The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Madrid 2024, Joan Pañella Araujo & Carlos Peral Garcia crossed the line in 1:09:36: 197th of 706 men's teams, faster than 72% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 77% of the field beaten on the runs, 56% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:36 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Madrid. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:10Running 1 5:09v median −0:27
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Block 02 5:48Running 2 4:10v median −0:30
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Block 03 7:41Running 3 4:28v median −0:32
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Block 04 7:44Running 4 4:43v median −0:19
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:50v median −0:18
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Block 06 6:42Running 6 4:54v median −0:07
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Block 07 7:27Running 7 4:28v median −0:32
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Block 08 9:20Running 8 4:44v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 700
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 700 men's teams who finished.