The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Madrid 2025, Lucy Chillingworth & Benjamin Chillingworth crossed the line in 1:21:42: 370th of 789 mixed teams, faster than 53% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:31. A harder second half: 2:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Madrid ran slow: the 811 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:35 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:04Running 1 4:38v median −0:35
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 4:59v median −0:19
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 5:15v median −0:17
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Block 04 9:29Running 4 5:20v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:36v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:10v median −0:28
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Block 07 9:15Running 7 5:23v median −0:15
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Block 08 13:14Running 8 7:00v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
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.