Did Usain Bolt REALLY run 100m in 9.63 seconds?

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  • Usain Bolt won gold in the 100m sprint at the London Olympics, clocking 9.63 seconds... but Albert Einstein has something to say about all this?
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  • @xcver
    @xcver 8 лет назад +3775

    man Usain really has a precise watch

    • @ethanlinquist4525
      @ethanlinquist4525 8 лет назад +130

      must be atomic

    • @MajkaSrajka
      @MajkaSrajka 8 лет назад +35

      So do the stadium to compare results.

    • @scottlapier4363
      @scottlapier4363 8 лет назад +90

      How he chooses to spend his money is his business

    • @msavri
      @msavri 7 лет назад +15

      xcver i know like it goes instead of 9.63 it goes to 9.62999999999999...

    • @sebastianhine8213
      @sebastianhine8213 7 лет назад +8

      Wonder what time he got when he ran 9.58s in the 100m

  • @aghaanantyab
    @aghaanantyab 9 лет назад +355

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH LOL!!! if you are arrested by police, and he ask you "do you know how fast you drive?". so we simply answer "relative to whos clock?"

    • @idlingdove
      @idlingdove 9 лет назад +1

      ***** Clever! I like it!

    • @CarootClips
      @CarootClips 9 лет назад

      ***** i don't get it

    • @CarootClips
      @CarootClips 9 лет назад +1

      wait, will I understand when I am finished watching breaking bad

    • @CarootClips
      @CarootClips 9 лет назад +1

      ***** Oh! I get it now thanks. The main character in breaking bad goes by the name of Heisenberg so I just asumed it was him. thanks for explaining.

    • @simonbanks5012
      @simonbanks5012 9 лет назад +12

      ***** Turns out the original Heisenberg cooked up math theory, not meth deary...

  • @sweatfootm
    @sweatfootm 8 лет назад +830

    My interpretation is that Bolt won in a relativistic sense, not because his time was shorter, but because he made the track shorter than all the other runners by moving at a velocity closer to the speed of light.

    • @basabghosh7644
      @basabghosh7644 4 года назад +3

      Yep I it is also a factor the reduce the time

    • @noyes4168
      @noyes4168 4 года назад +5

      The time dilation and length contraction is so small to the point where it is almost negligible and usain was going at a very small speed compared to light speed

    • @slutskystheorem15912
      @slutskystheorem15912 4 года назад +28

      @@noyes4168 r/whoosh

    • @Bean-Time
      @Bean-Time 4 года назад

      @@basabghosh7644 basab ghosh

    • @Bean-Time
      @Bean-Time 4 года назад +1

      @@slutskystheorem15912 shaumil kjana

  • @howtoby27
    @howtoby27 8 лет назад +2337

    2:20 Angry Hitler?

  • @waldsteiger
    @waldsteiger 9 лет назад +2902

    does this take into account whether the track is set up so athlets run with the turning of the earth or against it?

    • @numberphile
      @numberphile  9 лет назад +1210

      +waldsteiger I like your style

    • @ryanpatterson1403
      @ryanpatterson1403 8 лет назад +165

      +waldsteiger *realization kicking in*

    • @OriginalNotFunny
      @OriginalNotFunny 8 лет назад +129

      +waldsteiger how about make it perpendicular to the earth rotation?

    • @gioschrijver5683
      @gioschrijver5683 8 лет назад +4

      Was about to that :)

    • @HoNUrkiN
      @HoNUrkiN 8 лет назад +184

      +waldsteiger It doesn't matter, because the stadium is also turning in the same direction in the same velocity.

  • @Wipez
    @Wipez 8 лет назад +115

    After watching this video, the olympics should get out a 15cm ruler and draw a line to mark exactly the extra distance the athletes need to run.
    Let's hope no athletes run the 100m and then stop before realising that they actually needed to continue running an extra .00000000000000000001 more of an inch to not be disqualified. I swear this comment isn't sarcastic.

    • @blaze2672
      @blaze2672 8 лет назад +1

      +WiPeZzOuTz most atheletes run significantly over the line. They would take away a world record if we had equipment that could measure it, but oh well, we can't.

    • @raymondzheng2125
      @raymondzheng2125 8 лет назад

      They dont stop or slow down until they pass the line to get the best results

    • @Wipez
      @Wipez 8 лет назад +2

      Raymond Zheng If you think atheletes can run 100m and stop before before they run an extra fraction of an inch, then you might be overestimating them ;)
      Yes I know

    • @raymondzheng2125
      @raymondzheng2125 8 лет назад +1

      I think u reply to the wrong person read what I said

    • @Wipez
      @Wipez 8 лет назад

      Raymond Zheng Oops yeah you're right
      *****

  • @mardy3732
    @mardy3732 8 лет назад +1669

    I don't think Bolt's watch would have displayed 15 decimals.

    • @orielsy
      @orielsy 8 лет назад +119

      and I think that's not the point.

    • @djamelrostom
      @djamelrostom 8 лет назад +27

      The point is that the stadiums clock doesn't display 15 decimals !!! also, nein, it will probably still be 9.63sec

    • @cpad007
      @cpad007 8 лет назад +4

      There is no clock in existence that can measure to that resolution so this is all theory until it can be explicitly measured. :o)

    • @orielsy
      @orielsy 8 лет назад +19

      Guys when astronauts return from spending time on the ISS their clocks are all out of sync with that of people on Earth.
      This isn't theory. Moving or being closer/further from mass (in our case Earth) affects the amount of time that passes for us.
      You can look it up. Our satellites have to be fixed every so often because their clocks run different from those on Earth.

    • @levvillanueva6037
      @levvillanueva6037 8 лет назад +2

      +cpad007 I just got an app from Play Store with 20 decimals of a second

  • @-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-
    @-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.- 8 лет назад +319

    People are taking this video way too seriously.

    • @eoghan.5003
      @eoghan.5003 4 года назад +18

      Or maybe you're taking their comments too seriously

    • @tyraster8603
      @tyraster8603 3 года назад +15

      @@eoghan.5003 * looks at 8.4k dislikes *
      No, I don't think he is.

    • @proloycodes
      @proloycodes 2 года назад +3

      @@tyraster8603 *looks at 0 dislikes*
      yes i do think he is

    • @IntergalacticPotato
      @IntergalacticPotato 2 года назад +3

      @@proloycodes *looks at chrome add-on to show dislikes* or maybe he isn't

    • @asheep7797
      @asheep7797 2 года назад

      @@IntergalacticPotato *destroys Chrome's servers and surprises Google with a new one* he is

  • @MyOwnConfessions
    @MyOwnConfessions 10 лет назад +123

    I don't think people get what the video is trying to prove...

    • @arttuhintsala9717
      @arttuhintsala9717 6 лет назад +2

      Phillip Yang they surely do but thats not what they came for

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 5 лет назад

      Arttu Hintsala Nah, the comments prove otherwise

    • @hydraxhcr2202
      @hydraxhcr2202 5 лет назад

      Then explain please im 9 and i dont understand

  • @JamesKeithProduction
    @JamesKeithProduction 8 лет назад +473

    Kid Goku did it in 8 seconds though.

    • @jack71635
      @jack71635 8 лет назад +5

      Not a real person

    • @anipetani2304
      @anipetani2304 8 лет назад +74

      +Jack 姜 goku is not real ?????????

    • @jack71635
      @jack71635 8 лет назад +7

      +Đani Petani ......no. Grow up

    • @sammiller5997
      @sammiller5997 8 лет назад +51

      +Jack 姜 it's a joke you idiot

    • @jack71635
      @jack71635 8 лет назад +5

      +sam miller Someone who can't get a joke isn't an idiot

  • @benshiffman7765
    @benshiffman7765 7 лет назад +73

    "Take his medal away from him" if you can catch him 😂

  • @hughstaffordlangan4949
    @hughstaffordlangan4949 7 лет назад +359

    Damn, Bolt has an accurate watch.

  • @Bella1899
    @Bella1899 8 лет назад +608

    nein nein nein nein nein

  • @TihadBaker
    @TihadBaker 10 лет назад +39

    Usain Bolt's wristwatch is intense...

  • @ZeitrafferYEP
    @ZeitrafferYEP 7 лет назад +190

    basically,somebody moving is younger than somebody standing still.

    • @Jason-ep3zb
      @Jason-ep3zb 6 лет назад +28

      So we need to run as fast as we can to make we look young relative to other people

    • @Entropy3ko
      @Entropy3ko 6 лет назад +17

      Nope. It doesn't make you look young NOR physically younger.
      Simply Bolt will age less when he's running compared to when he's standing still. Look up the so-called twin paradox.

  • @Ganerrr
    @Ganerrr 3 года назад +5

    sports nerds disliking before watching the video

  • @RelatedGiraffe
    @RelatedGiraffe 9 лет назад +71

    If only Bolt would have worn a watch that day, he would have noticed this outrageous fraud he was faced with! :D

  • @mrronnylives
    @mrronnylives 8 лет назад +128

    people still use miles?

    • @FeLiNe418
      @FeLiNe418 8 лет назад +4

      +Aaron Baneseh Yes

    • @NanoLT
      @NanoLT 8 лет назад +8

      +Aaron Baneseh It takes a lot of money to change every single sign in the UK, and a lot of time and disruption.

    • @reezechepniz7058
      @reezechepniz7058 8 лет назад +14

      +Aaron Baneseh I even heard of a whole country using miles... unbelievable, i know.

    • @slyarsenal
      @slyarsenal 8 лет назад +8

      +Aaron Baneseh Only Americans because the so-called greatest nation on Earth still cant get with the times. They still use yards and feet FFS.

    • @Gamerhero45
      @Gamerhero45 8 лет назад +2

      +slyarsenal this dude right here typing out 4 paragraphs lol
      are you this much of a loser in real life?
      No one must talk to you
      I didn't read your bullcrap, I don't care what you said.
      tl;dr

  • @TorreFernand
    @TorreFernand 7 лет назад +22

    when he said "a little less", I thought he was going to talk about reaction times: between hearing the start pistol and him starting, and between him actually crossing the finish line and the stop boutton being pushed

  • @tpfootballanalysis6752
    @tpfootballanalysis6752 8 лет назад +327

    Usain Bolt didn't run exactly 9.6300000000000000000000

    • @Tensho_C
      @Tensho_C 8 лет назад +2

      yea, must've been little more

    • @tpfootballanalysis6752
      @tpfootballanalysis6752 8 лет назад

      +IBA- ceo I think he ran closer to 9.640 than 9.630

    • @tpfootballanalysis6752
      @tpfootballanalysis6752 8 лет назад

      +Ingsoc officially at London 2012 he ran 9.64 maybe he got it wrong. I dunno

    • @limoncenzo
      @limoncenzo 8 лет назад +22

      The point of the video is to show the impact of relativity. Usain Bolt is an example.

    • @cortster12
      @cortster12 8 лет назад +20

      Not even the point. The point is teaching you about special relativity. The actual time he ran is irrelevant. The title was most likely a misguided attempt to attract sports fans, which obviously backfired as sports fans aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.

  • @Rapter57
    @Rapter57 9 лет назад +125

    I'm not even good at math and these videos continue to fascinate me.

    • @glenn2687
      @glenn2687 9 лет назад +1

      Declan Powers SAME

    • @Lefers94
      @Lefers94 9 лет назад +2

      +Alberto HasNothingToDo you need the exercise, because understanding the basics very well is key to understanding the complicated stuff.

    • @Peter_1986
      @Peter_1986 8 лет назад

      +Alberto HasNothingToDo
      My lecturers usually recommend specific exercises that are different from each other, so that we don't spend too much time on a bunch of exercises that are about pretty much the exactly same thing.

  • @kemp10
    @kemp10 10 лет назад +70

    1:50 Are American billions different than British billions?

    • @LimbDee
      @LimbDee 4 года назад +1

      Yes

    • @Sagezilla08
      @Sagezilla08 2 года назад +1

      @@LimbDee how so?

    • @mateuszw.7905
      @mateuszw.7905 2 года назад +2

      F.e. one american billion is equivalent to one polish milliard

    • @Sagezilla08
      @Sagezilla08 2 года назад

      @@mateuszw.7905 Makes sense now. Thank you.

  • @LNasterio
    @LNasterio 8 лет назад +12

    I'm a physicist, and I find it funny how mathematicians are actually explaining the physics concept right...

    • @aboubacaramine8689
      @aboubacaramine8689 8 лет назад +2

      The guy is a physycist too

    • @LNasterio
      @LNasterio 8 лет назад

      Aboubacar Amine I see... that makes sense

    • @TalooshDaBoss
      @TalooshDaBoss 8 лет назад

      +Asterio What kind of physicist are you? Theoretical? Partial? Condensed Matter? Do you have a physics phd. I really want a theoretically physics phd when I get older. Also, what exactly are the jobs available for theorists. Mainly string theory and quantum field theory related. I've heard that most physicists don't get a physics related job. Do you have a physics related job? I saw this story on Reddit where someone graduated with a partial physics phd and then they worked as a bartender and are now applying for a calculus teaching job at a community college. I see no point in getting a physics degree if you are not going to contribute to physics. I've also heard that there are too many of old people in the field and young people find it hard to get a physics related job.

    • @rohanackermann7912
      @rohanackermann7912 8 лет назад +3

      Physics is applied maths... why wouldn't he be explaining it correctly?

    • @zbzb-ic1sr
      @zbzb-ic1sr 8 лет назад

      @TALOOSH If you find it hard to get a job in something physics-related, you might want to delve into the world of computation/programming and its application on physics-based simulations. The construction industry is in dire need of such.
      Believe me, a lot of design firms are looking for such people, esp. those with a firm grasp of thermodynamics and CFD.

  • @xiaolongye
    @xiaolongye 8 лет назад +4

    Great video, I have a limited understanding of this and you made it easy to grasp. Thanks!

  • @Bob-zx7io
    @Bob-zx7io 8 лет назад +180

    Wow, the amount of people who hate physics and math is really astounding. Do you people not understand that the video isn't trying to diminish what Bolt accomplished in any way? He's explaining the theory of relativity using an a event we can relate to.

    • @kwonknow3869
      @kwonknow3869 8 лет назад +7

      +Marvin Flugelmeister Just appreciate your ability to appreciate it. Not everyone who attends a soccer match is there to appreciate the nuances of the sport.

    • @kierandocherty9475
      @kierandocherty9475 8 лет назад +1

      +kwon know football

    • @DaVince21
      @DaVince21 8 лет назад

      I'm not sure that it's the physics and the math that people hate, but the fact that it gets overshadowed by the example of Usain Bolt running being timed at an ever so slightly lower time. The actual content then goes unappreciated.

    • @GOOCHIEZ
      @GOOCHIEZ 8 лет назад +4

      Haters gonna hate.. They don't think, they don't consider, they don't take anything into account........they hate.

    • @omikronweapon
      @omikronweapon 6 лет назад

      I don't think it has to do with being haters or not. haters hate because they 'like' it, but uneducated/lesser educated people might hate out of ignorance/unfamiliarity with the subject matter and get genuinely upset by a perceived 'attack'

  • @Inflation_Theory
    @Inflation_Theory 10 лет назад +40

    This is wrong. You should use general relativity theory to do the calculation. You should not just use the special relativity calculation since Bolt is not moving at a constant speed.

  • @aldoileanumeliber
    @aldoileanumeliber 2 года назад +1

    Really enjoyed this. Thank you!

  • @1234Daan4321
    @1234Daan4321 8 лет назад +759

    Quite remarkable to see the average IQ of the commenters drop when sports become involved

    • @em-il1dq
      @em-il1dq 8 лет назад +50

      ouhhhhhhh shots fired

    • @DPAE-xc4ph
      @DPAE-xc4ph 8 лет назад +28

      You think you're smarter than someone who plays sports?

    • @edwardmurdoch5070
      @edwardmurdoch5070 8 лет назад +56

      I think he meant when someone is "commenting" about sports. It is a nice little joke, making fun of how our partiality in sports can get the best of us.

    • @cfgcfh6350
      @cfgcfh6350 7 лет назад +2

      1234Daan4321 hahahahha

    • @JanSanono
      @JanSanono 6 лет назад +3

      That's sportitist

  • @chocolatechocochoco
    @chocolatechocochoco 9 лет назад +36

    So... Did Usain Bolt REALLY run 100m in 9.63 seconds?
    Yes because the ones who measure it do not move.

    • @ronaldderooij1774
      @ronaldderooij1774 9 лет назад +17

      5+1 people missed the point entirely, and I therefore convict them to studying Einstein again!

    • @IntegralMoon
      @IntegralMoon 9 лет назад +1

      Ronald de Rooij Thank goodness someone picked up on this!

  • @Mike-sm1wr
    @Mike-sm1wr 8 лет назад +647

    2:20 NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN

  • @HdBurningblade
    @HdBurningblade 8 лет назад +95

    You forgot to factor in initial rounding of the record time, the speed of sound (from firing to reaching his ear), speed of light (time taken to electronically transmit signal to timer), and probably some other factors

    • @Sorestlor
      @Sorestlor 8 лет назад +5

      Thats what i was thinking. If you want to be this accurate then sorry you have other factors to consider. Also the fact that none of the instruments are accurate enough to consider this stuff.

    • @jimbo-fk4dq
      @jimbo-fk4dq 7 лет назад +2

      Do we have to factor in any possible PED use?

    • @karac833
      @karac833 7 лет назад +2

      Just a simple person here... But you suggest "time taken to electronically transmit signal to timer" is done at speed of light(SOL)... BUT ( I am probably wrong) but the signal would be at SOL only whilst conducted through a) superconductor, b) radio, light/laser, fibreoptic. While the electronic signal is within a copper/gold/silver conductor within the timer device(s), it's speed would be substantially slower than SOL. The only point I am suggesting SOL is achieved at certain conditions..... I do know I am being silly and petty... but also enjoying it all.
      Tell you something, I would love to see the theorist do the calculations...................................................

    • @Sorestlor
      @Sorestlor 7 лет назад

      Signal in the electronics wont travel at the speed of light but even if it did you would still have to factor in that time. You could transfer signals faster than the speed of light using the spin of electrons theoretically since they respond well what seems to be instantly.

    • @simil-kung5610
      @simil-kung5610 4 года назад +3

      That wasn't the point of the video.

  • @kimghanson
    @kimghanson 4 года назад +1

    Amazing how often you guys make me laugh.

  • @nofacee94
    @nofacee94 10 лет назад +80

    The amount of people complaining on this video is too damn high!
    Stop taking it at face-value - he is explaining this funky relativity physics, the point of the video is not to say Usain was actually a bit slower.

    • @strategen9124
      @strategen9124 6 лет назад +2

      they probably still don't understand relativity at all and still have that high school impression towards physics

  • @humudu
    @humudu 8 лет назад +126

    I have programming exam tomorrow, why am i filling my head with stuff like this now!!??

    • @JOCOMANOable
      @JOCOMANOable 8 лет назад +6

      +humudu same here :D

    • @kaanbostanc9032
      @kaanbostanc9032 8 лет назад +4

      damn bro im.exactly studying for proggramming exam which 2 days later and my brain is boils in there and im here too

    • @Silviu624
      @Silviu624 8 лет назад +1

      +humudu lol, tomorrow i have a programmign exam too....
      c++ POO exam.. and yet, i am here..

    • @kaanbostanc9032
      @kaanbostanc9032 8 лет назад +1

      Thank you :D And my friends this morning, thankfully i did really well in exam. i guess im gonna get an AA hehe :D and mine was MATLAB btw :D

    • @humudu
      @humudu 8 лет назад +1

      cool! I also did well :D

  • @paris9332
    @paris9332 7 лет назад +113

    According to Bolt's theory of relativity, the actual number of people who would have watched this video is approximately 3037628 lesser if you take 'Usain Bolt' out of the caption.

  • @fabsanh
    @fabsanh 6 лет назад

    Great video

  • @Noxie_13
    @Noxie_13 10 лет назад +55

    yeah... why you not make something so off-topic ? so little timing is unmesurable ! Plus we count the finish when he cross the line, usually shoulders BUT the camera can't be precise enough because it takes the outfit and not the skin and it's not precise to the bilions of millimeter. So your theory's completely unaccurate.
    edit : if you want to talk about relativity, take better example, for instance the case of the 2 twins with one sent in space at high speed. All you do is nerding around trying to attract views by putting a highly searched name in the title.

  • @Adamslowsis
    @Adamslowsis 10 лет назад +39

    So many idiots in the comments missing the point. The video creators know the 5 millionths of a nanosecond isnt significant to the race, they are simply having fun with the theory of relativity.

  • @casaalebriol6298
    @casaalebriol6298 2 года назад +1

    "Here we are at the olympic stadium in london"; proceeds drawing a straight line

  • @zestyorangez
    @zestyorangez 8 лет назад +37

    how could he have ran 100m if he had to run 50m first? or 25m or 12.5m? it never stops

    • @MlMZY630
      @MlMZY630 8 лет назад +10

      AHHH ZENO FOUND ME

    • @TalSet333
      @TalSet333 8 лет назад +3

      If that is a serious question, space can not get infinitely small

    • @lancetschirhart7676
      @lancetschirhart7676 7 лет назад +2

      Division by 2 isn't the right tool to use here. Use addition and subtraction.

    • @roguec.9778
      @roguec.9778 7 лет назад +1

      you can solve this by using limits bro

    • @theduplicity2164
      @theduplicity2164 7 лет назад +2

      because the smaller the distance he has to run, the faster he runs it so e.g. he runs 100m in 10s, 50m in 5s, 25m in 2.5s and so forth so it doesn't matter if you can infinitely half the distance because you can infinitely double the speed to accommodate that. imo

  • @OLBastholm
    @OLBastholm 8 лет назад +70

    I watched just about 5 seconds of this. I didn't understand him at all.

    • @savvaskastrinos8817
      @savvaskastrinos8817 8 лет назад +2

      +Xmus Jaxon Flaxon-Waxon III haha

    • @MrKarlozz
      @MrKarlozz 8 лет назад

      +Jack Barr-Baxter
      Yeah, its not that hard to understand... Though I would never had discovered it myself lol

    • @jdub204
      @jdub204 8 лет назад

      +Jack Barr-Baxter you understand that's incredibly complicated. most people don't even understand variables.

    • @gorber1971
      @gorber1971 8 лет назад +1

      +OLBastholm Because he's a northerner.

  • @hrdyondrej
    @hrdyondrej 9 лет назад +402

    Whole video I was thinking about the broken leg of athlete in 0:50.

    • @adinitu
      @adinitu 9 лет назад +8

      ViXenTV LOL, my stomach literally hurts now.

    • @AbuserTube
      @AbuserTube 9 лет назад +40

      ViXenTV His leg isn't broke, it just has two knees.

    • @nicholasaurus
      @nicholasaurus 9 лет назад +18

      Ondra Hrdy He's a mathematician not a doctor! It's not his job to worry about how many knees a person has.

    • @hrdyondrej
      @hrdyondrej 9 лет назад +8

      nicholasaurus So he can count pretty well, am I right?

    • @luvmyhc
      @luvmyhc 9 лет назад +7

      Ondra Hrdy His leg isn't broke, it just has poliomyelitis

  • @esotericVideos
    @esotericVideos 5 лет назад

    Love the thumbnail artwork

  • @evanromes6754
    @evanromes6754 8 лет назад +276

    Just want to point out that he is actually not right about the time. This would only apply IF usains time was exactly 9.63000000000000... Which is probably not true

    • @symeons1145
      @symeons1145 8 лет назад +1

      Exact

    • @ThejusMahajan
      @ThejusMahajan 8 лет назад +17

      Exactly! Trying to make a correction within the error bar makes no sense.

    • @OhThatsHilarious
      @OhThatsHilarious 8 лет назад

      haha W

    • @Kosa647
      @Kosa647 8 лет назад +71

      It doesn't change anything. The point was to show how relativity effects everyday life and that the reality is different then we see it. It is not a video about exact time of Usain Bolts 100m run.

    • @minimon796
      @minimon796 8 лет назад +31

      The point is to learn general physics law, not how long actually Bolt ran

  • @Treadstone7
    @Treadstone7 10 лет назад +32

    I calculated for myself before, that a car which is 5m in length and going at 28 m/s is about 65 femto-meters shorter than it usually is. I know what you're talking about and I absolutely see your point, but sometimes it's not good to be nerdy, even for nerds like us ;)

  • @ashtonkomodo
    @ashtonkomodo 10 лет назад +23

    I stopped it at 27 seconds I'm glad i did

  • @agradman
    @agradman 6 лет назад

    You're a tremendously talented educator, but this video is a real standout!!!

  • @Madwolfx_
    @Madwolfx_ 2 года назад

    5 years later yt suggested me this video 2021

  • @MVBit
    @MVBit 8 лет назад +104

    It was actually 9.64 seconds, not 9.63.

    • @xNathan2439x
      @xNathan2439x 8 лет назад +35

      +Dante Thompson actually the world is fake and he never actually beat anything, the government just wants you to think he beat it... but he didn't
      you have been brainwashed and you must repent and repeal against your government and rise up and take control of your mind and DONT FALL UNDER THIS INDEFINITE RELIGIOUSLY UNINFORMED GOVERNMENT THAT WILL TRY TO PRESS THEIR RELIGOUS EVIL WAYS ONTO YOU ALL

    • @DT-ov9sj
      @DT-ov9sj 8 лет назад +8

      +NATHAN BRANNON i think youre brain washing me

    • @MilanTheAngel
      @MilanTheAngel 8 лет назад +1

      +tomforgot lollipops he already did

    • @meekmillsdad8965
      @meekmillsdad8965 8 лет назад

      +NATHAN BRANNON i dont think you get the joke. look it up

    • @MilanTheAngel
      @MilanTheAngel 8 лет назад

      ***** I do, this comment is very informative and interesting.

  • @SkyFoxTale
    @SkyFoxTale 9 лет назад +78

    yea if we all had clocks that could measure to millionth nanoseconds

    • @adreveiizorr9198
      @adreveiizorr9198 9 лет назад +3

      That would be great! Just say what your time was and they be like da fuq!

    • @mintoo2cool
      @mintoo2cool 9 лет назад +6

      ***** like your computer

    • @nznegativeions
      @nznegativeions 9 лет назад +1

      bbababonbon..bonfire! nah

    • @nznegativeions
      @nznegativeions 9 лет назад +5

      ***** and everyone has one. oh, wait.

    • @nznegativeions
      @nznegativeions 9 лет назад

      The Beaves
      Man Im rubbing one out right now

  • @MrChkA
    @MrChkA 8 лет назад

    This was awesome!!

  • @snoopyguy21
    @snoopyguy21 10 лет назад +45

    Couldn't it be said that he ran it in even less time because of when Usain Bolt ACTUALLY started running? You subtract Bolt's reaction time to the gun from the clock time and you would have a time from when he actually started moving towards the end of the track.

  • @XtenanetX
    @XtenanetX 10 лет назад +19

    If it was that little of a difference, who really gives a crap...

  • @piyushmajgawali1611
    @piyushmajgawali1611 5 лет назад +5

    Are you considering the time taken for the light reflected from Usain Bolt to reach the time keeper?

  • @badhbhchadh
    @badhbhchadh 5 лет назад

    I knew this video would be about that before I clicked.

  • @fisher00769
    @fisher00769 9 лет назад +24

    I think most people have a difficulty with understanding this because they have the wrong concept of time. They think time doesn't change, that 1 second always means the 1 second we're used to, but that actually couldn't be further from the truth. When you move time slows down for you by a tiny factor, but when you move really fast, this change is actually significant. Our GPS systems would be completely useless if they didn't take this into account, they would be kilometres off your real position because the GPS satellites move very fast (~4km/s). These satellites calculate the position based on the time it takes for the signal to travel, so their clocks need to be adjusted to move faster than the usual to calculate properly.

    • @fuckyougoogleplus8667
      @fuckyougoogleplus8667 9 лет назад +2

      Get over yourself. Most people who think about this at all don't have a hard time seeing this.
      I know you think you took a freshman physics course in college and therefore are some physics genius...but this is not advanced stuff.

    • @fisher00769
      @fisher00769 9 лет назад +16

      FuckYouGooglePlus
      Hey man, have you looked at the comments about how many people here are calling bullshit on it? I'm not physics genius lol I'm a med student, and this is definitely not advanced stuff, but if you look around here, you can see that people are having trouble with understanding it...

    • @bbbf09
      @bbbf09 9 лет назад +1

      Relativistic effects are very apparent for GPS - true. But in fact it is the general relativity effects due to gravity (difference between here on surface and out at orbit) that dominate over the speed effects (difference between ground and orbit speed). So much so that in fact the clocks run faster (not slower) on a satellite than an equivalent clock down here. The effect is similarly tiny though ... if you spent a whole of an average life time on the satellite your counterpart on earth would have aged abut only 1 second more than you. Small for us but large & significant effect for GPS measurements that must be taken into account.
      In orbit near extreme gravity fields the effects can be huge. This was used to realistic effect in the film interstellar which shows that if you ever find yourself close to a supermassive black hole then 1 hour spent there could indeed be equal to several years spent away from the gravity well.

    • @LanceAtlas
      @LanceAtlas 9 лет назад

      bbbf09 both special and general relativity effects (speed and gravity) have the potential to throw GPS off by large margins. Gravitational is greater, sure, but neither can be overlooked.

  • @lucacalderara9881
    @lucacalderara9881 10 лет назад +20

    Dude, what's your problem?

  • @NathanY0ung
    @NathanY0ung 5 лет назад +3

    I feel like majority of the viewers came here not because they were interesting in math but just out of controversy from the video title.

    • @Gusburg
      @Gusburg 3 года назад

      I'm guessing all of the people who disliked the video have never studied maths or science and don't appreciate what this video is actually all about

  • @mochibobikins
    @mochibobikins 6 лет назад

    This is so intriguing

  • @sccm100
    @sccm100 9 лет назад +81

    This takes being a nerd to a whole new level

    • @Maxmekker42
      @Maxmekker42 9 лет назад +1

      Lol

    • @kian965
      @kian965 8 лет назад

      +sebastian cuello
      I'm bursting with laughter.

    • @SE45CX
      @SE45CX 8 лет назад

      +sebastian cuello Yeah, I would avoid this guy for a conversation.

    • @ianwubby6271
      @ianwubby6271 8 лет назад

      +sebastian cuello Yeah, but it's great.

  • @pepijnb4173
    @pepijnb4173 8 лет назад +29

    if he was carrying a watch with a size to fit all those numbers. he would probably still been on his way

  • @erik8467
    @erik8467 8 лет назад +420

    Yes he did, end of story there I just saved u 6minutes

    • @smashgod6489
      @smashgod6489 8 лет назад +7

      It's 7

    • @TUNDRA2529
      @TUNDRA2529 8 лет назад +48

      It's 6 when you take into account special relativity.

    • @rousingnizam
      @rousingnizam 8 лет назад +3

      Thanx a lot 😂

    • @owlflame
      @owlflame 8 лет назад +49

      I genuinely hope to never find you on another numberfile video if you're gonna be ignorant about it.

  • @danielmgalhaes
    @danielmgalhaes 8 лет назад

    Dude, I gave you a like because you're the smartest kind of crazy.

  • @GTSRBOY
    @GTSRBOY 9 лет назад +51

    This is assuming he ran it in 9.6300000000..according to the stadium clock, which he didn't

    • @DrumCoversandytps
      @DrumCoversandytps 9 лет назад +33

      All other calculations are based upon it. Meaning if we had a more precise time it wouldn't change the fact that according to Usain he actually ran a slightly shorter track in a shorter time period.

    • @fuckyougoogleplus8667
      @fuckyougoogleplus8667 9 лет назад +2

      Sure he did. I don;t know why you would think otherwise. Absent any more degree of accuracy, that is EXACTLY what the stadium clock said. You can't start putting words in the stadium clock's mouth. Or numbers on its dial.

    • @notacolt6879
      @notacolt6879 9 лет назад +3

      FuckYouGooglePlus The stadium clock only displaces so much numbers, we do not know the numbers after 9.63

    • @fuckyougoogleplus8667
      @fuckyougoogleplus8667 9 лет назад

      Nota Colt
      And like I said...since there WAS no time keeping device with more degrees of accuracy, he did. Read the original post again..he said "according to the stadium clock." And yes..ACCORDING TO THE STADIUM CLOCK, he ran it in 9.63. It doesn't matter what any other clock would have said. According to the stadium clock, that was his time.

    • @notacolt6879
      @notacolt6879 9 лет назад

      FuckYouGooglePlus Fine, but that amount of time that was subtracted doesn't make a difference anyways.. So why are we arguing about it?

  • @MinecraftBuilder33
    @MinecraftBuilder33 9 лет назад +22

    So, Usain Bolt is Illuminati confirmed, or am I missing something?

  • @musliksolihin8960
    @musliksolihin8960 4 года назад

    bolt is now living in a seperate space and time from us

  • @Atlas-gz9tk
    @Atlas-gz9tk 7 лет назад +1

    "some 'small' event called the Olimpics is going on in London" XD

  • @mariuszzo
    @mariuszzo 10 лет назад +11

    Wrong, Usain Bolt really runs -111111,22936763837 joule per dolar.

  • @dixie_rekd9601
    @dixie_rekd9601 9 лет назад +33

    so it was still 9.63 seconds..... when rounded... >.<
    watches / clock dont tend to measure time to the picosecond.... and if it did, the extra weight of him carrying a HUGE clock or a wristwatch 8 inches wide may have slowed him up a little.

    • @saivarun5682
      @saivarun5682 9 лет назад +7

      AwesomeVindicator when u round 9.63 u get 9.6 or 10.00

    • @planetwalker
      @planetwalker 9 лет назад +1

      Sai Varun or 9.65 or even 9.5 pending on the criteria.

    • @MrGOLDENCUPCAKE1
      @MrGOLDENCUPCAKE1 9 лет назад

      AwesomeVindicator They're talking in figurative terms not literal....

    • @chsxtian
      @chsxtian 9 лет назад

      AwesomeVindicator You missed the point by a lightyear.

    • @strike667
      @strike667 9 лет назад +4

      AwesomeVindicator that's not the point of this video...

  • @mariussefu3
    @mariussefu3 8 лет назад +1

    you forgot the time it takes for light to refract from bolt's body to the camera fotage

  • @chtulurr
    @chtulurr 7 лет назад +33

    It is sad that the actual point of this video is not coming across just because the example is about sports...

  • @4Y0P
    @4Y0P 8 лет назад +27

    Tl;dr = yeah he did, but not really

    • @xNinj4xHD
      @xNinj4xHD 8 лет назад +2

      +Whims this answered none of my questions

  • @vaporainwaves
    @vaporainwaves 9 лет назад +24

    So wait, if you move faster, time gets slower for you? Does it mean that astronauts in TKS will get older slower?

    • @Morrvard
      @Morrvard 9 лет назад +16

      Google "Twin Paradox" for the answer to your question :)

    • @vaporainwaves
      @vaporainwaves 9 лет назад +4

      Hmm, that means that if you would live near the equator, you would make bigger turns on the earth and get older slower, that's it, I am moving lol. Or should I become a jet pilot?

    • @jasonsmith4114
      @jasonsmith4114 9 лет назад +4

      babusiaN1 You won't get older slower, you don't get it. First of all because the effects of relativity would be negligible at this speed, and because as I said there's no such thing as speed of time. What relavity says is that there's as many proper time as there's observant subjects so that there's no inertial frame that could be picked as a static reference, because everything's moving beside everything. In your very fast shuttle, you would get older exactly the same way that if you were on earth in YOUR perspective. I hope that the distinction I'm making here is clear (btw, I apologize for my terrible english...)

    • @vaporainwaves
      @vaporainwaves 9 лет назад +1

      I understand, but I want to see the future :D

    • @jasonsmith4114
      @jasonsmith4114 9 лет назад

      babusiaN1 Well, in theory you can. Not your own one, but the one of all other people stayed on earth. But this is not a round trip, so maybe you should think to it twice... Anyway, from a practical point of view, maybe a shuttle like this isn't possible to enforce, but maybe it is, we don't know :)

  • @TheAverageChannelx
    @TheAverageChannelx 4 года назад

    This video is the most "well actually" thing I've seen in ages

  • @flaviusclaudius7510
    @flaviusclaudius7510 7 лет назад +4

    I would have thought the finite speed of sound and reaction time telling him when to go, and the finite speed of light getting to the camera, would have had a significantly larger impact than time dilation from his speed. Not to mention the accuracy of the clock.

    • @creativecarveciteclimb5684
      @creativecarveciteclimb5684 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah, the accuracy of the clock could differ by 0.004 seconds, and still round down/up to the same number.

  • @San_D._Beard
    @San_D._Beard 8 лет назад +6

    i always do my math with a sharpie on a brown paper bag

  • @mjSnap
    @mjSnap 10 лет назад +25

    You could only say he didn't run the full course if he had stopped precisely at the 100m mark. Runners obviously run past the finish line, so he made up for the tiny discrepancy.

  • @Guust_Flater
    @Guust_Flater 5 лет назад +10

    Don't forget the time it takes for the soundwaves from the starting gun reaching the ears of the runners and the time before the brain reacts to the signal of the ears. That time totals up to 0,15 seconds 👍🏅

  • @sayantandasgupta242
    @sayantandasgupta242 6 лет назад

    His drawing skills are better than my future

  • @ncky2431
    @ncky2431 8 лет назад +77

    What about his reaction time?

    • @yo-lab
      @yo-lab 8 лет назад +16

      Here is a non biologic-zone sry

    • @unseentask
      @unseentask 8 лет назад

      +Niky Kaminsky MR DARBY

    • @ncky2431
      @ncky2431 8 лет назад

      +Yo-Lab k

    • @TheIcecreamtaco
      @TheIcecreamtaco 8 лет назад +2

      +Yo-Lab where is here? *brain explodes*

  • @ondrejveres435
    @ondrejveres435 8 лет назад +15

    why do so many people trashtalk this video? its meant to be just fun fact not a criticism to the olympics ffs...

    • @arttuhintsala9717
      @arttuhintsala9717 6 лет назад

      Well it is because of the slight clickbait implying that there is a major difference somewhere that no1 noticed. And as this is a math channel it would be expected that they wouldn't use clickbait. Happy?

    • @Martin-ki8jv
      @Martin-ki8jv 6 лет назад

      pears i eat Since it's a math channel you could also expect the difference to be very small.

    • @arttuhintsala9717
      @arttuhintsala9717 6 лет назад

      Roadman Shaq there is really nothing wrong with the video. Its just the fact that so many of the views coming from outside the channel (about 50%). They expect it being something major as they do not know the channel and then it is just a worthless fact.

    • @arttuhintsala9717
      @arttuhintsala9717 6 лет назад

      Also related to the 9.63s there is an inaccuracy in the stadium clock that is so much bigger than the difference this guy found that it makes his fact even more worthless

    • @Martin-ki8jv
      @Martin-ki8jv 6 лет назад

      pears i eat Well it's still not clickbait. It's not their problem people would think it's a big difference. But I see your point.

  • @Bluedragon2513
    @Bluedragon2513 6 лет назад +1

    2:20
    me when my teachers acuse someone of hearing gum

  • @pauloguga
    @pauloguga 8 лет назад

    an add with usain bolt popped up right before this video lol

  • @SuperMaDBrothers
    @SuperMaDBrothers 10 лет назад +9

    I saw everything in this video coming lol

  • @turboblitz6958
    @turboblitz6958 8 лет назад +8

    He's so happy about him self I love it lol

    • @someoneonearth2619
      @someoneonearth2619 3 года назад +1

      im just replying you after 4 years just to tell you that your comment is been read ny someone :)

  • @underclapyt2988
    @underclapyt2988 5 лет назад

    that thumbnail could be a meme

  • @charliewade8524
    @charliewade8524 7 лет назад +1

    If there was a tiny delay at the end, wouldn't there also be one at the beginning making the time correct?

  • @Gaming4Justice
    @Gaming4Justice 10 лет назад +10

    2:17 NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN!

  • @tommycp29
    @tommycp29 10 лет назад +15

    so? you believe the stadium clock @ thats much decimal place accuracy? if not i negative to this video.

  • @michaelrolton7502
    @michaelrolton7502 8 лет назад

    Usain must have a big watch to record all those zeros. Fascinating stuff, though. Thanks for posting.

  • @sebastiand152
    @sebastiand152 4 года назад

    The watch is on his arm, which moves back and forward during the run. How does this impact the result? And could you come up with a more precise model?

  • @bob123789456
    @bob123789456 10 лет назад +266

    these are the types of Numberphile videos that piss me off

  • @AeroAstroid
    @AeroAstroid 10 лет назад +121

    Okay,but five millionths of a second wouldn't change a DAMN THING

    • @luxnox9303
      @luxnox9303 6 лет назад +2

      In fact it did...... thats the whole point.

    • @markwaterfield740
      @markwaterfield740 6 лет назад

      five millionths of a nanosecond, not 5 millionths of a second.

  • @dylan-samurai-9698
    @dylan-samurai-9698 6 лет назад

    This was over 5 years ago, why is it in my recommended now?!?

  • @alexanderkonce
    @alexanderkonce 7 лет назад

    his head is brighter than my future

  • @Mistrinho
    @Mistrinho 8 лет назад +15

    Isn't this that kind of thing where, if you had a very fast plane and a atomic clock, and you went around the Earth with that plane, less time would progress in your plane than on Earth?

    • @kevinblank1481
      @kevinblank1481 8 лет назад +9

      yes

    • @yenice3652
      @yenice3652 8 лет назад +3

      so when you land would it be the future compared to if you sat here on earth the whole time

    • @DaVince21
      @DaVince21 8 лет назад +2

      Heh, if he had used that example to explain the exact same concept this video would not have received all the undeserved dislikes.

    • @luxnox9303
      @luxnox9303 6 лет назад +1

      That thing is called the theory of relativity FYI

    • @Martin-ki8jv
      @Martin-ki8jv 6 лет назад

      Smoove no.

  • @dieudonneouedraogo7206
    @dieudonneouedraogo7206 8 лет назад +3

    So instead of 9.63 he ran 9.63? I knew they were trolling us

  • @sleeve9097
    @sleeve9097 7 лет назад +10

    NOT NOT NOT NOT

  • @rayz-x
    @rayz-x 7 лет назад +43

    the video has 3141592 views! which is pi

    • @thegreenbeanfightingmachin5841
      @thegreenbeanfightingmachin5841 7 лет назад +3

      Rayyan Sayeed you forgot the other infinite digits

    • @rayz-x
      @rayz-x 7 лет назад +1

      So... upon ignoring the other infinite digits, I made an error of 0.0000208044%

    • @sarysa
      @sarysa 6 лет назад +1

      Kudos to RUclips if that's an easter egg threshold. Videos that get lots of daily views are usually approximated...funnily enough, 666 pops up often. (though I'm assuming they just floor their approximations, so it's not 667)

    • @LeventK
      @LeventK 4 года назад

      It's actually neither 3.141592 nor 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058208749445923078164... It's actually circumference divides by diameter 😎

    • @goodpeopleoftheworldunite
      @goodpeopleoftheworldunite 3 года назад

      I don't see your point.
      .
      Lool

  • @mhybrid7
    @mhybrid7 10 лет назад +16

    The purpose of this video is not Usain Bolt's performance but rather Einstein's theory of relativity. For the time 9.63 s, only the first two digits, the 9 and the 6, are certain. The digit 3 is already uncertain. Therefore, the 9.629999999999995 s approximation is kinda nice to make a point for the theory of relativity, but practically useless for the purpose of running times in a stadium.