The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lauren Smith & Bronte Elsmore finished in the top 10% of the field at Hong Kong 2024, in 1:18:44 for 43rd of 453 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 69% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:14, was faster than 94% of the field.
Hong Kong cost the whole field time: about 2:02 more than the average race this season, going by 250 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:50Running 1 5:51v median −0:19
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 5:27v median −0:43
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Block 03 9:18Running 3 6:01v median −0:31
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Block 04 9:15Running 4 6:08v median −0:31
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 6:19v median −0:22
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 6:15v median −0:25
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Block 07 9:12Running 7 6:32v median −0:03
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 6:54v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:14
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 450
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 450 women's teams who finished.