Maybe just the rate of the gap increase diminishes as actual growth that gets expressed as in the BPEL measurement gets expressed. Maybe the initial increases in FSL are just that and don’t ever manifest in BPEL gains.
To test your theory I computed these numbers: : BPFSL beginning of cycle - BPEL end of macro cycle
1st cycle: -0.20
2nd cycle: 0.60
4rd cycle: 0.90
At first cycle the growth in BPEL eclipsed initial BPFSL.
At second the BPFSL lead by 0.60 over the BPEL at end of period.
At third increased by even more, by 0.30.
However gains in BPEL and BPFSL, and the slack of just the gains, and conversion rate respectively, was:
1st cycle: 0.50 , 1.7, 1.3, 29%
2nd cycle: 0.90 , 1.5, 0.6, 60%
4rd cycle: 0.60 , 0.8, 0.2, 75%
We can see slack of actual gains going to 0 it seems. So BPFSL- BPEL should become a 1 to 1 relationship over long term. Gain 0.50 in BPFSL should = 0.50 in BPEL.
However it seems that for me right now the actual conversion for every 1cm gain in BPFSL is 75%. (0.60/0.80)
So slower BPFSL gains but higher conversion basically. Although I gain in gap, the actual conversion to BPEL is higher each cycle.
Also most of my gap avg i.e 1.5 was obtained from 1st cycle. From first cycle data point, my gap was only 0.30. But it increased to 1.5 by end of 1st cycle. So about 1.2cm of my avg. gap is attributed to “newbie” or “first time” hanging. if we remove this first gap data points in the 1st cycle, my avg for 1st cycle is 1.25.
So 1.25, to 1.59, to 1.93. That is about 0.35 gap gain per cycle.
So for my fourth cycle if I extrapolate results and forecast BPEL and BPFSL, and the slack of just the gains, and conversion rate:
4rth cycle should be around: 0.69, 0.62, -0.07, and 100%
Should gain about 0.60 BPEL if I gain 0.60 BPFSL.
Highly unlikely but it is fun to play with numbers and see if things play out that way. We will see.
Genesis 2006 = 5.8" x 4.7" /// Round 3 2019: Hanging again = 7.99" x 5.5" /// ST Goal 2019 = 8" x 6" /// End Game 2020 = 9" x 6.5"