The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Melchert & Joshua Melchert finished 744th of 935 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Hamburg 2025, in 1:26:51.
The stations carried this race: faster than 68% of the field across all eight, against 12% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:30 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:26Running 1 6:20v median +0:38
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Block 02 7:26Running 2 5:51v median +1:01
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Block 03 9:01Running 3 6:26v median +1:19
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Block 04 9:35Running 4 6:44v median +1:33
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 6:47v median +1:26
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:41v median +1:28
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Block 07 9:45Running 7 6:39v median +1:27
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Block 08 11:49Running 8 7:30v median +1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:09
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.