The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Louise Smith & Chris Kirk finished in the top 10% of the field at Poznan 2024, in 1:03:51 for 24th of 275 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 76% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:38 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:06 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Poznan gained about 1:31.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:40Running 1 4:36v median −1:01
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Block 02 5:34Running 2 4:00v median −1:02
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Block 03 6:50Running 3 4:06v median −1:10
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Block 04 7:29Running 4 4:08v median −1:11
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Block 05 8:52Running 5 4:20v median −1:01
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Block 06 5:52Running 6 4:06v median −1:10
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Block 07 7:01Running 7 4:04v median −1:17
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Block 08 8:10Running 8 4:29v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 275
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 275 mixed teams who finished.