National Event winning times

[Gnitworp]

There's a growing need to define (distinguish between) 'Sprint, 'Middle' and 'Long' in terms of race duration for all classes.

At the Whitbarrow National Event the winner on M55L took 40 min; the M55 winner of the 'Middle' race (or was it supposed to be a 'Long' race) at Mulgrave took just one minute less.

If we're contemplating having 'Middle' and 'Long' Courses for all classes at one multi-day event, e.g., JK, we need to define our terms.

IOF rules for WOC Finals specify:
Sprint 12-15 min
Middle 30-35 min
Long 90-100min
Should all classes reflect these ratios?
I think we will eventually need to bite this bullet,

although I suspect there's a lot grass-root orienteers who are not interested in the distinctions, and who don't care what you call it, so long as they get a satisfying run on a course that makes the best possible use of an area every time they turn out.

[King Penguin]

The only problem I can see with these guideleines is that we need a 4th category for events with a EWT of 60-70 minutes, which is where most of UK "normal" events currently seem to fall.

[SJC]

IOF rules for WOC Finals specify:
Sprint 12-15 min
Middle 30-35 min
Long 90-100min
Should all classes reflect these ratios?

If we are going down this route then we should be looking at the IOF Rules for the World Masters Finals. Not sure it would be very popular though, with winning times for all classes from M55 upwards set at 50 minutes.