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Hi, I've problems to understand if lightweight rowers transmit their data in a highweight version or in a leightweight version into the rankings?

I'm lightweight but on the PM5 I'm prefer to row on the highweight mode and my data are transmitted to my logbook in the highweight mode. In the ergdata app it is possible to adjust your workout session in your individual weight. So it is clear that my avarage /500M time is faster if I adjust it in lightweight.

Sorry for my English. Hopefully you understand my point

Hi Bokki
there actually isn't a setting/adjustment for light weight and heavyweight on the PM5. A lightweight is <75kg and a heavy above that. When you enter the times in your C2 log you record whether you are lwt/hwt when you did the piece - the times/paces are not adjusted for weight. When comparing to other lwts you are simply comparing your times against others who weighed <75kg when they did it.

The corrected weight score available in ED is only an option in the context of boat crew selection in OTW (on water) rowing. The penalty for weight in a boat is that the greater the crew weight, the larger the hull displacement and area of hull wetted surface acting to limit boat speed. Corrected wgt. scores balance the desirability of high output power against the cost (total crew weight) of producing that power. Certainly of interest to aspiring lightweight rowers but merely a daydream-inducing curiosity to those of us who are exclusively indoor rowers. It is not acceptable for ergers to enter weight-corrected scores in the C2 rankings. To date i haven’t heard of anyone doing so or even being accused of doing so.