The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Xenia Parsons & Mark Mcfarlane finished in the top 10% of the field at Oslo 2025, in 1:05:15 for 35th of 344 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 93% of the field beaten on the runs, 67% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:59 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:19, ahead of 94% of the field.
Oslo cost the whole field time: about 0:53 more than the average race this season, going by 507 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 3:50v median −1:01
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 4:23v median −1:20
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Block 03 8:16Running 3 4:28v median −1:30
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Block 04 7:10Running 4 4:28v median −1:32
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Block 05 9:04Running 5 4:34v median −1:36
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Block 06 6:05Running 6 4:38v median −1:24
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Block 07 7:48Running 7 4:37v median −1:25
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Block 08 7:37Running 8 3:52v median −1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:19
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 343
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 343 mixed teams who finished.