The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Daniel Johnson & James Fleming finished in the top 10% of the field at Riga 2025, in 1:03:02 for 23rd of 252 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 61% on the stations. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:15 of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:02 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Riga ran slow: the 160 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:30 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 3:25v median −0:54
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Block 02 5:29Running 2 4:03v median −1:09
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Block 03 7:23Running 3 4:22v median −1:09
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Block 04 7:46Running 4 4:29v median −1:09
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Block 05 8:53Running 5 4:34v median −1:21
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Block 06 5:46Running 6 4:21v median −1:24
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Block 07 7:56Running 7 4:34v median −1:09
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Block 08 8:34Running 8 4:42v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:59
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 252
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 252 men's teams who finished.