The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at London 2023, Mike Grover & Michael Watts crossed the line in 1:12:03: 466th of 1,003 men's teams, faster than 54% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 75% of the field beaten on the stations, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:32 on the median. A harder second half: 1:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London gave the field time back: about 1:24 faster than the average race this season, by 678 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:03Running 1 4:10v median +0:04
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Block 02 6:30Running 2 4:53v median −0:09
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Block 03 8:04Running 3 5:28v median +0:07
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Block 04 7:50Running 4 5:44v median +0:17
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 5:53v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:56v median +0:30
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Block 07 8:29Running 7 5:41v median +0:16
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Block 08 10:03Running 8 5:45v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:42
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.