The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe O Rourke & Keane Cahill Byrne finished 655th of 775 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rome 2025, in 1:23:26.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:44. A harder second half: 4:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rome gained about 0:34.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:46Running 1 6:32v median +0:37
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 4:50v median +0:26
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 5:00v median +0:21
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Block 04 8:08Running 4 4:57v median +0:17
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 4:54v median +0:05
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 4:47v median +0:04
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Block 07 8:55Running 7 4:55v median +0:11
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Block 08 16:20Running 8 6:11v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.