The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:03 at Birmingham 2025 put Nicholas Shakespeare & Peter Bill 168th of 189 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 30% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:29 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:37 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 10:26Running 1 6:08v median +0:57
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 4:52v median +0:28
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Block 03 9:30Running 3 5:03v median +0:21
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Block 04 9:34Running 4 4:57v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:35v median +0:40
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Block 06 9:15Running 6 5:15v median +0:28
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Block 07 10:55Running 7 5:41v median +0:53
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Block 08 13:00Running 8 5:10v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
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.