The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:38 at Toronto 2025 put Ian Smith & Laura Candlish 275th of 360 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:56 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Toronto cost the whole field time: about 1:51 more than the average race this season, going by 456 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:16Running 1 6:21v median +1:10
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Block 02 9:12Running 2 7:07v median +1:01
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Block 03 11:41Running 3 7:28v median +0:58
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Block 04 10:43Running 4 7:36v median +1:05
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Block 05 13:13Running 5 7:59v median +1:11
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Block 06 9:51Running 6 8:00v median +1:30
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Block 07 13:46Running 7 8:39v median +2:02
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 7:01v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:43
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 354
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 354 mixed teams who finished.