The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:10 at Paris 2025 put Nick Piessens & Gregory Van Holderbeke 726th of 851 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 85% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:57 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Paris cost the whole field time: about 0:58 more than the average race this season, going by 1,215 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:08Running 1 6:02v median +1:31
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 6:21v median +1:18
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 7:32v median +2:07
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Block 04 9:45Running 4 7:26v median +2:02
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Block 05 12:00Running 5 7:52v median +2:25
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Block 06 9:17Running 6 7:35v median +2:11
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 6:50v median +1:25
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Block 08 12:16Running 8 8:08v median +2:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:30
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 845
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 845 men's teams who finished.