The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jonathan Duerden & Rob Francis finished 246th of 585 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Warsaw 2026, in 1:12:55, faster than 58% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 85% of the field beaten on the stations, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:34 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Warsaw gave the field time back: about 2:11 faster than the average race this season, by 504 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:53Running 1 4:06v median +0:04
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 5:22v median −0:03
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Block 03 8:20Running 3 5:57v median +0:11
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Block 04 8:46Running 4 6:01v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 6:04v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 6:02v median +0:17
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Block 07 9:15Running 7 6:15v median +0:24
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Block 08 9:16Running 8 5:20v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 584
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 584 men's teams who finished.