The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Arthur Baars & Omar Jacoby finished 229th of 249 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2023, in 1:38:51.
A station race more than a running one: 31% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the row, 0:41 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:57 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 8:12Running 1 4:03v median −0:05
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Block 02 10:17Running 2 8:31v median +2:57
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 8:40v median +2:46
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Block 04 11:52Running 4 8:45v median +2:47
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Block 05 13:51Running 5 8:49v median +2:42
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Block 06 10:55Running 6 8:53v median +2:51
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Block 07 11:55Running 7 8:51v median +2:50
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Block 08 13:11Running 8 9:13v median +3:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:56
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.