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[QUOTE="Ragman2000, post: 1940273, member: 118"]
Wrong because when he is still sitting at the starting line and the race has started he's going zero miles per hour.  The clock has started and even when he starts moving, his average speed is very slow.  Even if he burns rubber and goes super fast once he gets going, his speed is still determined by the distance divided by time.  It is an absolute.  It's an equation, assuming the clock starts and it's a fixed distance, the fastest avg speed wins 100% of the time.  No exceptions, it's basic math.

Think of it this way...
Hypothetical
100 ft race track.

Car A finished race in 10 seconds but had a bad reaction time (this car was faster from second 2-10 than Car B).  Regardless of his reaction time, etc, his average speed was 10 ft per second. (100ft/10 sec)

Car B finished in 8 seconds.  He was slower than car A from seconds 2-10 but got off to a better start with a better reaction time.  Regardless of being slower than Car A in 80% of the race his average speed was 12.5 ft per second (100ft/8 sec).

Car B had both a faster average speed and also won the race regardless of reaction time.
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