The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gabriel Borg & Dalziel Bugeja finished in the top 10% of the field at Verona 2025, in 56:54 for 8th of 1,088 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:24 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:02 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:31, was faster than 98% of the field.
Verona gave the field time back: about 1:11 faster than the average race this season, by 698 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:34Running 1 3:42v median −1:23
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Block 02 5:17Running 2 3:44v median −1:06
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Block 03 6:32Running 3 4:02v median −1:10
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Block 04 6:11Running 4 3:56v median −1:14
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Block 05 7:56Running 5 3:57v median −1:21
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Block 06 5:25Running 6 3:57v median −1:13
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Block 07 6:00Running 7 3:49v median −1:20
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Block 08 7:34Running 8 3:56v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:31
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1082
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,082 men's teams who finished.