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[QUOTE="Jon K., post: 706767, member: 22460"] Bigbird; you are right, I have mis-spoke (what with being senile and all!). At 12mph there can only be two legal checks in the same spot. As 12mph is two tenths a minute; if the checkpoint is suppose to be on . . . say . . . . 4.2 . . . but was actually placed at 4.1; it is still legal. At the same time; the same actual 4.1 is also legal for the possible that was to fall on 4.0, as the .1 margin works both ways. It is a 6mph average (yes, we have had those at SERA events) that brings the possibility of three legal checks falling on the same spot. Oops! :o My point is that the .1 margin is too big. Even at the more common average of 18 mph; (three tenths a minute) a rider riding at the very top of his minute (or a bit hot!) can be confused if a check comes up a tenth quicker than it should. [I]"Hmmmm; I wonder which check that is supposed to be? Is it the one that I am on time for?, or is it the next one?"[/I] Easy enough to remedy. At SERA events we place mile markers every mile. (It is a rule, at least it was last time I checked!) At lot of clubs place the markers strategically so they will fall .1 or .2 tenths ahead of the checks. Maybe that is giving too much away; but we still have plenty of riders busting checks. As a referee; I always shoot to get the mileage spot on. This can be done with manipulation of the resets (or the average) prior to the check. We can place a check where we want it down to the foot, though it does require some planning and forethought. I have always thought that .05 would be a good margin. [/QUOTE]
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