The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Patrick Westermann & Isabell Kurfuerst at Hamburg 2023: 1:07:38, 22nd of 293 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 93% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 69% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 5:27, ahead of 95% of the field.
Hamburg gave the field time back: about 2:14 faster than the average race this season, by 180 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:53Running 1 3:59v median −1:16
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Block 02 6:30Running 2 4:30v median −0:41
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 4:29v median −0:56
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Block 04 6:48Running 4 4:22v median −1:08
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Block 05 9:14Running 5 4:32v median −1:01
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Block 06 6:00Running 6 4:28v median −1:02
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Block 07 7:58Running 7 4:34v median −0:57
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Block 08 9:39Running 8 5:09v median −1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:27
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 293
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 293 mixed teams who finished.