The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nathan Ovien & Konstantinos Despotidis finished 893rd of 1,029 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:25:22.
A station race more than a running one: 33% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:30 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:08 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 1:04 more than the average race this season, going by 1,042 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:40Running 1 6:04v median +1:22
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 5:52v median +1:06
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 6:16v median +1:15
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 6:19v median +1:17
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:32v median +1:21
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:48v median +0:43
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Block 07 9:42Running 7 5:43v median +0:40
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Block 08 11:20Running 8 7:08v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
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.