The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:23 at Barcelona 2025 put Nikolay Kumchev & Richard Thacker 594th of 781 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 35% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 13% on the stations. The sled pull cost the most time: 2:12 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:05 better 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 8:57Running 1 4:59v median +0:32
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Block 02 7:01Running 2 5:07v median +0:26
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 5:22v median +0:19
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 5:22v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:26v median +0:19
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:30v median +0:26
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Block 07 9:30Running 7 5:15v median +0:11
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Block 08 9:55Running 8 5:20v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:05
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.