Table 3.

The results of posthoc Dunn's tests with Bonferroni adjustment to determine which pairs of taper types show a statsitically significant effect on: (i) marathon finish-time (FT); (ii) finish-time efficiency (FTE); and (iii) finish-time benefit (FTB).

Taper 1	Taper 2	p (FT)	p (FTE)	p (FTB)
Strict 4 w	Strict 3 w	-	-	-
	Strict 2 w	-	-	-
	Strict 1 w	-	<0.001	<0.001
	Relaxed 3 w	<0.001	<0.001	0.002
	Relaxed 2 w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Relaxed 1 w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Non taper	-	0.003	0.007
Strict 3 w	Strict 2 w	-	-	0.035
	Strict 1 w	0.049	<0.001	<0.001
	Relaxed 3 w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Relaxed 2 w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Relaxed 1 w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Non taper	-	0.001	0.003
Relaxed 3 w	Strict 2 w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Strict 1 w	-	0.015	0.006
	Relaxed 2 w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Relaxed 1w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Non taper	-	0.020	0.038
strict 2 w	Strict 1 w	0.002	<0.001	<0.001
	Relaxed 2 w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Relaxed 1 w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Non taper	-	0.004	0.010
Relaxed 2 w	Strict 1 w	0.002	-	-
	Relaxed 1 w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Non taper	-	-	-
Strict 1 w	Relaxed 1 w	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Non taper	-	-	-
Relaxed 1 w	Non taper	-	-	-