The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:46:35 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Thanh Huong Nguyen & Friederike Fesenbeck 564th of 622 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 35% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. On the row the field had the edge, by 0:35. A harder second half: 1:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 2:30 more than the average race this season, going by 417 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:59Running 1 6:00v median +1:34
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Block 02 10:38Running 2 8:35v median +2:09
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Block 03 12:16Running 3 8:31v median +1:52
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Block 04 12:54Running 4 8:50v median +2:05
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Block 05 14:43Running 5 9:07v median +2:15
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Block 06 11:04Running 6 9:20v median +2:32
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Block 07 12:42Running 7 8:52v median +2:03
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Block 08 13:17Running 8 9:28v median +2:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:11
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 617
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 617 women's teams who finished.