The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:13 at Rotterdam 2023 put Matthijs de Lijster & Machiel Van Kranenburg 198th of 249 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 42% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 7:29 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Rotterdam cost the whole field time: about 1:49 more than the average race this season, going by 175 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:45Running 1 6:32v median +2:24
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 8:17v median +2:43
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Block 03 12:25Running 3 9:11v median +3:17
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Block 04 9:27Running 4 6:43v median +0:45
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 6:56v median +0:49
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 6:29v median +0:27
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Block 07 9:45Running 7 6:27v median +0:26
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Block 08 10:26Running 8 6:27v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:55
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.