Being lucky - Starting last is best in Speed

The starting order in Speed is by random. The Top-8 go to the final where the fastest will race against #8. This means that the last guys out in the qualification could possibly choose to go slow if they already are among the Top-8 and think they have a good opponent. In other words, there might be some strategical slow races at the end of the Speed qualification based on the prior results. Let us say, as an example, For some reason one of the two male Speed specialists got ranked #1 and #3 before the very last race in the qualification. This means that being ranked #7 is much better than being ranked #6 as the latter will race against a guy with at least a PB of 5.67. So if the #7 guy will compete against any higher-ranked male or any of the slowest, it is strategical to go slow and remain #7.