The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:12:27 at Hamburg 2024 put Sebastian Merten & Ritchie Eres 280th of 700 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 60% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 79% of the field across all eight, against 48% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 0:37 quicker than the median and 120th of 700. The race faded late: the second half went 1:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Hamburg gave the field time back: about 1:18 faster than the average race this season, by 510 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 4:18v median −0:43
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 4:37v median −0:18
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Block 03 7:50Running 3 5:16v median +0:01
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Block 04 8:25Running 4 5:40v median +0:21
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Block 05 9:36Running 5 5:30v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:46v median +0:25
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Block 07 8:22Running 7 5:31v median +0:15
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Block 08 9:57Running 8 6:07v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 686
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 686 men's teams who finished.