The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Neil Kirwan & Jen Kirwan finished 514th of 555 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:39:29.
Legs and stations told different stories: 30% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:31 behind the median. A harder second half: 10:06 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 9:57Running 1 5:30v median −0:07
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 5:26v median +0:11
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 5:55v median +0:21
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Block 04 10:03Running 4 5:59v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:10v median +0:24
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:10v median +0:30
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Block 07 11:39Running 7 6:10v median +0:29
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Block 08 20:21Running 8 7:17v median +1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:02
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.