SuperDave wrote:I think averaging requires division.
Yes, but how did I indicate that division in of itself caused a problem? It is the rounding that can be the problem.
SuperDave wrote:Would you please give me an example of several heat results from two or more racers where your concept of rounding produced different placing results from your concept of sums.
As an example:
Cumulative times across 4 heats
Johnny - 12.000 secs (1st Place)
Billy - 12.001 secs (2nd Place)
Averaged and rounded to 3 decimal places
Johnny - 3.000 secs (Tie for 1st Place)
Billy - 3.000 secs (Tie for 1st Place)
Whether you time to 3 decimal places or 4, the same issue exists.
My point is why create a tie by averaging (and resultant mathematical rounding) when there wasn't one before the averaging. If people want to use average times, that is fine. I have no problem with that. I just prefer cumulative times because of the possibility in the example above.
If you wish to further debate this, we should do it offline. I don't know that it is accomplishing anything.