I think I do not get your formula, maybe get confused by the x's? At school I was tought that for -times- one could use the following symbols,
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72KG / 5.5 L x 12 = 157,1
So how do you arrive at the conversion factor?
My pb static is still 6'50".
On the concept of the fair static and perhabs competitions in general I had the following thoughts.
Like others have hinted, there could be made numerous divisions, classes created.
Age, weight, lungvolume etc. You could keep adding factors, until a person only is in a competition of one. Many freedivers recognise and respect their uniqueness and perceive the competitions as personal challanges, testing themselves in search of their unique way of selfimprovement.
For the spectator the question is not: "can this big lung lightweight women win of the the heavy weight big lung women?" But rather the simpler "which women is has the longest breathhold?"
Perhabs the following quote of Scott Adams describes a relation of simplicity to populairity:
"You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public."
I think simplicity is also needed to make the sport more popular. Our world champ, Stig Serverinsen's
proposed simplification of the current AIDA Rules follows this insight.
Stig's proposed adaptations are very modest, and I think some further simplification is the way forward to a broader audience, more media attention.
Similar to Sebastien's Murat's pure CWNF competition, the 'Noseclip-only-competition' is also heading into the direction of less and easy to understand rules.
Thank you Sebastian for your question.
Love, Courage and Water,
Kars
