The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Tom Waiting & Mat Watterson crossed the line in 1:05:25: 307th of 1,099 men's teams, faster than 72% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 78% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 54% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:40. The race faded late: the second half went 1:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:44Running 1 4:50v median −0:26
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Block 02 5:37Running 2 4:00v median −0:32
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Block 03 6:59Running 3 4:16v median −0:34
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Block 04 6:55Running 4 4:14v median −0:38
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Block 05 8:46Running 5 4:29v median −0:32
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Block 06 5:56Running 6 4:19v median −0:35
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Block 07 8:19Running 7 4:18v median −0:36
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Block 08 8:54Running 8 4:13v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:22
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.