The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robert Elliott & Richard Liddington finished 392nd of 706 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Madrid 2024, in 1:15:30.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:15 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:29 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Madrid ran slow: the 442 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:00 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:01Running 1 5:55v median +0:19
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 4:38v median −0:02
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Block 03 8:14Running 3 5:00v median +0:00
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Block 04 8:12Running 4 5:00v median −0:02
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 5:00v median −0:08
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 5:05v median +0:04
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Block 07 10:00Running 7 5:10v median +0:10
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Block 08 9:45Running 8 5:14v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:40
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.