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Pool to Open water

Estimate open-water time from pool pace. Adjustable estimate.

Estimated open-water time
Estimated pace · per 100

Estimate, not exact: lost push-offs (~0.7s/turn), sighting and wetsuit buoyancy. Tune to your own data.

Why is open-water swimming slower than pool swimming?

You lose the push-off from each wall, add sighting time to navigate, but may gain speed from wetsuit buoyancy.

Is this an exact formula?

No — it's a tunable estimate. Adjust sighting penalty and wetsuit benefit to match your own race-day data.

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