The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Blythin & Ian Craig finished 123rd of 189 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:15:02.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:24. The race faded late: the second half went 1:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,853 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:15Running 1 5:13v median +0:02
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Block 02 5:56Running 2 4:19v median −0:05
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Block 03 8:14Running 3 4:55v median +0:13
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Block 04 9:35Running 4 4:56v median +0:10
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Block 05 9:39Running 5 4:57v median +0:02
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Block 06 6:25Running 6 4:46v median −0:01
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Block 07 9:21Running 7 4:53v median +0:05
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Block 08 10:28Running 8 5:10v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
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.