The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Valencia 2025, Franziska Heuck & David Von Essen crossed the line in 1:19:16: 128th of 309 mixed teams, faster than 59% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 72% of the field beaten on the stations, against 48% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:41 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:19 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:18Running 1 5:53v median +0:09
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 5:09v median −0:10
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 5:24v median −0:12
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Block 04 8:43Running 4 5:49v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:56v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:51v median +0:11
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Block 07 9:49Running 7 6:00v median +0:20
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Block 08 9:47Running 8 5:57v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 309
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 309 mixed teams who finished.