The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Helen Harper-Lambert & Ben Whitbourn at London 2025: 58:54, 13th of 956 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:35 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:14 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:52, was faster than 97% of the field.
London ran fast: the 650 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:16 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:39Running 1 3:54v median −1:21
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Block 02 5:41Running 2 3:58v median −1:01
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Block 03 6:53Running 3 4:05v median −1:06
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Block 04 6:06Running 4 4:10v median −1:03
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Block 05 8:07Running 5 4:13v median −1:06
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Block 06 5:27Running 6 4:09v median −1:08
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Block 07 6:28Running 7 4:11v median −1:08
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Block 08 8:50Running 8 5:11v median −1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:52
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 925
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 925 mixed teams who finished.