The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:29 at Madrid 2025 put Paul Nicholls & Sacha Hooper 625th of 789 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 40% of the field across all eight, against 18% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:01. A harder second half: 2:46 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 10:30Running 1 6:07v median +0:54
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 6:05v median +0:47
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 6:13v median +0:41
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Block 04 10:25Running 4 6:26v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 6:33v median +0:51
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:32v median +0:54
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 6:36v median +0:58
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 8:14v median +1:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:57
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.