The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Philipp Plöger & Josef Hesse finished 776th of 935 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Hamburg 2025, in 1:28:09.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 12% on the runs. A harder second half: 8:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:29 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Hamburg gave the field time back: about 1:03 faster than the average race this season, by 778 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:09Running 1 6:25v median +0:43
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 5:28v median +0:38
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Block 03 7:51Running 3 5:24v median +0:17
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 5:56v median +0:45
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 6:37v median +1:16
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:12v median +0:59
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 7:17v median +2:05
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Block 08 14:10Running 8 9:45v median +4:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
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.