The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Qiuyang Xu & Jie Gao finished 420th of 485 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:34:40.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:18. The race faded late: the second half went 6:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Bologna gave the field time back: about 2:49 faster than the average race this season, by 378 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:28Running 1 5:34v median +0:10
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 6:04v median +0:36
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 6:32v median +0:47
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Block 04 10:56Running 4 6:35v median +0:50
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Block 05 11:46Running 5 6:29v median +0:43
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Block 06 11:46Running 6 10:03v median +4:21
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 6:34v median +0:52
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Block 08 12:40Running 8 7:12v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 484
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 484 women's teams who finished.