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)