The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:07 at Manchester 2023 put Stephen Taylor & Sami Smithson 189th of 211 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 1% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 13:17 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 11:03Running 1 6:45v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:28v median −0:08
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Block 03 9:32Running 3 5:40v median −0:14
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Block 04 12:08Running 4 6:46v median +0:48
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:05v median +0:00
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Block 06 9:59Running 6 5:59v median +0:00
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Block 07 12:19Running 7 6:03v median +0:04
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Block 08 19:47Running 8 7:22v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:23
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.