The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Carina Fitschen & Erck Ahrens finished 505th of 789 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:26:08.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:36. The race faded late: the second half went 1:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:53Running 1 5:11v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 5:26v median +0:08
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 5:31v median −0:01
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Block 04 9:37Running 4 5:36v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:37v median −0:05
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:38v median +0:00
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Block 07 10:49Running 7 5:30v median −0:08
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Block 08 12:56Running 8 6:37v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
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.