The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Bruce & Hugh Phillips finished 665th of 736 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Copenhagen 2025, in 1:26:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 1% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:39 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Copenhagen gave the field time back: about 2:04 faster than the average race this season, by 470 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:32Running 1 5:26v median +0:12
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 4:58v median +0:23
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Block 03 8:14Running 3 4:57v median +0:05
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 5:11v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:28v median +0:29
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 5:10v median +0:14
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Block 07 12:04Running 7 5:12v median +0:17
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 6:00v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:53
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 724
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 724 men's teams who finished.