The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:38 at Rotterdam 2023 put Dennis Van Der Meis & Gerben Versluis 165th of 249 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 56% of the field across all eight, against 33% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:14 from the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:18 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Rotterdam ran slow: the 175 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:49 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:17Running 1 6:24v median +2:16
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 6:03v median +0:29
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Block 03 8:56Running 3 6:21v median +0:27
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 6:47v median +0:49
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 6:55v median +0:48
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 6:36v median +0:34
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Block 07 9:28Running 7 6:19v median +0:18
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Block 08 10:11Running 8 6:12v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:51
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.