The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Taipei 2025, Luis Lin & Peter Langfelder crossed the line in 1:11:09: 42nd of 302 men's teams, faster than 86% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 91% of the field beaten on the runs, 54% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:29 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:19, was faster than 90% of the field.
Taipei cost the whole field time: about 4:40 more than the average race this season, going by 170 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 5:24v median −0:40
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Block 02 6:18Running 2 4:21v median −1:00
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Block 03 8:26Running 3 4:24v median −1:14
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Block 04 7:54Running 4 4:31v median −1:11
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Block 05 9:30Running 5 4:29v median −1:26
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:26v median −1:24
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Block 07 7:45Running 7 4:22v median −1:29
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 5:22v median −1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 301
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 301 men's teams who finished.