The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Stef Edwards & Ryan Merrill at Madrid 2025: 55:51, 5th of 1,029 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:13 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:01 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:08, ahead of 99% of the field.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 1:04 more than the average race this season, going by 1,042 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 3:23v median −1:19
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Block 02 5:11Running 2 3:28v median −1:18
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Block 03 6:24Running 3 3:34v median −1:27
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Block 04 5:57Running 4 3:35v median −1:27
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Block 05 7:42Running 5 3:40v median −1:31
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Block 06 5:15Running 6 3:40v median −1:25
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Block 07 5:56Running 7 3:40v median −1:23
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Block 08 8:04Running 8 4:19v median −1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:08
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.