The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Felix Desmedt & Dennis Melcher finished 640th of 935 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Hamburg 2025, in 1:22:34.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:37 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Hamburg ran fast: the 778 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:03 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:30Running 1 6:17v median +0:35
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 4:57v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 5:19v median +0:12
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Block 04 8:19Running 4 5:19v median +0:08
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:28v median +0:07
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:14v median +0:01
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Block 07 10:06Running 7 5:29v median +0:17
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Block 08 12:31Running 8 6:30v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 929
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 929 men's teams who finished.