The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:40 at Valencia 2025 put Mark Walshe & Charlotte Ruestmann 382nd of 555 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:55 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:15Running 1 5:45v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:12v median −0:03
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Block 03 10:48Running 3 5:51v median +0:17
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 5:36v median +0:00
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Block 05 11:03Running 5 5:55v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:38v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:11Running 7 5:26v median −0:15
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Block 08 12:28Running 8 7:13v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.