The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Toronto 2025, Richelle Aikins & Emma Bayfield crossed the line in 1:25:39: 188th of 821 women's teams, faster than 77% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 79% of the field beaten on the runs, 56% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:44 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:19 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Toronto cost the whole field time: about 3:54 more than the average race this season, going by 609 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:51Running 1 4:58v median −0:40
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 5:52v median −0:48
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Block 03 10:59Running 3 6:19v median −0:36
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Block 04 11:25Running 4 6:28v median −0:30
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 6:34v median −0:39
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Block 06 8:08Running 6 6:20v median −0:45
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Block 07 9:13Running 7 6:15v median −0:53
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Block 08 9:22Running 8 5:08v median −1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:46
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 796
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 796 women's teams who finished.