The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pelayo Ortega & Francisco Ortega finished 790th of 888 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Madrid 2025, in 1:28:15.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:18 from the median. Stronger after halfway: 7:06 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 11:14Running 1 7:00v median +2:14
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Block 02 10:04Running 2 8:02v median +3:10
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Block 03 11:47Running 3 8:54v median +3:44
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 6:16v median +1:06
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 6:17v median +0:58
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 6:06v median +0:53
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Block 07 9:02Running 7 5:49v median +0:40
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Block 08 11:12Running 8 7:01v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:59
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.