The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2025, Joshua Morris & Thomas Buckland crossed the line in 1:03:22: 127th of 496 men's teams, faster than 74% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 83% of the field beaten on the runs, 49% on the stations. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:14 of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Berlin gained about 3:18.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:26Running 1 3:26v median −0:17
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Block 02 5:28Running 2 3:42v median −0:30
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Block 03 6:38Running 3 3:48v median −0:39
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Block 04 7:10Running 4 3:53v median −0:35
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Block 05 8:12Running 5 3:52v median −0:44
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Block 06 5:34Running 6 3:56v median −0:32
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Block 07 7:19Running 7 3:48v median −0:41
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Block 08 8:51Running 8 4:53v median −0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 492
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 492 men's teams who finished.