The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elwin Van Kasteren & Elisabete Soares finished in the top 10% of the field at Valencia 2025, in 1:08:02 for 50th of 555 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 67% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:01 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:45, was faster than 89% of the field.
Valencia cost the whole field time: about 0:58 more than the average race this season, going by 462 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:46v median −0:51
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 4:13v median −1:02
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Block 03 8:02Running 3 4:15v median −1:19
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Block 04 7:41Running 4 4:22v median −1:14
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Block 05 8:43Running 5 4:22v median −1:24
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 4:33v median −1:07
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Block 07 7:49Running 7 4:22v median −1:19
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Block 08 8:36Running 8 4:38v median −1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:45
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 552
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 552 mixed teams who finished.