The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:05 at Hamburg 2023 put Michael Melchert & Joshua Melchert 224th of 348 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 4:29 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:23 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Hamburg gained about 1:38.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:06Running 1 5:08v median +0:05
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 4:51v median −0:03
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Block 03 12:58Running 3 5:26v median +0:10
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Block 04 7:53Running 4 5:24v median +0:07
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 5:34v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:38v median +0:19
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Block 07 8:59Running 7 5:36v median +0:22
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Block 08 9:59Running 8 6:06v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 345
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 345 men's teams who finished.