The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Aurélien Blanchet & Alexandre Florimond at Karlsruhe 2025: 1:02:18, 43rd of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 74% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:53 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:19, was faster than 91% of the field.
This was a slow day in Karlsruhe. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:10.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:47Running 1 3:02v median −0:46
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Block 02 5:35Running 2 4:12v median −1:15
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Block 03 7:25Running 3 4:32v median −1:16
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Block 04 8:09Running 4 4:35v median −1:15
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Block 05 8:39Running 5 4:31v median −1:27
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Block 06 5:43Running 6 4:25v median −1:27
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Block 07 7:39Running 7 4:29v median −1:24
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Block 08 8:11Running 8 4:37v median −1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 588
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 588 men's teams who finished.