{"id":1281,"date":"2021-01-05T18:51:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T17:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2021-01-19T02:37:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T01:37:09","slug":"ski-speed-comparison-first-trimester-2019-20-vs-first-trimester-2020-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/01\/05\/ski-speed-comparison-first-trimester-2019-20-vs-first-trimester-2020-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Ski speed comparison: First trimester 2019\u201320 vs. First trimester 2020\u201321"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the past, I often compared changes in ski speed to the entire<\/em> previous season, which might be slightly deceiving, especially at the beginning of a season. Some athletes start particularly strong before Christmas, others might do better late in a season, when parts of the field are already tired. Potentially, it’s a better idea to only compare the same World Cup period. Here I did this specifically for World Cup trimester 1 (roughly December 2019 vs. December 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used the percentage back from the top 30 median for this. Comparisons against the entire field are problematic this year, because of temporary rule changes<\/a> (each National Federation can register two athletes who have not fulfilled the qualification criteria). That makes the whole field slightly slower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you can’t find a specific athlete, you can always look up the complete World Cup field (also available per trimester) for the ongoing season (as well as all previous seasons) here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n