The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:51 at Madrid 2025 put Cormac Stafford & Sola Taiwo 760th of 870 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 37% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:31, behind 92% of the field.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 1:35 more than the average race this season, going by 811 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:36Running 1 5:34v median +0:24
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 5:49v median +0:31
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Block 03 9:58Running 3 6:29v median +0:56
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Block 04 13:04Running 4 9:10v median +3:36
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Block 05 11:52Running 5 6:28v median +0:47
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Block 06 8:53Running 6 6:33v median +0:54
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Block 07 10:08Running 7 6:26v median +0:47
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Block 08 14:42Running 8 9:41v median +3:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:31
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 863
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 863 mixed teams who finished.