The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ajay Kamath & Wei Loon Loh finished 704th of 706 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Madrid 2024, in 2:07:47.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:50 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 12:54, behind 97% of the field.
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 13:09Running 1 8:27v median +2:51
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 7:18v median +2:38
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Block 03 13:18Running 3 8:12v median +3:12
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Block 04 16:33Running 4 11:22v median +6:20
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Block 05 15:42Running 5 10:14v median +5:06
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Block 06 12:12Running 6 10:03v median +5:02
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Block 07 16:36Running 7 10:11v median +5:11
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Block 08 17:57Running 8 11:04v median +5:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:54
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.