The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Marcenat & Julien Manuel finished 851st of 1,029 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:23:18.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 2:02 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:17, behind 87% of the field.
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 9:38Running 1 5:03v median +0:21
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Block 02 7:02Running 2 4:57v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:16Running 3 5:12v median +0:11
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 5:09v median +0:07
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:48v median +0:37
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Block 06 7:57Running 6 5:19v median +0:14
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Block 07 9:16Running 7 4:54v median −0:09
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Block 08 11:55Running 8 6:03v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1024
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,024 men's teams who finished.