Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
It's not useless. It is often misused.
The purpose of the chart is identify strengths and weaknesses.
You can then race your strengths, and train your weaknesses.
So for example if your one minute power is exceptional, relative to your 10 second power, you may be better off taking a flyer in the final kilometer, than waiting for the sprint.
There was a guy on here Waterrockets, that did exactly that. In part by looking at his power data, he realized his greatest strength was power for the time it took to cover 1km, and he started winning races using that knowledge.
So use the chart to compare yourself to yourself, not to compare yourself to others.
That's a great point and I think the origin of the move of training platforms to what you say, identifying strengths and weaknesses as they relate to target events.
So yes, it could be used that way!
By that chart then let's see what I come up with:
-5s sprint: locker room legend
-1min: above average, Boonen
-5min: locker room legend
-20min: Boonen
