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Originally Posted by Kasept

Some use the number you are thinking and many figure guys go to 6 lengths/second as Doug, and I believe CJ and Andy do.. I started years ago with 5 lengths/second and generally use that for quick calculations because of the relative mental ease of the number(s) when using it.

1/5th of a second is for trotters. Resident math nerd philcski sent me a great PM a little while ago about figuring this kind of thing out. It varies per distance and class level obviously, but Phil says that the average number to use is about 6.11 lengths/second.