The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Poppy Brown & Pauline Saunders at London 2025: 1:09:40, 62nd of 1,118 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 98% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 68% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:10 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:28, was faster than 94% of the field.
London gave the field time back: about 1:21 faster than the average race this season, by 854 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 4:24v median −1:19
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Block 02 6:13Running 2 4:11v median −1:18
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Block 03 8:08Running 3 4:23v median −1:17
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Block 04 8:42Running 4 4:30v median −1:12
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Block 05 9:14Running 5 4:28v median −1:19
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Block 06 6:20Running 6 4:33v median −1:13
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Block 07 7:40Running 7 4:35v median −1:13
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Block 08 10:21Running 8 6:17v median −1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:28
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1098
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,098 women's teams who finished.