The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Barrie Rice & Russell Palmer at Birmingham 2025: 1:00:20, 104th of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:40 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:52 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:22, was faster than 96% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,853 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 4:44v median −0:42
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Block 02 5:30Running 2 3:49v median −0:45
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Block 03 6:48Running 3 3:52v median −1:00
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Block 04 7:03Running 4 3:51v median −1:03
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Block 05 7:50Running 5 3:51v median −1:11
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Block 06 5:22Running 6 3:58v median −0:57
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Block 07 6:47Running 7 3:58v median −0:57
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Block 08 8:03Running 8 4:01v median −0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:22
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.