Low-Key: Montebello records and trends

Here's the fastest times from Montebello:
Men:
rank week     name              time
1    1997(1)  Tracy_Colwell     25:40
2    2009(1)  Chris_Phipps      26:03
3    2007(1)  Chris_Phipps      26:05
4    1997(1)  Michael_Denardi   26:18
5    2006(1)  Tracy_Colwell     26:42
6    1997(1)  Craig_Schommer    26:58
7    2007(1)  Tim_Clark         27:02
8    2008(1)  Clark_Foy         27:03
9    1996(1)  Henrik_Johansson  27:04
10   2009(1)  Justin_Lucke      27:27
11   2008(1)  Tim_Clark         27:34
12   1996(1)  Steve_Leman       27:37
13   1997(1)  Michael_Podgorski 27:38
14   2006(1)  Scott_Frake       27:47
15   2008(1)  Scott_Frake       27:52
16   2007(1)  Scott_Frake       27:54
17   2008(1)  Greg_McQuaid      27:54
18   2009(1)  Dominic_Pezzoni   27:57
19   2009(1)  Eric_Balfus       27:59
20   2007(1)  Thomas_Novikoff   28:17

Women:
rank week     name              time
1    1995(1)  Laura_Stern       31:42
2    1997(1)  Allison_Buxton    33:20
3    1997(1)  Laura_Stern       34:06
4    2009(1)  Rikke_Preisler    34:15
5    2009(1)  Beverly_Chaney    34:23
6    1995(1)  Susie_Blake       35:08
7    2007(1)  Janet_Martinez    35:20
8    2007(1)  Lucia_Mokres      35:28
9    1997(1)  Kristen_Neubauer  35:48
10   2007(1)  Laura_Stern       36:03
11   2008(1)  Susan_Dahm        36:03
12   1996(1)  Liz_Benishin      36:08
13   1997(1)  Julie_Colwell     36:16
14   2009(1)  Laura_Hipp        36:29
15   2007(1)  Irene_Franklin    36:31
16   2008(1)  Lucia_Mokres      37:07
17   1995(1)  Jackie_McCleary   37:31
18   2009(1)  Holly_Harris      38:43
19   2006(1)  Ingrid_Erkman     38:47
20   1997(1)  Mary_Caragio      39:19

Mixed Tandem:
rank week     name              time
1    1997(1)  Liz_Borra         38:50
1    1997(1)  Mike_Jensen       38:50
2    1997(1)  Tom_Lawrence      41:17
2    1997(1)  Sarah_Beaver      41:17
3    1997(1)  Mike_Trowbridge   43:40
3    1997(1)  Janine_Rood       43:40

Recumbent:
rank week     name              time
1    1997(1)  Royel_Fernandez   60:36
2    1997(1)  Don_Kimnell       63:27
3    1996(1)  Don_Kinell        69:39
4    1996(1)  Rauel_Fernandez   82:00

Hybrid-Electric
rank week     name              time
1    2008(1)  Bill_Bushnell     20:09
2    2008(1)  Peter_Cazalet     22:17
3    2007(1)  Bill_Bushnell     24:09
4    2009(1)  Bill_Bushnell     32:33

One interesting observation from these rankings is 1997 was one hot year. The third place finisher was better than the first place finisher in four out of the remaining six years (1995, 1996, 2008) in the men, and the second place women's finisher was better than the women's first place finisher in five out of the remaining six years (1996, 2006-2009).

Trends in the average and median are:

There is still the suggestion of times increasing through the '00's, but since mean and median times don't track well, it's important to avoid the "Chi by Eye" syndrome and fall victim to the Rorschach Effect.

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