Originally Posted by
wens
I know when I was swimming a good time to be completely off the blocks was .6 or so seconds. .8 was considered really slow. Since there's very little trying to jump the starting gun due to 1 false start and you're out, I'd say that .6 is a good upper boundary. Probably a bit on the high side too because getting off the blocks requires a significant amount of movement.
Jumping forward with one singular purpose seems a bit different than cycling when you have to recognize something's happening, figure out what it is then formulate a response and do it.
I do remember back in 1982 when the Thunderbirds crashed because the lead plane had control trouble. The other three followed him into the ground because they look at the plane that's 18 inches away instead of what's around them or their instruments.