The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:03 at Paris 2024 put Richard Smith & Dhilan Popat 552nd of 865 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 30% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Paris cost the whole field time: about 1:26 more than the average race this season, going by 570 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:39Running 1 4:06v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 5:10v median +0:13
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 6:08v median +0:51
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Block 04 8:28Running 4 5:41v median +0:21
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 6:14v median +0:47
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:44v median +0:23
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Block 07 9:05Running 7 5:41v median +0:23
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Block 08 10:54Running 8 6:57v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:04
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 855
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 855 men's teams who finished.