The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shah Ali & James Scholes finished 182nd of 189 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:34:43.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:30 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:57 better against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:53, behind 95% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:50 faster than the average race this season, by 1,853 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:13Running 1 7:57v median +2:46
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 6:50v median +2:26
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 6:56v median +2:14
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 6:48v median +2:02
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 6:53v median +1:58
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 6:36v median +1:49
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 6:56v median +2:08
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Block 08 10:46Running 8 6:24v median +1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:53
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.