The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elisa Lumento & Nora Pilbacka finished 622nd of 904 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:29:43.
The stations carried this race: faster than 60% of the field across all eight, against 27% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:18 from the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Helsinki gave the field time back: about 2:07 faster than the average race this season, by 250 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:37Running 1 7:00v median +0:31
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 6:11v median +0:30
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 6:13v median +0:25
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Block 04 10:15Running 4 6:28v median +0:40
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Block 05 11:44Running 5 6:43v median +0:51
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 6:41v median +0:52
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Block 07 10:17Running 7 6:38v median +0:47
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Block 08 11:26Running 8 7:32v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 904
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 904 women's teams who finished.