The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jeff Sowa & Christopher Mcarthur finished 391st of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Toronto 2026, in 1:57:14.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. A harder second half: 6:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:29 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Toronto cost the whole field time: about 1:53 more than the average race this season, going by 426 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:27Running 1 8:05v median +1:51
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Block 02 10:13Running 2 7:44v median +1:51
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Block 03 12:08Running 3 8:29v median +2:15
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Block 04 14:19Running 4 9:48v median +3:35
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Block 05 17:46Running 5 12:56v median +6:29
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Block 06 11:53Running 6 9:29v median +3:10
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Block 07 13:12Running 7 9:11v median +2:55
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Block 08 14:56Running 8 10:26v median +5:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 389
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 389 men's teams who finished.