Calculator for comparing two run (race) times, distances and speeds. Enter of two runs the distance and time of each and choose the unit. The speeds will be calculated and the ratios of both distances, times and speeds will be displayed.
Of course, the average speed of a long-distance run is lower than that of a short-distance run. So you can compare the speeds of a marathon (42.195 km) and of a 100-meter dash, but you should be careful with the interpretation of the ratio. The marathon distance is 421.95 times as long, the time ratio should be considerably higher than this value. If you take world-class times, such as 2 hours, 10 minutes for the marathon and 10 seconds for the 100 meters, then the average speed for the 100-meter dash is of course faster, but actually a little less than twice as fast (1.85 times to be precise). The time for the marathon is 780 times as much.
Example: in run A, 1000 meters are covered in three minutes and twelve seconds. In run B, it is 5000 meters in twenty minutes and 45 seconds. Then the average speed in run A was 18.75 kilometers per hour and in run B 14.46 kilometers per hour. The following is output as a comparison:
The distance A was 0.2 times as far as the distance B.
The time A was 0.15422 times as long as the time B.
The speed A was 1.29688 times as fast as the speed B.
The distance B was 5 times as far as the distance A.
The time B was 6.48438 times as long as the time A.
The speed B was 0.77108 times as fast as the speed A.