The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pratik Patel & Simon Ward finished 397th of 781 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Barcelona 2025, in 1:12:31.
A station race more than a running one: 62% of the field beaten on the stations, against 38% on the runs. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 2:09. The race faded late: the second half went 2:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Barcelona cost the whole field time: about 0:41 more than the average race this season, going by 810 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 4:37v median +0:10
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 4:52v median +0:11
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Block 03 7:52Running 3 5:21v median +0:18
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Block 04 7:37Running 4 5:32v median +0:29
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Block 05 9:31Running 5 5:21v median +0:14
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 5:17v median +0:13
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Block 07 8:09Running 7 5:35v median +0:31
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Block 08 9:22Running 8 5:15v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 777
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 777 men's teams who finished.