The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:02 at Utrecht 2025 put Delano de Roos & Lisa Ripson 663rd of 701 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 2% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:26, behind 93% of the field.
This was a slow day in Utrecht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:15.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:13Running 1 7:47v median +2:14
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Block 02 10:45Running 2 8:09v median +2:14
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Block 03 12:14Running 3 8:19v median +2:04
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Block 04 12:36Running 4 9:17v median +3:03
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Block 05 14:38Running 5 9:33v median +3:10
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Block 06 11:36Running 6 9:27v median +3:07
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Block 07 14:40Running 7 10:02v median +3:41
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Block 08 12:02Running 8 7:46v median +2:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:26
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 688
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 688 mixed teams who finished.