The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicholas Calder & Abigail Picken finished 341st of 401 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Dublin 2025, in 1:32:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:45. The race faded late: the second half went 5:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Dublin ran fast: the 855 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:41 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 3:48v median +0:12
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 6:18v median +0:28
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 6:35v median +0:22
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Block 04 12:04Running 4 6:37v median +0:24
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Block 05 12:44Running 5 7:10v median +0:50
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 6:33v median +0:17
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Block 07 14:18Running 7 6:40v median +0:22
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Block 08 12:40Running 8 4:49v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 401
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 401 mixed teams who finished.