The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Claudio Sorgente & Melanie Rosner at Hamburg 2025: 1:07:56, 70th of 711 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 93% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 65% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:31, was faster than 95% of the field.
Hamburg gave the field time back: about 0:55 faster than the average race this season, by 706 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 4:36v median −1:33
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 3:58v median −1:13
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Block 03 7:54Running 3 4:13v median −1:11
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Block 04 7:30Running 4 4:20v median −1:05
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Block 05 9:12Running 5 4:30v median −1:05
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Block 06 5:52Running 6 4:13v median −1:16
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Block 07 8:05Running 7 4:25v median −1:04
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Block 08 9:05Running 8 4:30v median −1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 707
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 707 mixed teams who finished.