The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at London 2023, Gerrit Willkner & Bendix Willkner crossed the line in 1:11:48: 460th of 1,003 men's teams, faster than 54% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 72% of the field across all eight, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:52 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:40 better against the middle of the field than the first.
London ran fast: the 678 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:24 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:34Running 1 4:25v median +0:19
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Block 02 6:46Running 2 5:16v median +0:14
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Block 03 8:20Running 3 5:39v median +0:18
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Block 04 8:23Running 4 5:40v median +0:13
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 5:42v median +0:07
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 5:34v median +0:08
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Block 07 7:58Running 7 5:32v median +0:07
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Block 08 9:58Running 8 5:38v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 996
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 996 men's teams who finished.