The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Marcus Smith & Benjamin Slingsby at Riga 2025: 1:03:15, 26th of 252 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 91% of the field beaten on the runs, 65% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:11 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:24, was faster than 93% of the field.
This was a slow day in Riga. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:30.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:42Running 1 3:38v median −0:41
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Block 02 5:34Running 2 4:16v median −0:56
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Block 03 7:24Running 3 4:35v median −0:56
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Block 04 7:43Running 4 4:46v median −0:52
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Block 05 8:55Running 5 4:44v median −1:11
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Block 06 6:19Running 6 4:37v median −1:08
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Block 07 7:16Running 7 4:32v median −1:11
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Block 08 9:07Running 8 4:32v median −1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:24
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.