You could bump up the power but it wouldn't change your time, it would simply make it look like you aren't very aero. There is no indication that the power numbers have been manipulated because they are confirmed by analyticcycling.com, assuming the weight and aerodynamic assumptions are correct
No, some things are wrong. Everything is not wrong.
I have analyzed the file and everything is not abnormal in the climb data. If one takes the torque and multiplies it by the speed and then devides it by the wattage for each interval one gets a conversion factor. This is normally pretty close to 0.81 before the climb but there are instances of "substantial" deviation in this data as well, for instance time 0.273 has a ratio of .794 and time 2.604 has a ratio of .783 and time 3.528 has a ratio of .730. So, the numbers in the other parts of the file are not "totally normal" as you assert. However, during the climb this ratio is all over the place being sometimes over 1 and sometimes as low as .6. We know the speed numbers, on average are well off. But, they are off in a direction that would make his power numbers even higher than they are. We don't know about the other numbers. Well, as I stated above, it is not possible for some things in the file to be normal and EVERYTHING in the file to be false. There are inconsistencies in the data that do not make any sense. Therefore, this data should not be trusted. So, now you can choose to believe his time or not. I suspect I know what you will choose even though you were not there. Next time why don't you show up and climb with him, if you can, so you can expose him for the fraud you think he is. Kendall made his observation. You can make yours next time.
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Frank,
An original Ironman and the Inventor of PowerCranks