The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melanie Gruber & Simone Merkinger finished 533rd of 595 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Vienna 2025, in 1:38:04.
A station race more than a running one: 31% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:41 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Vienna gained about 2:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:29Running 1 6:51v median +1:04
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 7:06v median +1:25
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Block 03 11:53Running 3 7:48v median +1:56
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Block 04 11:38Running 4 7:33v median +1:35
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Block 05 12:42Running 5 7:46v median +1:45
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 7:32v median +1:36
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Block 07 11:43Running 7 7:44v median +1:46
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Block 08 12:48Running 8 8:45v median +2:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 593
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 593 women's teams who finished.