The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mandy Williams & Kay Palmer finished 645th of 865 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Bordeaux 2025, in 1:32:23.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:47. A harder second half: 1:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bordeaux gained about 1:32.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:11Running 1 7:06v median +0:37
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 5:45v median +0:12
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 5:53v median +0:07
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Block 04 11:31Running 4 5:57v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:09v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 6:09v median +0:22
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Block 07 11:52Running 7 6:16v median +0:26
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Block 08 11:59Running 8 6:39v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:14
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 858
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 858 women's teams who finished.