Lmao, you’re good bro and you are 100% correct that sprinters are waaayyyyyy faster and most people don’t get how much faster they are. Here’s a quick example..Worthy was a track athlete in addition to playing football. His best EVER 100m time comes in dead last at the US Olympic Trials this year for the first round of heats…by a lot, like nearly half a second. Track speed is just different.

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re: 100m to 40 yd dash conversion

Posted by zosorep on 8/7/24 at 6:31 pm to Ingeniero

No offense, but also not how it works. You can’t simply calculate a 100 meter race down to a 40 yard race because they are drastically different races. You’re trying to compare runs that are drastically different in both distance and race strategy. The 40 yard dash is about getting to top speed as quickly as possible while a 100 meter race is about sustaining that top speed over a much longer distance and for as long as possible without form breaking down. This is why Xavier Worthy said himself you cannot compare the two. A football player might hold their top speed for a second or two at most in a 40 yard dash while a sprinter is going to hold that speed for 5-6 seconds. Again, drastically different.

The best example to explain the true difference in speed between these types of athletes is by looking at Usain Bolt when he ran a 40 at a 2019 Super Bowl event. He ran a 4.22 in sweatpants and flat bottom sneakers with no ending runway, tying the then combine record. You can find the video easily. Mind you, this was two years after he retired and at 37 years old. Estimates of a true 40 yard dash during his prime had him at around 3.6 seconds.
Christian Coleman, who holds the indoor 60 meter world record ran a 4.1 at 85% effort. Video as available easily.
To say Noah Lyles would only run a 4.287 40 yard dash is laughable. Good math skills though tbf.

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