The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Carl Huggins & John Ramsay finished 134th of 252 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Riga 2025, in 1:15:45.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 42% on the runs. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:19 of the median. A harder second half: 2:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Riga cost the whole field time: about 2:30 more than the average race this season, going by 160 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:02Running 1 4:22v median +0:03
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Block 02 6:42Running 2 5:14v median +0:02
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Block 03 8:17Running 3 5:26v median −0:05
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Block 04 8:42Running 4 5:38v median +0:00
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 5:52v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 6:06v median +0:21
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Block 07 9:29Running 7 6:19v median +0:36
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Block 08 11:15Running 8 7:16v median +1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:44
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.