The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:28 at Valencia 2025 put Lucy Joyce & Cameron Taylor 222nd of 309 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. A harder second half: 4:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:16, behind 92% 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 9:18Running 1 5:12v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:26v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 5:47v median +0:11
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Block 04 10:47Running 4 7:01v median +1:24
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 6:30v median +0:43
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:22v median +0:42
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 6:23v median +0:43
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Block 08 12:40Running 8 7:10v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:16
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.