The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Madrid 2024, Ethan Huxley & Mike Meech crossed the line in 1:14:19: 351st of 706 men's teams, faster than 50% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 34% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:51 on the median. A harder second half: 1:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:59Running 1 5:19v median −0:17
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Block 02 6:27Running 2 4:40v median +0:00
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Block 03 8:11Running 3 5:27v median +0:27
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Block 04 8:52Running 4 5:22v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:48v median +0:40
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:42v median +0:41
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Block 07 8:01Running 7 5:17v median +0:17
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Block 08 9:45Running 8 5:36v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
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.