The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Greg Rowell & Richard How finished 697th of 984 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at London 2024, in 1:19:18.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:28. A harder second half: 3:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London ran fast: the 1,033 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:45 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:30Running 1 6:12v median +0:08
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 4:28v median +0:01
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Block 03 8:35Running 3 5:06v median +0:22
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 5:14v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:25v median +0:29
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 5:04v median +0:12
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Block 07 9:09Running 7 5:01v median +0:09
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Block 08 12:01Running 8 5:24v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:05
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.