The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Katie Smith & Merissa Ward finished 863rd of 1,096 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at London 2023, in 1:33:57.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:12. The race faded late: the second half went 4:52 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:29 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London gained about 1:53.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:14Running 1 5:09v median +0:16
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 6:09v median +0:11
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 6:25v median +0:12
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 6:40v median +0:23
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Block 05 12:20Running 5 6:56v median +0:31
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 6:52v median +0:34
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Block 07 11:28Running 7 6:38v median +0:22
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Block 08 11:54Running 8 8:04v median +1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
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.