The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ray Merlo & Giacomo Caspani finished 300th of 726 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Toronto 2026, in 1:19:50, faster than 59% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 90% of the field across all eight, against 39% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:57 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:23 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Toronto ran slow: the 426 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:53 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:55Running 1 6:06v median +0:09
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 6:16v median +0:34
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 6:35v median +0:27
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Block 04 9:46Running 4 6:37v median +0:32
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 6:45v median +0:29
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 6:40v median +0:32
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Block 07 9:42Running 7 6:38v median +0:28
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Block 08 9:22Running 8 5:27v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:30
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 701
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 701 men's teams who finished.