The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Bilbao 2025, Chiraag Patel & Jaume Orteu Saiz crossed the line in 1:05:18: 81st of 320 men's teams, faster than 75% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 80% of the field beaten on the runs, 52% on the stations. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:18 of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:27 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bilbao gained about 0:59.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:01Running 1 5:08v median +0:09
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Block 02 6:15Running 2 4:09v median −0:24
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Block 03 7:56Running 3 4:20v median −0:35
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Block 04 6:46Running 4 4:16v median −0:41
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Block 05 8:37Running 5 4:11v median −0:52
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Block 06 5:36Running 6 4:19v median −0:40
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Block 07 7:33Running 7 4:11v median −0:44
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Block 08 8:17Running 8 4:19v median −0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:25
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 320
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 320 men's teams who finished.