The race, in three figures
The race, in words
leigh hay & Claire Buchanan finished in the top 10% of the field at Paris 2024, in 1:15:32 for 66th of 698 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 63% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:54 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 5:53, ahead of 93% of the field.
Paris cost the whole field time: about 1:46 more than the average race this season, going by 461 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:52Running 1 4:32v median −0:44
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 4:56v median −0:56
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Block 03 11:12Running 3 5:03v median −1:07
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Block 04 8:34Running 4 5:04v median −1:10
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:18v median −1:00
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 5:14v median −1:04
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Block 07 7:58Running 7 5:07v median −1:10
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Block 08 9:24Running 8 5:31v median −1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 686
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 686 women's teams who finished.