The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Shenzhen 2026, 琳 刘 & 园 周 crossed the line in 1:28:16: 335th of 821 women's teams, faster than 59% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 36% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:45 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Shenzhen gave the field time back: about 2:16 faster than the average race this season, by 256 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 9:24Running 1 4:08v median −0:27
-
Block 02 7:06Running 2 5:25v median −0:12
-
Block 03 10:26Running 3 5:22v median −0:26
-
Block 04 10:23Running 4 5:22v median −0:30
-
Block 05 11:15Running 5 5:31v median −0:27
-
Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:52v median −0:11
-
Block 07 10:34Running 7 5:43v median −0:18
-
Block 08 11:44Running 8 6:33v median −0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:50
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 821
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 821 women's teams who finished.