I thought this paper, mentioned in the comments, was a lot more interesting: http://arno.uvt.nl/show.cgi?fid=95436 http://arno.uvt.nl/show.cgi?fid=95436 Argue

I thought this paper, mentioned in the comments, was a lot more interesting: http://arno.uvt.nl/show.cgi?fid=95436 http://arno.uvt.nl/show.cgi?fid=95436 Argues that extreme value theory predicts the best time for 100m dash in the near future is 9.51 sec.