The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alfonso Violante & Daniele Fois finished 290th of 315 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rome 2025, in 1:29:12.
A station race more than a running one: 33% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:44, behind 90% of the field.
Rome gave the field time back: about 0:34 faster than the average race this season, by 792 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:33Running 1 7:18v median +1:14
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 5:24v median +0:53
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 5:52v median +1:06
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 6:05v median +1:16
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:30v median +1:32
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 6:15v median +1:23
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Block 07 10:17Running 7 6:38v median +1:44
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Block 08 12:29Running 8 7:40v median +2:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:44
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 313
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 313 men's teams who finished.