The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:09:02 at Bordeaux 2025 put Maxime Paul & Romain Mermet-Guyenet 327th of 1,003 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 67% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 79% of the field beaten on the stations, against 51% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:51 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:34 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Bordeaux ran fast: the 1,116 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:47Running 1 5:26v median +0:07
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:40v median +0:06
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Block 03 7:39Running 3 4:47v median −0:04
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Block 04 7:01Running 4 4:43v median −0:07
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Block 05 9:15Running 5 5:00v median +0:05
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Block 06 6:00Running 6 4:47v median −0:04
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Block 07 7:39Running 7 5:00v median +0:06
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Block 08 9:16Running 8 5:04v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 992
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 992 men's teams who finished.