The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Francis & Simon Flowers finished in the top 10% of the field at Bilbao 2025, in 1:01:48 for 6th of 257 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 98% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 75% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:38 ahead of the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:12, was faster than 98% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bilbao gained about 1:23.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:13Running 1 4:16v median −1:25
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Block 02 5:54Running 2 3:45v median −1:19
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Block 03 7:43Running 3 3:47v median −1:33
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Block 04 6:35Running 4 3:54v median −1:29
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Block 05 8:28Running 5 3:57v median −1:32
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Block 06 5:29Running 6 4:00v median −1:25
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Block 07 7:08Running 7 3:58v median −1:28
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Block 08 8:13Running 8 4:14v median −1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:12
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 256
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 256 mixed teams who finished.