The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:22 at Madrid 2025 put Dave Franklin & Nick Cheek 618th of 888 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:34. The race faded late: the second half went 3:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Madrid ran slow: the 1,042 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:04 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:23Running 1 5:00v median +0:14
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Block 02 6:36Running 2 4:50v median −0:02
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Block 03 8:44Running 3 5:09v median −0:01
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Block 04 8:59Running 4 5:09v median −0:01
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:21v median +0:02
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:32v median +0:19
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Block 07 8:58Running 7 5:05v median −0:04
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Block 08 13:00Running 8 6:16v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:09
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 878
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 878 men's teams who finished.