The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:11 at Rotterdam 2023 put Roy Versteeg & Nassim Machrouhi 235th of 249 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 28% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 3:31 better against the middle of the field than before it. 8:40 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
This was a slow day in Rotterdam. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:49.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 3:45v median −0:23
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Block 02 10:22Running 2 8:48v median +3:14
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Block 03 13:17Running 3 9:51v median +3:57
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Block 04 14:13Running 4 11:16v median +5:18
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Block 05 15:41Running 5 10:35v median +4:28
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Block 06 9:55Running 6 8:00v median +1:58
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 7:00v median +0:59
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Block 08 11:02Running 8 6:50v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:40
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.