The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Nield & Lionel White finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2025, in 1:00:39 for 114th 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, 66% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:46 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:03 better 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 8:32Running 1 4:39v median −0:47
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Block 02 5:17Running 2 3:40v median −0:54
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Block 03 6:54Running 3 3:44v median −1:08
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Block 04 7:01Running 4 3:39v median −1:15
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Block 05 7:58Running 5 3:48v median −1:14
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Block 06 5:24Running 6 3:45v median −1:10
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Block 07 6:26Running 7 3:43v median −1:12
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Block 08 8:26Running 8 3:50v median −1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:50
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.