The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:29 at Rotterdam 2024 put Jesse Raaijmakers & Merijn Machielse 684th of 722 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 24% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. A harder second half: 4:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:52 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Rotterdam cost the whole field time: about 0:51 more than the average race this season, going by 499 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:00Running 1 6:25v median +0:45
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 6:04v median +0:49
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Block 03 11:40Running 3 7:43v median +2:04
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Block 04 11:08Running 4 8:30v median +2:50
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Block 05 13:36Running 5 8:37v median +2:47
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Block 06 9:51Running 6 8:01v median +2:18
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 7:56v median +2:18
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Block 08 13:21Running 8 8:58v median +3:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:52
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 718
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 718 men's teams who finished.