The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:59 at Riga 2025 put Viktor Sonntag & Patrick Birk 152nd of 252 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 72% of the field beaten on the stations, against 27% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:48 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:29 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 7:56Running 1 3:54v median −0:25
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Block 02 7:26Running 2 6:06v median +0:54
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 6:38v median +1:07
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Block 04 8:31Running 4 5:05v median −0:33
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 6:52v median +0:57
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 7:00v median +1:15
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Block 07 9:23Running 7 6:48v median +1:05
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 7:01v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:54
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.