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[โ€“] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That set is inclusive of every official marathon ever ran, so no it is not a single sample. We see consistently that the women's record always is slower than the men's record.

Fair, but it's also limited to the very top of the bell curve at any point in time.