The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Sands & Daniel Bond finished in the top 10% of the field at Glasgow 2025, in 57:19 for 53rd of 947 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:59 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:26 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 2:49, was faster than 99% of the field.
Glasgow ran fast: the 1,499 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:58 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:45Running 1 2:57v median −0:41
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Block 02 5:31Running 2 4:02v median −1:00
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Block 03 7:03Running 3 4:16v median −1:05
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Block 04 6:59Running 4 4:24v median −0:57
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Block 05 8:31Running 5 4:24v median −1:07
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Block 06 5:28Running 6 4:23v median −1:04
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Block 07 6:51Running 7 4:28v median −1:02
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Block 08 7:29Running 8 3:26v median −0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:49
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 938
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 938 men's teams who finished.