Jesus, it is. I mean, 57/58 lap times with almost *no* deviance for the entire race. It's like what the fuck. Most people are justified in feeling proud of running 1 or 2 laps at that speed - but 7.5 is just godlike.

What you do is sprint the first 100m or so then set a pace.

or keep the paste.

This is like how coe broke his own 1000 m record in 1981 , running with speed and endurance,and why only one person has broken his records in the last 39 years.and the person who broke it had a pacemaker up to the last 100 m of the race. as coe did 1and half laps by himself..

@@redd605 Coe was the better run. Had to go around a runner and run alone the last lap. And was not tired. Could have gone quicker. Just went straight on a lap of honour. Two laps of all out sprinting and not even blowing. Not human.

This is so true. It's so fast people everywhere would doubt it was correct.

It's a shame that his indoor 7:24.90 wasn't recorded. That was insane as well. What's incredible is that Wale got super-close to that in February, with his 7:24.98

@@charlesthorndike2702 He is a steeplechaser, and he has more flat speed than water jump technique and barrier clearing technique. He also ran a 7:32 last year so it wasn't so unexpected that he'd break 7:25. And he's still young.

@@charlesthorndike2702 wale should have dived to across the line.

@@timmytheinventor4746 I doubt he'll ever get a chance like that again

God like.

I would be happy to get a sub 65 400m lol

@AstoundingPilot -SW- 4:53 AT 2000M,,,WHAAAAAAAAAAAT ??????? THAT IS LUDICROUSLY INSANE!!!!!!!!!! NOOOÒO WAY !!!!!!!!!

From 800-1000 is actually 29.26

That is sheer class, a record now over 24yrs old, and still nobody looks like beating it.

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if this record never went down.

The human race is growing and change all the time, I will promis you this record will be beat some day. But it's a great great WR, and it will still stand for many years to come.

benjaaboy92 Not really growing, but another amazingly gifted east african runner must be born before this goes down. I'm 35yo and truly wish i could see new record in my lifetime.

Yeah... even Hicham in his prime didn't get even close to that run, being still shy of 2,5 secs Plus, 3000m is not so much of a concern of the runers nowadays This can be truly an everlasting WR

Yes, most of kalenjin tribe runners are focusing for full marathon in present time, better chance to get proper incoming. Besides that, best of bests (Hicham, Haile, Kenenisa) has been given serious attempt for this 3000m WR. Daniel Kipnetich Komen was most gifted middle distance runner of all time, we'll see is anyone like him going to born at 21st century? I wish but i doubt.

Yes, and though it's not as great a record, his 7:58.61 2 Mile proves this was no fluke.

Yup. This race literally makes me cry when I rewatch it. But Joshua’s 5k record this year did the same thing for me live- I didn’t quite think it would fall either.

I was eagerly waiting. But alas!

Anything below 5k is out of his reach and it dont see him breaking this record at all.

Exactly why I’m here. This record is just as insane as Bolt’s 9.58

Just think an athlete who could potentially break 12:30 and 26:00 but Komen's 7:20 might be still untouchable.

Still searching. 2023

Well, we had Kiptum

YOMIF KEJELCHA

The 3000 record is the best athletics record. It will last a long time.

@@yohannesnurga4887 Kejelcha beat el Garrouj's indoor 1500 meter record, which is very telling. If someone can do it, it could just be him.

I think the fact that he had such a short career is what helped him make these records. No burnout, and no concern for championships, just came onto the scene in his prime to make a statement and get money for his family.

Its 3 miles

I have never heard that term before, but I love it.

Bekele's pace for his 5k WR was 4:03 per mile, if he had focused on this distance, it might have been possible to defeat komen, but he didnt, so we can just accept both of them as insane runners

@@redalien75 From Wikipedia: Kenenisa Bekele believes that breaking Komen's record is only "possible on a special day if the pace is good and if everything else also is perfect.

@@SqueekyClean976 Bekele is a class act.

Bekele's 3000m pb is 7:25 and he just kicked the last 1000m, went through 2000m quite comfortable

@@SqueekyClean976 Kenenisa was referring to the 2 mile record. Insane

Remember Bekele ran 12:37 and 26:20 within one Week of eachother! He also won double cross country world championships that year. There was also the Olympics the same year in 2004.

@@waterproof4403 Yes that's also very impressive. When it comes to titles and number of accomplishments Bekele is far superior to Komen. But when it comes to raw talent on 3000/5000m no one is like Komen.

@@magnuslundberg9675 3000m is Daniel komen for sure. Without any doubt! I don't see that 7:20 being broken for another lifetime. But for the 5000m, I have to go with Bekele. I'm sure he would have ran sub 12:30 if really went for it. Bekele is somewhat a wasted potential sometimes. Injuries took over him. Plus there were times where he didn't take the sport seriously

@@waterproof4403 Yes injuries destroyed especially Bekeles marathon career, inspite of his 2.01 he never became a dominant marathon runner, his stride wasn't optimal for such long distances. I think Komen was nr 1 of all times in wasted potential. He ran first and foremost for the money to get him and his family out of poverty, and he competed way to much. When he had earned enough money at 22 his motivation faded. His speed at 1500m (3:29) and mile (3.46) also was very impressive. I actually think Komens best 5000m race was in Zürich -96 when he broke Gebresselassie.

Obviously he was using the 5k in Berlin as a warmup routine, for the BIG one, the totally insane outdoor 3000m record

This isn't a crappy track. This is the track meet that produced some of the greatest middle distance performances of all time: the 1000m world record (2:11.96, still standing), the second-fastest 800m of all time (1:41.01, former world record) + multiple 1:41s, a former world record in the mile by Nourredine Morceli (3:44.39, bettered only once by Hicham el Guerrouj and Noah Ngeny), a former world record in the 1500m (3:28.xx; current meet record is 3:26.95, the 7th or 8th fastest of all time), and then of course tis record.

Exactly. The track is not crappy. It is a legendary track. And it was not hot. The conditions were good.

This and TJ record by Jonathan Edwards stick out as the records that just seem almost impossible to beat.

I am breaking it in by end of May 2022.

@@getfitwithtimo well did you?

Are you going to say Jakob the Norwegian is going to break this too?

Kilometer bro

+MR. COMMENTOR 3:55 for a kilometre? That is incredibly slow lol

A mile is much more than a kilometer

+MR. COMMENTOR 2:26 for the first kilometer, bro

This is a super super special individual performance ever establish beyond the ordinary the real big man

"just"? at these levels 7 second per km it's a lot.

bekele's record on 3000km is 7:25. he ran 7seconds per mile slower on 5km. bekele, with his records on 10k and 5km, and with his time on 3k, was truly machine

El guerrouj came close running 7:23 on his first and last attempt and he was the only one able to break if he tried again and got better pacing

@@sympaticoo1 It's always fun to speculate. El G was 25 when he ran 7.23 in his first attempt, Komen was only 20 when he ran 7.20 after several attempts, and that was 2 days after a 5000m so he must have been running on tired legs here like the commentator says. El G had 5 more years of hard training and experience of competing then Komen did, when they set their personal bests at 3000m. If Komen had stayed motivated for another 5 years he could probably run around 7.15, but he never did. Komen never avoided El G at 1500m, mile or 3000m, El G avoided Komen at 5000m were Komen had his superior best chance of winning. Just because El G wanted olympic gold at 1500m didn't mean that he couldn't run some occational 5000m, like Morceli did in -94 before his olympic gold in -96. But El G never did until -03 when Komen was long gone.The hard truth is that regardless of circumstances, number of attempts, how close, pacing, age, experience, tired legs, what distance you fucused on, that Komen never defeated El G or that El G had more championships wins, in a pure time trial Komen ran 7.20 and 12.39 and El G ran 7.23 and 12.50. The clock doesen't lie and you are never any better then the times you perform.

This is his greatest race ever and record lasts forever. Those under 8 minutes 2 mile runs has done when he had his regular days. Day of this 3000m run was really special.

All records get broken. This one is special, and therefore will take longer. Making it more difficult than the time is the fact that the distance is uncommon. There are fewer opportunities in the 3,000.

@@runcaz7802 its been 24 years I dont think so.

I agree. Same with Kenenisa 5000m and 10000m but sadly they got broken with the help of technology. I hope Komens record will always stand

Jakob made of steel confirmed

He tried and failed

Cheptegei is a clown. He had assistance. Kenenisa got robbed !!

@@AnthonyMcqueen1987 ^

I really think ingebritsen can do it. He ran 7:27 in his first attempt

@@mulonzee8773 athletes today have a huge advantage with the wavelights and stuff. Thats how bekeles records were broken.

@@waterproof4403 they have run many other impressive runs without wave lights just accept Cheptegei broke the record

@@henryhobert5761 he didn't break the record. He was handed the WR. Like I said it's already too late for him he will never be as good as Bekele

@@waterproof4403 not yet at least but he will he’s young

He messed up that race. He should have dived across the line

This does indeed seem to make it possible, if unlikely!

@@Oenloveslife he is not 20

Please...try the next decades

IT IS NOW !!!!!!

9 Years later commenting --- you deserved a comment. Your time to weight ration is exceptional.