The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:42 at Riga 2025 put Kaspars Pīrāgs & Jānis Jākobsons 186th of 252 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:18 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:54 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:56Running 1 4:42v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 5:42v median +0:30
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Block 03 13:37Running 3 9:16v median +3:45
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 6:24v median +0:46
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Block 05 10:55Running 5 6:34v median +0:39
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 6:26v median +0:41
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Block 07 9:09Running 7 6:23v median +0:40
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Block 08 10:05Running 8 6:29v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:38
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.