The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Andrew Murphy & John Harris crossed the line in 1:04:45: 281st of 1,099 men's teams, faster than 74% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 48% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:58 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:58Running 1 4:17v median −0:59
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Block 02 5:15Running 2 3:45v median −0:47
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Block 03 6:59Running 3 4:00v median −0:50
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Block 04 8:13Running 4 4:10v median −0:42
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Block 05 8:50Running 5 4:23v median −0:38
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Block 06 5:46Running 6 4:19v median −0:35
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Block 07 7:33Running 7 4:13v median −0:41
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Block 08 9:17Running 8 4:42v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:02
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.