The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:13 at Toulouse 2026 put Joe Mardle & Lucy Hampshire 962nd of 1,343 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:53 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Toulouse gained about 0:49.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:47Running 1 5:04v median +0:35
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 6:03v median +0:30
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 7:03v median +1:13
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Block 04 9:13Running 4 6:19v median +0:34
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Block 05 12:02Running 5 7:10v median +1:12
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 6:21v median +0:31
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 6:48v median +0:55
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Block 08 12:20Running 8 6:57v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1340
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,340 mixed teams who finished.