The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Wilkinson & Xuemin Guan finished 640th of 984 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at London 2024, in 1:17:24.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:42 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:28 better against the middle of the field than the first.
London gave the field time back: about 0:45 faster than the average race this season, by 1,033 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:27Running 1 5:58v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:46Running 2 4:30v median +0:03
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 4:59v median +0:15
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Block 04 8:11Running 4 4:45v median −0:04
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:55v median −0:01
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 5:11v median +0:19
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Block 07 8:27Running 7 4:48v median −0:04
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Block 08 9:56Running 8 5:29v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 765
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 765 men's teams who finished.