The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dave Douthwaite & Zac Hansen finished 466th of 775 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rome 2025, in 1:14:31.
A station race more than a running one: 67% of the field beaten on the stations, against 28% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:49 on the median. A harder second half: 3:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:34Running 1 5:56v median +0:01
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Block 02 5:47Running 2 4:10v median −0:14
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Block 03 7:47Running 3 5:15v median +0:36
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Block 04 8:19Running 4 5:28v median +0:48
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 5:30v median +0:41
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:47v median +1:04
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Block 07 8:37Running 7 5:27v median +0:43
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Block 08 10:40Running 8 5:37v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 771
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 771 men's teams who finished.