The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:23 at Madrid 2025 put Carel-Bart Viljoen & Carel Coetzer 619th of 888 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 71% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:37Running 1 5:15v median +0:29
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Block 02 6:50Running 2 5:19v median +0:27
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 5:33v median +0:23
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Block 04 8:26Running 4 5:39v median +0:29
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 6:03v median +0:44
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:53v median +0:40
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Block 07 9:17Running 7 5:51v median +0:42
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Block 08 10:35Running 8 6:38v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:52
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.