The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Blackwell & Jake Hayward finished in the top 10% of the field at Madrid 2025, in 53:54 for 2nd of 1,029 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:00 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, 3:55, was faster than 99% of the field.
This was a slow day in Madrid. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:04.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:06Running 1 3:22v median −1:20
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Block 02 4:57Running 2 3:22v median −1:24
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Block 03 5:55Running 3 3:26v median −1:35
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Block 04 6:00Running 4 3:29v median −1:33
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Block 05 7:31Running 5 3:31v median −1:40
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Block 06 5:08Running 6 3:32v median −1:33
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Block 07 6:03Running 7 3:34v median −1:29
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Block 08 7:29Running 8 4:02v median −1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:55
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1024
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,024 men's teams who finished.