The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:09 at Riga 2025 put Michailas Žiličius & Gytis Barkus 164th of 252 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 54% of the field beaten on the runs, 31% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:13, behind 95% of the field.
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 8:26Running 1 4:10v median −0:09
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Block 02 6:48Running 2 5:01v median −0:11
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Block 03 9:03Running 3 5:12v median −0:19
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Block 04 8:06Running 4 5:20v median −0:18
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:43v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:40v median −0:05
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Block 07 9:42Running 7 5:46v median +0:03
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Block 08 11:20Running 8 6:57v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.