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Oops. Sorry for the slow reply. My personal theory, is that since a person is timed remotely as they cross the start finish line, there is no competitive pushing and shoving and jockeying necessary at the start of the race. Before each person was timed individually, I imagine there was a boatload of jockeying for position at the starting line and made things more intense. I've only been running races for a couple of years. It's just my guess.