The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:34 at London 2023 put Ben Thomas & Matthew Williams 537th of 1,003 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 59% of the field across all eight, against 37% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:15 from the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:38 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:28Running 1 4:24v median +0:18
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 5:30v median +0:28
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Block 03 8:35Running 3 5:48v median +0:27
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Block 04 8:30Running 4 5:47v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:45v median +0:10
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 5:29v median +0:03
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Block 07 8:36Running 7 5:26v median +0:01
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Block 08 10:00Running 8 6:02v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:13
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.