The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:57 at Dublin 2025 put Desmond Melarkey & Noelle Melarkey 413th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:48 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Dublin gave the field time back: about 0:41 faster than the average race this season, by 855 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:40Running 1 3:33v median −0:01
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 5:47v median +0:00
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Block 03 10:15Running 3 6:10v median +0:01
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Block 04 11:38Running 4 6:29v median +0:18
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Block 05 11:40Running 5 6:31v median +0:11
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Block 06 8:38Running 6 6:28v median +0:12
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Block 07 12:21Running 7 6:35v median +0:15
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Block 08 9:55Running 8 4:40v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:20
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 591
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 591 mixed teams who finished.