The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jim Blood & Tom Blood finished in the top 10% of the field at Melbourne 2025, in 1:03:40 for 26th of 299 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 67% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:28 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 7:18, was faster than 91% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:21Running 1 2:24v median −0:27
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Block 02 5:26Running 2 3:50v median −1:03
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Block 03 7:13Running 3 3:59v median −1:11
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Block 04 7:07Running 4 3:57v median −1:19
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Block 05 8:09Running 5 4:05v median −1:18
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Block 06 5:34Running 6 4:02v median −1:19
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Block 07 7:26Running 7 4:05v median −1:13
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Block 08 9:16Running 8 4:32v median −1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 297
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 297 men's teams who finished.