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The 500 m split is the target time scaled to 500 metres, and the Concept2 power relation gives watts as 2.80 divided by the pace in seconds per metre cubed. Because power scales with the cube of speed, cutting a 2 k split by two seconds costs several percent more power, which is why splits improve so slowly.
Split per 500 m
split = total seconds x 500 / distance
Power
watts = 2.80 / (seconds per metre) ^ 3
split = total seconds x 500 / distance. The 500 m split is the target time scaled to 500 metres, and the Concept2 power relation gives watts as 2.80 divided by the pace in seconds per metre cubed.
Because power scales with the cube of speed, cutting a 2 k split by two seconds costs several percent more power, which is why splits improve so slowly.
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