The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:19 at Bilbao 2025 put Samuel Caballero Bordón & Eva Sanchez Bordon 185th of 257 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:19 from the median. A harder second half: 2:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Bilbao ran fast: the 251 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:23 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:03Running 1 5:51v median +0:10
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 5:46v median +0:42
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 5:55v median +0:35
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Block 04 9:33Running 4 6:19v median +0:56
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 6:23v median +0:54
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 6:25v median +1:00
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 6:41v median +1:15
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Block 08 10:41Running 8 6:41v median +1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
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.