/td> 30.4<\/td> 30.2<\/td> 30.3<\/td> -2.4<\/td><\/tr> Minimum<\/td> 30.5<\/td> 30.1<\/td> 30.2<\/td> 29.9<\/td> 29.3<\/td> 28.9<\/td> 28.6<\/td> 29.9<\/td> 27.8<\/td> 27.8<\/td> 27.6<\/td> 25.1<\/td> 25.2<\/td> 26.8<\/td> -3.7<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> 2001
\u201302<\/td>2002
\u201303<\/td>2003
\u201304<\/td>2004
\u201305<\/td>2005
\u201306<\/td>2006
\u201307<\/td>2007
\u201308<\/td>2008
\u201309<\/td>2009
\u201310<\/td>2010
\u201311<\/td>2011
\u201312<\/td>2012
\u201313<\/td>2013
\u201314<\/td>2014
\u201315<\/td>Diff.<\/td><\/tr> Top 10 avg<\/td> 34.7<\/td> 32.7<\/td> 34.4<\/td> 35.2<\/td> 33.7<\/td> 32.5<\/td> 33.1<\/td> 33.4<\/td> 33.0<\/td> 33.0<\/td> 31.8<\/td> 32.2<\/td> 31.7<\/td> 32.3<\/td> -2.4<\/td><\/tr> Top 20 avg<\/td> 34.2<\/td> 33.4<\/td> 34.4<\/td> 34.2<\/td> 33.5<\/td> 33.1<\/td> 33.4<\/td> 33.5<\/td> 32.5<\/td> 33.0<\/td> 32.3<\/td> 32.3<\/td> 31.3<\/td> 32.3<\/td> -1.9<\/td><\/tr> Top 40 avg<\/td> 34.8<\/td> 34.5<\/td> 34.7<\/td> 34.7<\/td> 34.3<\/td> 33.7<\/td> 33.4<\/td> 33.9<\/td> 32.8<\/td> 33.9<\/td> 33.3<\/td> 32.5<\/td> 31.3<\/td> 32.1<\/td> -2.7<\/td><\/tr> Top 60 avg<\/td> 35.3<\/td> 35.4<\/td> 35.1<\/td> 35.8<\/td> 34.5<\/td> 33.9<\/td> 34.2<\/td> 34.1<\/td> 33.2<\/td> 33.9<\/td> 33.4<\/td> 33.0<\/td> 31.8<\/td> 32.4<\/td> -2.9<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Unbenannt-6.gif\")
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