The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Jay Coulter & Craig Smillie crossed the line in 1:05:16: 292nd of 1,177 men's teams, faster than 75% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 83% of the field beaten on the runs, 54% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:18 from the median.
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 8:54Running 1 4:56v median −0:30
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Block 02 5:50Running 2 4:04v median −0:30
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Block 03 7:09Running 3 4:13v median −0:39
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Block 04 7:21Running 4 4:10v median −0:44
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Block 05 8:34Running 5 4:16v median −0:46
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Block 06 5:58Running 6 4:10v median −0:45
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Block 07 7:54Running 7 4:09v median −0:46
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Block 08 8:40Running 8 4:12v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:03
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.