The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:13 at Gdansk 2026 put Ruth McArthur & Natali Shaw 561st of 653 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 43% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 0:48. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:38 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Gdansk ran fast: the 247 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:56 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:13Running 1 6:24v median +1:31
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Block 02 9:30Running 2 7:40v median +1:45
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Block 03 12:51Running 3 8:03v median +1:51
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Block 04 13:05Running 4 8:09v median +1:57
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Block 05 12:57Running 5 7:58v median +1:40
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Block 06 9:17Running 6 7:29v median +1:19
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 7:44v median +1:34
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Block 08 13:18Running 8 9:02v median +2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:35
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 649
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 649 women's teams who finished.