The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at London 2023, Niamh Fitzgerald & Jamie Sommerville crossed the line in 1:16:16: 315th of 909 mixed teams, faster than 65% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 91% of the field across all eight, against 43% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:09 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London gave the field time back: about 1:04 faster than the average race this season, by 532 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 4:26v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 5:33v median +0:00
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 5:49v median −0:03
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Block 04 8:15Running 4 6:11v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 6:09v median +0:06
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 6:24v median +0:27
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Block 07 9:11Running 7 6:28v median +0:30
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Block 08 9:57Running 8 6:18v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:19
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 903
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 903 mixed teams who finished.