The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:23 at Taipei 2025 put Arald Kapteijns & Arjen Vogel 86th of 302 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 72% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 77% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:14 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:31 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:31Running 1 6:18v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 5:08v median −0:13
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Block 03 8:30Running 3 5:12v median −0:26
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Block 04 9:13Running 4 5:10v median −0:32
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:07v median −0:48
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Block 06 6:07Running 6 4:38v median −1:12
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Block 07 9:53Running 7 4:56v median −0:55
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Block 08 10:09Running 8 5:32v median −1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
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.