The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:34 at Rotterdam 2023 put Gabriele Pietro Mura & Fabian Fontaine 183rd of 249 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 62% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:36 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 8:14 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:20Running 1 5:03v median +0:55
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Block 02 9:28Running 2 8:05v median +2:31
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 9:11v median +3:17
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Block 04 12:00Running 4 9:11v median +3:13
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Block 05 11:49Running 5 6:58v median +0:51
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 6:37v median +0:35
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Block 07 8:26Running 7 5:50v median −0:11
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Block 08 9:50Running 8 6:13v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:45
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.