The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gregory Mercier & Brice Viollet finished 736th of 796 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Geneva 2025, in 1:33:30.
A station race more than a running one: 25% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:53 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Geneva ran fast: the 466 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:51 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:21Running 1 7:02v median +1:29
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:50v median +1:05
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 6:33v median +1:29
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Block 04 11:21Running 4 7:35v median +2:32
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 7:08v median +1:57
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:52v median +1:47
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 7:18v median +2:14
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Block 08 12:54Running 8 8:12v median +2:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 795
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 795 men's teams who finished.