The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:08:47 at Helsinki 2026 put Yao Zhong Gao & Maarten Koornstra 121st of 168 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:30 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:28Running 1 4:37v median +0:08
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Block 02 5:35Running 2 3:53v median −0:10
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Block 03 7:30Running 3 3:53v median −0:18
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Block 04 6:59Running 4 4:05v median −0:08
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Block 05 8:17Running 5 4:11v median −0:05
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Block 06 5:56Running 6 4:25v median +0:13
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Block 07 9:04Running 7 4:31v median +0:15
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Block 08 12:01Running 8 5:29v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:03
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 168
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 168 men's teams who finished.