The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marcus Mattinson & Michael Diamond finished 238th of 315 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Toronto 2025, in 1:30:12.
A station race more than a running one: 52% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:15 from the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:05 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Toronto cost the whole field time: about 2:29 more than the average race this season, going by 506 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:00Running 1 5:52v median +1:02
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Block 02 11:15Running 2 9:23v median +3:47
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 6:41v median +0:45
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 7:15v median +1:12
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 6:54v median +0:38
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 6:41v median +0:34
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Block 07 9:54Running 7 6:24v median +0:16
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Block 08 11:02Running 8 6:17v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 301
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 301 men's teams who finished.