Pace and watts
Concept2 rower pace chart: 500m split to watts
On a Concept2 RowErg, a 500m split of 2:00 is about 203 watts. This chart gives the watts, monitor calories per hour, and the 2000m and 5000m time for every split from 1:20 to 2:40.
500m rowing split to watts chart: Concept2 RowErg
| 500m split | Watts(exact) | Calories per hour(exact) | 2000m time(exact) | 5000m time(exact) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:20.0 | 684 | 2653 | 5:20 | 13:20 |
| 1:25.0 | 570 | 2261 | 5:40 | 14:10 |
| 1:30.0 | 480 | 1952 | 6:00 | 15:00 |
| 1:35.0 | 408 | 1705 | 6:20 | 15:50 |
| 1:40.0 | 350 | 1505 | 6:40 | 16:40 |
| 1:45.0 | 302 | 1341 | 7:00 | 17:30 |
| 1:50.0 | 263 | 1205 | 7:20 | 18:20 |
| 1:55.0 | 230 | 1092 | 7:40 | 19:10 |
| 2:00.0 | 203 | 997 | 8:00 | 20:00 |
| 2:05.0 | 179 | 917 | 8:20 | 20:50 |
| 2:10.0 | 159 | 848 | 8:40 | 21:40 |
| 2:15.0 | 142 | 790 | 9:00 | 22:30 |
| 2:20.0 | 128 | 739 | 9:20 | 23:20 |
| 2:25.0 | 115 | 695 | 9:40 | 24:10 |
| 2:30.0 | 104 | 657 | 10:00 | 25:00 |
| 2:35.0 | 94 | 623 | 10:20 | 25:50 |
| 2:40.0 | 85 | 594 | 10:40 | 26:40 |
- Treat calories as a guide to effort, not an exact burn. Compare sessions on watts or split.
- The monitor adds a fixed 300 calorie resting allowance, worked out for a 175 lb (79.5 kg) person.
Worked example
A 2:00 split is 202.5 watts, shown as 203 in the chart. At that power the monitor shows 997 calories per hour, and the same split over 2000m takes 8:00.
How it is worked out
Watts come from the split. Pace is seconds per metre, so watts equal 2.80 divided by the pace cubed, where pace is the 500 m split divided by 500. Monitor calories per hour are four times the watts, times 0.8604, plus a 300 calorie resting allowance. That allowance is worked out for a 79.5 kg person. Times over other distances are the same split held over the whole distance: time = split × distance ÷ 500.
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