The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Colin Leach & Oli Parkinson finished 558th of 1,003 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at London 2023, in 1:14:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 57% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:32 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:46Running 1 3:59v median −0:07
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Block 02 6:18Running 2 4:42v median −0:20
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Block 03 8:09Running 3 5:05v median −0:16
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 5:15v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 5:27v median −0:08
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 5:20v median −0:06
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Block 07 8:52Running 7 5:33v median +0:08
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Block 08 11:30Running 8 5:48v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:44
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.