The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:33 at Madrid 2025 put Sam Bailey & Gabriella Szpala 401st of 789 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 64% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:12 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:59Running 1 5:14v median +0:01
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 5:13v median −0:05
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 5:20v median −0:12
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Block 04 9:20Running 4 5:14v median −0:21
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:17v median −0:25
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 5:12v median −0:26
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Block 07 9:36Running 7 5:20v median −0:18
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Block 08 14:46Running 8 5:51v median −0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:55
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.