The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robert Livesey & Rio Quarry finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2025, in 52:18 for 2nd of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:26 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:06 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 3:50, ahead of 99% 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 7:46Running 1 4:19v median −0:57
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Block 02 4:40Running 2 3:28v median −1:04
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Block 03 5:48Running 3 3:36v median −1:14
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Block 04 5:37Running 4 3:38v median −1:14
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Block 05 7:21Running 5 3:42v median −1:19
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Block 06 4:51Running 6 3:39v median −1:15
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Block 07 5:38Running 7 3:43v median −1:11
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Block 08 6:57Running 8 3:39v median −1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:50
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1097
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,097 men's teams who finished.