The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:07 at Madrid 2025 put Michael Lyons & Wesley Atkins 932nd of 1,029 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 30% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:54. The race faded late: the second half went 4:59 worse 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 9:39Running 1 5:19v median +0:37
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 5:36v median +0:50
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Block 03 8:40Running 3 5:52v median +0:51
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Block 04 10:21Running 4 6:23v median +1:21
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Block 05 11:44Running 5 6:53v median +1:42
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 7:01v median +1:56
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Block 07 11:27Running 7 7:04v median +2:01
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Block 08 12:21Running 8 8:17v median +2:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
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.