The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Charlotte O’Brien & Kieran Venison finished 164th of 211 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:33:01.
A station race more than a running one: 39% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. On the row the field had the edge, by 0:34. The race faded late: the second half went 2:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 2:50 more than the average race this season, going by 137 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:11Running 1 7:52v median +1:04
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 6:20v median +0:44
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 6:53v median +0:59
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Block 04 10:36Running 4 7:04v median +1:06
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Block 05 12:33Running 5 7:29v median +1:24
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Block 06 9:31Running 6 7:25v median +1:26
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Block 07 11:37Running 7 7:27v median +1:28
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 7:34v median +1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:28
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 203
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 203 mixed teams who finished.