The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:20 at Madrid 2024 put Abel Blanco Sampedro & Ana Blanco Sampedro 459th of 584 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:30. The race faded late: the second half went 1:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 1:51 more than the average race this season, going by 297 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:35Running 1 6:16v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 4:54v median −0:12
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 5:44v median +0:24
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Block 04 9:47Running 4 5:26v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:39v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:27v median +0:03
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Block 07 11:58Running 7 5:23v median −0:04
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Block 08 11:58Running 8 5:53v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:35
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 583
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 583 mixed teams who finished.