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Dallin Thornton · Utah State pole vaulter

One phone. One afternoon. 21 clips became a measured archive of 19 valid jumps—and one priority Dallin could take back to the runway.

21Clips uploaded
19Valid jumps
8Finished rock-backs
IMG_1326 · BEST ATTEMPT
Approach27.4FT/S
Inversion169°
REAL SESSION · NOT A SAMPLE DASHBOARD+8′3″Push above grip
01 · ATHLETE-CONFIRMED UTAH STATE TRANSFER02 · 6′0″ ATHLETE CALIBRATION03 · 17′2″ CROSSBAR REFERENCE04 · 68.5 FT RUN

The jump that set the ceiling

One attempt.
Five connected phases.

Jump 1326 is not an idealized model. It is the real attempt that proves the capability was already there.

  1. Dallin Thornton during the approach phase01

    Approach

    27.4FT/S
  2. Dallin Thornton during the plant phase02

    Plant

    155°TOP ARM
  3. Dallin Thornton during the takeoff phase03

    Takeoff

    20°ANGLE
  4. Dallin Thornton during the inversion phase04

    Inversion

    169°ROCK-BACK
  5. Dallin Thornton during the push phase05

    Push

    +8′3″ABOVE GRIP

The whole afternoon

The best jump
wasn’t the pattern.

Every column below is one measured attempt. Eight finished near 170°. Eleven stalled near 57°.

8Finished
11Stalled

Same athlete.
Same session.
Two different outcomes.

Dallin · 19 measured attempts8 finished / 11 stalled
01146°
0257°
0355°
04140°
05170°
06170°
0752°
0864°
0946°
1066°
1154°
1256°
13169°
14171°
15161°
16171°
17174°
18168°
19107°

Every column is a real jump. Hover or focus to read the measured inversion.

01146°
0257°
0355°
04140°
05170°
06170°
0752°
0864°
0946°
1066°
1154°
1256°
13169°
14171°
15161°
16171°
17174°
18168°
19107°
Dallin Thornton finishing the rock-back169° · FINISHED

The finding hidden inside the distribution

Capability wasn’t missing.
Repeatability was.

2%Grip variation
3%Top-arm variation
46%Inversion variation

Grip and top-arm extension stayed locked in. Inversion moved fifteen times more. Training the fundamentals harder would protect the wrong thing; the archive makes the actual leak visible.

01

VaultLab ranked prescription

Finish the
rock-back.

On 11 of 19 attempts, the torso stalled near 57° instead of reaching roughly 170°.

  1. 02
    Move the takeoff out.

    4 jumps landed about 5 inches under the top hand.

  2. 03
    Post the top arm.

    159° median at plant against a 165°+ target.

  3. 04
    Drive flatter.

    Takeoff ranged 14–33°; the higher jumps drove flatter.

  4. 05
    Carry more speed.

    Approach ranged 21–28 ft/s; the fastest runs reached the highest apex.

From report to athlete model

The archive becomes
the advantage.

One jump describes an attempt. The measured archive learns what is normal for the athlete, what is drifting and which successful attempts contain the better answer.

  1. 01
    Measured attempt

    Five phases, source frames, confidence and one ranked finding.

    MEASURE
  2. 12
    Personal baseline

    Normal ranges and repeatability unlock across at least two sessions.

    BASELINE
  3. 30
    Adaptive archive

    Matched successes, drift and a confidence-backed next experiment.

    ADAPT

Adaptive uses Dallin’s archive to illustrate the evidence contract. Personal baselines unlock after 12 valid jumps across two sessions; deeper athlete learning begins around 30 context-rich attempts.

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