VTTA Age Adjusted Times

After a lifetime of presenting Vet on Standard results as a plus or minus based on standard times the VTTA has moved to a system of Age Adjusted Times (AAT). These are derived from the current standards, but instead of a standard time for age v distance there will be an age adjustment, in minutes or part thereof, to be deducted from a rider's actual time. So a male vet aged 50 doing a 10 in 24:20 will have an age adjustment of 0:45 applied, so his AAT will be 23:35. That means there will be no pluses or minuses, just an AAT, so no one would be 'identified' by having a minus sign next to their time.

An initial scenario, based on actual results of one of our 2022 events, showed some interesting comparisons. For instance we should not directly compare scratch times of Under-40s with Age Adjusted Times of Over-40s as that would probably show vets in the winning positions, because we are not comparing apples with apples. A sample showing the two formats is shown in AATs v VoS. A listing of AATs for that event shown in order can be seen here.

Regarding Rugby RCC and results of our club events our initial thoughts are as follows:

  1. Show the AAT's in the old VoS column next to the scratch scores.
  2. Keep the age cats (ie 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+) on the current scratch basis as they have become an accepted and familiar part of our competitions.This would also apply to the women's competition.
  3. Replace the Vet on Standatd award with an AAT award. We could even use the same trophy.

Below are the Age Adjustments (in minutes) as issued by the VTTA:
10 Mile Standards
25 Mile Standards
Age
Men
Women
Men
Women
40
0:00
2:27
0:00
6:12
41
0:04
2:32
0:11
6:24
42
0:08
2:37
0:22
6:36
43
0:13
2:41
0:32
6:49
44
0:17
2:46
0:44
7:01
45
0:21
2:51
0:55
7:14
46
0:26
2:56
1:07
7:27
47
0:30
3:01
1:19
7:40
48
0:35
3:07
1:31
7:54
49
0:40
3:12
1:43
8:08
50
0:45
3:18
1:56
8:23
51
0:50
3:23
2:10
8:38
52
0:55
3:29
2:23
8:53
53
1:01
3:35
2:37
9:09
54
1:06
3:42
2:52
9:25
55
1:12
3:48
3:07
9:42
56
1:18
3:55
3:23
10:00
57
1:24
4:02
3:39
10:18
58
1:31
4:09
3:56
10:37
59
1:38
4:17
4:14
10:57
60
1:45
4:25
4:32
11:17
61
1:52
4:33
4:51
11:39
62
2:00
4:41
5:11
12:01
63
2:08
4:50
5:31
12:24
64
2:16
5:00
5:53
12:48
65
2:24
5:09
6:15
13:13
66
2:33
5:19
6:38
13:39
67
2:43
5:30
7:03
14:07
68
2:52
5:41
7:28
14:35
69
3:02
5:52
7:55
15:05
70
3:13
6:04
8:23
15:37
71
3:24
6:17
8:52
16:09
72
3:36
6:30
9:23
16:44
73
3:48
6:43
9:55
17:20
74
4:01
6:58
10:28
17:58
75
4:14
7:13
11:04
18:38
76
4:29
7:29
11:41
19:19
77
4:44
7:46
12:20
20:03
78
4:59
8:03
13:02
20:50
79
5:16
8:22
13:45
21:39
80
5:33
8:41
14:31
22:31
81
5:52
9:02
15:20
23:25
82
6:11
9:24
16:12
24:23
83
6:32
9:47
17:07
25:25
84
6:54
10:12
18:05
26:30
85
7:17
10:38
19:07
27:40
86
7:42
11:06
20:13
28:55
87
8:08
11:35
21:24
30:14
88
8:37
12:07
22:40
31:39
89
9:07
12:41
24:02
33:11
90
9:40
13:18
25:30
34:50
91
10:15
13:57
27:05
36:37
92
10:53
14:40
28:48
38:32
93
11:34
15:26
30:40
40:38
94
12:19
16:17
32:43
42:56
95
13:08
17:12
34:58
45:28