The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Clarke & Chris Diamond finished 156th of 189 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:22:22.
The stations carried this race: faster than 34% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:26. The race faded late: the second half went 1:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:52Running 1 5:47v median +0:36
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 5:12v median +0:48
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 5:54v median +1:12
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Block 04 10:04Running 4 6:12v median +1:26
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 6:03v median +1:08
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 6:01v median +1:14
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Block 07 11:03Running 7 6:14v median +1:26
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Block 08 10:01Running 8 5:50v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:58
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.