The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Josh Pettitt & Alex Ratcliffe finished 476th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:08:57, faster than 57% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:55 worse 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 8:41Running 1 4:48v median −0:28
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Block 02 5:49Running 2 4:10v median −0:22
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Block 03 7:29Running 3 4:35v median −0:15
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Block 04 7:49Running 4 4:34v median −0:18
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Block 05 9:37Running 5 4:58v median −0:03
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Block 06 6:02Running 6 4:30v median −0:24
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Block 07 7:50Running 7 4:34v median −0:20
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Block 08 10:10Running 8 4:37v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:38
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.