The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Rodrigo Espejo del Río & Thaila Criado Corral at Madrid 2025: 1:08:54, 61st of 789 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 72% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:05 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:48, ahead of 97% of the field.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 1:35 more than the average race this season, going by 811 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:45Running 1 4:21v median −0:52
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:25v median −0:53
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 4:29v median −1:03
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Block 04 7:22Running 4 4:31v median −1:04
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Block 05 9:04Running 5 4:30v median −1:12
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Block 06 6:31Running 6 4:32v median −1:06
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Block 07 8:25Running 7 4:35v median −1:03
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Block 08 9:12Running 8 5:14v median −1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:48
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 782
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 782 mixed teams who finished.