The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Demertze & Blake Ibbotson finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2024, in 1:02:48 for 33rd of 415 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 74% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:01 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:48, was faster than 94% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 2:10.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:48Running 1 3:03v median −0:54
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Block 02 5:42Running 2 4:23v median −0:43
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Block 03 7:46Running 3 4:41v median −0:42
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Block 04 7:24Running 4 4:47v median −0:38
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Block 05 8:37Running 5 4:48v median −0:47
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Block 06 6:09Running 6 4:45v median −0:44
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Block 07 7:40Running 7 4:38v median −0:52
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Block 08 9:02Running 8 5:10v median −1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 412
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 412 men's teams who finished.