Total Statistical Domination

The title of this article caught my attention... and track and field has a "superfan"... AWESOME! About a month ago, Asafa Powell ran his 71st sub-10.00 at the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix. And, although I don't really know much about 100m times, I do know that this is really, really fast. And it's a pretty amazing accomplishment that he's managed to do it a whole bunch, like over 20 times more than any other athlete (Maurice Green is second at 50). And, what's really cool about the article... it looks at the top 500 performances in a few different events and compares "statistical domination". In general, it seems that the more technical the event (like field events and high hurdles), the more single-sided domination goes on. As Mr. Superfan himself points out, some field events see over 20% of the best marks of all time belonging to one athlete. Also, it seems that there is generally a more even distribution of top performances as the distance increases. Again, I'm presuming this has to do with the technicality of the event... if you're a bad starter, you're never going to be a great sprinter! Anyways, just figured some of y'all might be ready for a "serious" post.