The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Daniel Edwards & Marco Orsi finished 146th of 189 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:20:44.
A station race more than a running one: 42% of the field beaten on the stations, against 12% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:58 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:56Running 1 5:50v median +0:39
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 5:08v median +0:44
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 5:40v median +0:58
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Block 04 9:29Running 4 6:02v median +1:16
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:55v median +1:00
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:50v median +1:03
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Block 07 9:56Running 7 6:13v median +1:25
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Block 08 12:19Running 8 7:00v median +2:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:48
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.