The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at London 2023, Wendy Valentine & Susan Birch crossed the line in 1:20:34: 401st of 1,096 women's teams, faster than 63% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 76% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 40% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:57. The race faded late: the second half went 1:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London ran fast: the 749 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:53 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:33v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 5:28v median −0:30
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 5:34v median −0:39
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Block 04 10:07Running 4 5:40v median −0:37
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:46v median −0:39
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:52v median −0:26
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 5:54v median −0:22
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 6:01v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1091
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,091 women's teams who finished.