The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Mark Lumb & Joe Banns crossed the line in 1:02:48: 214th of 1,099 men's teams, faster than 81% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 84% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:13. Quick through the roxzone: 4:30, ahead of 91% 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 4:47v median −0:29
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Block 02 5:19Running 2 3:50v median −0:42
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Block 03 6:44Running 3 4:05v median −0:45
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Block 04 6:55Running 4 4:06v median −0:46
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Block 05 8:18Running 5 4:16v median −0:45
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Block 06 5:29Running 6 4:11v median −0:43
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Block 07 7:31Running 7 4:09v median −0:45
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Block 08 9:28Running 8 3:56v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:30
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.