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Canuck eh
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Mariusz can do it all

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apparently against Pawel Randa, a world class rower and Olympic silver medallist...

now I'm curious to find my 500m time...though I think I'll stick with 250m intervals for now

I'm not sure I read his time correctly, but 1:18:xx would put him as one of the fastest in year. Also, I think his time implies power averaging 737!
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To be fair, weight class makes a big difference. Randa is a lightweight, where nobody can weigh over 72kg. And lightweights typically have slower 500m times than the heavyweights. I think world record is about 1:14 for open cat C2?

Secondly, this is measuring pure power, not skill. If this was a real race on the water, I suspect Mariusz would have caught a crab about 0.5 seconds into his first recovery, which would have added about 30mins to his time... :axe:

But I must admit, his pulls were very smooth (that, and his skipping; wouldn't want to meet this guy angry in a dark alley!)

[edit] some more analysis, look at the difference between how Mariusz pulls versus Randa; Randa pulls to his upper chest, with wrist cocked - obviously years of on-the-water practice to ensure blade is fully in water, with optimal recovery to feather at the end; Mariusz pulls to his stomache/lower chest; this would miss a lot of water, and not give optimal recovery (i.e. catch a crab time)[/edit]
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mariusz is also in mma right now lol
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Mariusz can break the rower by just looking at it. :twisted:
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But Chuck Norris will break Marius, with only his pinky finger :twisted:
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Chuck Norris teh winnerz!!!
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