The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:23 at Madrid 2025 put Grace Downing & Joel O'Sullivan 560th of 789 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 68% of the field beaten on the stations, against 11% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:51 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:40 better 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 10:22Running 1 6:01v median +0:48
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 6:34v median +1:16
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 6:46v median +1:14
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Block 04 11:12Running 4 6:51v median +1:16
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 6:55v median +1:13
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 6:44v median +1:06
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 7:03v median +1:25
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Block 08 12:34Running 8 8:15v median +1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:22
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.