Table 2. Primary performance outcomes by internal performance group. |
| Outcome |
Lower-performance
internal reference group (n = 60) |
Higher-performance
group (n = 60) |
Sig. |
Cohen’s
d (95% CI) |
| Peak
power, W/kg |
9.3 ±
1.2 |
11.7 ±
1.3 |
<
0.001 |
1.92 (1.49,
2.35) |
| Mean
power, W/kg |
7.6 ±
0.9 |
9.3 ±
1.0 |
<
0.001 |
1.79 (1.37,
2.21) |
| Fatigue
index, % |
39.8 ±
4.2 |
34.2 ±
3.7 |
<
0.001 |
-1.41 (-1.81,
-1.01) |
| Time
to peak power, s |
4.6 ±
0.6 |
3.9 ±
0.5 |
<
0.001 |
-1.27 (-1.66,
-0.88) |
| T-test
completion time, s |
10.6 ±
0.9 |
9.0 ±
0.7 |
<
0.001 |
-1.98 (-2.42,
-1.54) |
| Cone
contact penalties, n |
1.2 ±
0.6 |
0.5 ±
0.4 |
<
0.001 |
-1.37 (-1.77,
-0.97) |
| Rerun
trials, n |
0.7 ±
0.5 |
0.3 ±
0.3 |
<
0.001 |
-0.97 (-1.35,
-0.59) |
| Technical
execution score, 0-10 |
5.6 ±
1.4 |
8.4 ±
1.0 |
<
0.001 |
2.30 (1.84,
2.76) |
| Win-loss
ratio, % |
56.4 ±
14.2 |
82.7 ±
10.8 |
<
0.001 |
2.08 (1.63,
2.53) |
| Competition
index, 0-10 |
5.1 ±
1.1 |
8.2 ±
0.9 |
<
0.001 |
3.08 (2.55,
3.61) |
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