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Re: The most fair and just static competition
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I would be somewhere 4:41 due to biggish lungs and reasonably small build. If I do a full exhale dive, I would end up with about 6:35.

Dave Mullins (~85kg with ~15.5 litre lungs) would have a conversion factor of around 0.45, giving him a PB of about 3:25.

Taking some guesses, I would put Will Trubridge (~80kg and 2 litres on exhale) at about well over thirteen minutes on exhale, with someone like Eric Fattah probably clocking in beyond that.

From this I can tell you that clearly lung capacity is NOT the biggest limiting factor in statics and that the fairest static competition is the one where the longest breath-hold wins. Can you name any other sport where a genetic component is used for handicaps?
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