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I have it first hand from the dude who was central in developing those tables that they weren't quite valid if you ascended too slowly.I used to be of this mind, and a thoroughly unnecessary search of my long past posts will find ones in which I cautioned against ascending too slowly while using tables, arguing that the numbers on the tables were invalid if you were not ascending at the rate at which the tables were created
EDIT: That said, neither I believe that ascending a little bit slower would lead to an unacceptable risk of getting bent, and I'm pretty certain that having us ascend at that particular rate was yet another exercise intended to challenge us a little bit.