The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Madrid 2024, David Roberts & Owain Hopkins crossed the line in 1:13:15: 315th of 706 men's teams, faster than 55% of the field.
A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:18 from the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 2:00 more than the average race this season, going by 442 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:15Running 1 5:20v median −0:16
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Block 02 6:05Running 2 4:31v median −0:09
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Block 03 8:20Running 3 5:01v median +0:01
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Block 04 8:08Running 4 5:03v median +0:01
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:32v median +0:24
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 5:06v median +0:05
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 5:07v median +0:07
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Block 08 9:24Running 8 5:09v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:07
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.