IAAF World Rankings

RayCun wrote: »

https://www.iaaf.org/world-rankings/introduction

The idea is that rather than a qualifying time for international competition, there would be a qualifying ranking. Ranking is determined by time but also by position, weighted by the competition in which the position was achieved.
(Similar afaik to qualification for events that can't use a time, eg boxing)

Seems to be the average of your five best scores.

For example, Mark English is currently ranked 108 in the Mens 800, getting 1212 points for the national indoors and 1013 for the Boston games last year, giving him an average of 1107. The national indoors points were 1172 for the time, and 40 for winning the race.

Surely Mark English's time from AIT International would be his highest scoring result? 1:46.9 against quality opposition, ranking him 5th fastest in Europe, is light years ahead of jogging to a national title.

Not sure on the rankings personally. Sinead Diver, who ran 2:26 in Melbourne was ranked behind an Aussie who ran 2:30 in Gold Coast last year. Because Gold Coast was also Oceania Championships, it was weighted much higher, even though nobody in Australia gives a flying fiddlers about Oceania Champs. I never once heard anybody talk about it during 3 years of being involved in athletics Down Under.

They need to iron out issues like that or the system is flawed.