The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:51 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Oscar Belmontes & Paola I Zorrilla 701st of 726 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 24% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:46 better against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:08, behind 93% of the field.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:10 more than the average race this season, going by 444 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 5:07v median +1:00
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Block 02 11:54Running 2 9:42v median +3:53
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Block 03 14:14Running 3 10:13v median +4:04
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Block 04 13:51Running 4 10:14v median +4:05
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Block 05 13:47Running 5 8:52v median +2:36
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Block 06 9:45Running 6 8:16v median +2:07
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Block 07 13:12Running 7 8:33v median +2:20
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Block 08 14:28Running 8 9:18v median +2:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:08
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 723
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 723 mixed teams who finished.