The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Justin Smith & Connor Evison finished in the top 10% of the field at Rotterdam 2023, in 1:03:35 for 25th of 249 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 92% of the field beaten on the runs, 71% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:19 from the median. Quick through the roxzone: 4:01, ahead of 89% of the field.
This was a slow day in Rotterdam. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:49.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:35Running 1 2:53v median −1:15
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Block 02 5:52Running 2 4:28v median −1:06
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Block 03 7:30Running 3 4:51v median −1:03
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Block 04 7:36Running 4 4:59v median −0:59
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Block 05 9:00Running 5 4:47v median −1:20
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Block 06 6:20Running 6 4:53v median −1:09
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Block 07 7:47Running 7 4:49v median −1:12
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Block 08 9:01Running 8 4:52v median −1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 240
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 240 men's teams who finished.