The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:30 at Rotterdam 2023 put Tobias Raes & Kevin Valcke 219th of 249 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 73% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:05Running 1 3:28v median −0:40
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Block 02 9:51Running 2 8:33v median +2:59
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 9:10v median +3:16
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Block 04 12:07Running 4 9:19v median +3:21
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Block 05 13:17Running 5 9:08v median +3:01
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Block 06 10:41Running 6 9:06v median +3:04
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Block 07 11:55Running 7 8:51v median +2:50
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Block 08 13:12Running 8 9:24v median +3:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:39
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.