The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:00:47 at Birmingham 2025 put Aaron Armstrong & Darren Grainger 21st of 189 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 89% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 54% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:16, was faster than 96% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:50.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:50Running 1 4:04v median −1:07
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Block 02 5:18Running 2 3:34v median −0:50
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Block 03 6:49Running 3 3:46v median −0:56
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Block 04 7:05Running 4 3:43v median −1:03
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Block 05 8:10Running 5 3:58v median −0:57
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Block 06 5:33Running 6 3:48v median −0:59
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Block 07 7:29Running 7 3:49v median −0:59
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Block 08 8:24Running 8 3:48v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 189
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 189 men's teams who finished.