The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joshua Lilley & Christopher Beeby finished in the top 10% of the field at Madrid 2023, in 59:20 for 14th of 407 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the row: 4:14 on the median. A harder second half: 1:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 2:01 more than the average race this season, going by 235 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:48Running 1 3:11v median −1:03
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Block 02 5:18Running 2 3:47v median −1:08
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Block 03 6:50Running 3 4:14v median −1:02
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Block 04 6:07Running 4 4:08v median −1:11
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Block 05 4:32Running 5 4:14v median −1:07
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Block 06 5:41Running 6 4:13v median −1:02
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Block 07 7:24Running 7 4:43v median −0:28
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Block 08 8:30Running 8 5:03v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 398
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 398 men's teams who finished.