The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:04 at Berlin 2025 put Desmond Melarkey & Noelle Melarkey 338th of 528 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 46% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:16 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Berlin gave the field time back: about 3:35 faster than the average race this season, by 996 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 4:00v median −0:01
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:27v median −0:11
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 4:49v median +0:03
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Block 04 9:21Running 4 4:48v median +0:01
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 4:55v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 5:05v median +0:18
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 5:00v median +0:12
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Block 08 10:36Running 8 6:22v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 524
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 524 mixed teams who finished.