The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul O'Connor & Stephen Browne finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2025, in 59:39 for 83rd of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 73% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:07 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:14, was faster than 98% of the field.
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 8:20Running 1 4:15v median −1:11
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Block 02 5:33Running 2 3:43v median −0:51
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Block 03 7:22Running 3 3:59v median −0:53
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Block 04 6:08Running 4 3:42v median −1:12
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Block 05 8:08Running 5 3:53v median −1:09
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Block 06 5:23Running 6 3:50v median −1:05
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Block 07 6:19Running 7 3:45v median −1:10
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Block 08 8:21Running 8 3:54v median −1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1177
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,177 men's teams who finished.