The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Madrid 2023, Ángel García Mateo & Isabel Cruceira Muñoz crossed the line in 1:10:04: 34th of 239 mixed teams, faster than 86% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 93% of the field beaten on the runs, 62% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 2:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 5:16, ahead of 90% of the field.
Madrid cost the whole field time: about 1:36 more than the average race this season, going by 109 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:10Running 1 3:49v median −1:02
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Block 02 6:16Running 2 4:29v median −0:59
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Block 03 8:13Running 3 4:33v median −1:10
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Block 04 7:24Running 4 4:34v median −1:12
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:44v median −1:03
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Block 06 6:15Running 6 4:29v median −1:14
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Block 07 8:52Running 7 4:41v median −1:02
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Block 08 10:19Running 8 5:03v median −1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:16
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 237
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 237 mixed teams who finished.