Except that they're in a 50 meter pool, and I was in a 25 meter pool.

At one point I could run marathons in 3 hours, 50% longer than the winners. Now I'm old, and I'm trying to get back to running them merely 100% longer. That is unlikely.

After he retired he went around playing amateurs and completely dominating them. He became semi famous for his saying "I'm closer to LeBron James than you are you to me."

Some jogging-hurdles by high-jumper Stefan Holm:

https://youtu.be/L28NyIquzIQ?si=RMJhHnInEI0IFj0B

Being in diamond 5~ (top 1% back in the days) meant that you were significantly better than people in silver, gold, platinum.

But the gap between you top 1% (e.g diamond 5 50lp) and top 0.3% diamond 1 was bigger than the gap between gold (top 30%) and you top 1%

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL7FQEIWpDI&t=318s

*100m Sprint*:

1st percentile: ~18-20 seconds

50th percentile: ~14-15 seconds

99th percentile: ~11-11.5 seconds

Elite world-class: ~9.8-10.2 seconds

World record: 9.58 seconds (Usain Bolt, 2009)

*1-Mile Run*:

1st percentile: ~12-15 minutes

50th percentile: ~8-9 minutes

99th percentile: ~4:30-5:00 minutes

Elite world-class: ~3:45-3:55

World record: 3:43.13 (Hicham El Guerrouj, 1999)

*Marathon* (26.2 miles):

1st percentile: ~6+ hours

50th percentile: ~4:30-5:00 hours

99th percentile: ~3:00-3:15 hours

Elite world-class: ~2:05-2:10

World record: 2:00:35 (Kelvin Kiptum, 2023)*

Another one: when I was a kid. There was a guy a few years older who would basically win the matches in his youth league alone. He would often score 10 or 20 goals per match . He finally made it to the pros. There he played a few matches and didn’t get another contract because he wasn’t good enough. Now imagine how good somebody like Messi must be.

When two of my friends started playing I could pretty easily beat both of them while they were playing together with any race setup, BUT at the same time it would have taken 3-5 of myself to even have the slightest chance against a professional level player.

They played some showcase team from the west coast, who just destroyed them completely. One kid was 6’4” and was 5/5, all home runs. He was 12.

* He's not the only ULR shooter in the area or the world, do they generally agree with each other or not?

* Guns clamped in place can be repeatedly fired and adjusted with turn screws allowing for evaluation of accuracy and range independant of the shooter.

Advice generally comes in the form of packing loads, types of shells, cold vs warm vs hot barrels, wear on twist, allowances for wind, drop, and ignoring coriolis force, etc.

Any advice similar to having a beer and shooting from a lawn chair in the garage can be readily discarded.