The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:16 at Riga 2026 put Gunārs Grūtups & Verners Martinsons 403rd of 423 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 60% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. A harder second half: 4:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 7:40 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:14Running 1 6:11v median +0:27
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Block 02 10:21Running 2 8:52v median +3:41
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 8:50v median +3:18
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Block 04 13:05Running 4 9:09v median +3:40
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Block 05 13:09Running 5 8:46v median +3:13
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Block 06 10:17Running 6 8:53v median +3:28
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Block 07 13:27Running 7 9:30v median +4:05
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 9:09v median +4:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:40
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 421
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 421 men's teams who finished.