The race, in three figures
The race, in words
mathias gertou & Romain BOULONGUET finished 235th of 353 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division at Geneva 2026, in 1:12:13.
A station race more than a running one: 60% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 6:42 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Geneva cost the whole field time: about 1:10 more than the average race this season, going by 184 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 4:38v median +0:00
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Block 02 7:02Running 2 4:39v median +0:37
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Block 03 8:14Running 3 4:59v median +0:37
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Block 04 7:45Running 4 5:04v median +0:45
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 4:53v median +0:31
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 4:52v median +0:36
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Block 07 7:42Running 7 4:50v median +0:29
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Block 08 9:43Running 8 5:36v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:42
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 351
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 351 men's teams who finished.