The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Albert Thundercliffe & Tom Widd crossed the line in 1:09:53: 503rd of 1,099 men's teams, faster than 54% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 78% of the field across all eight, against 42% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 0:37 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:05 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 9:07Running 1 5:30v median +0:14
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Block 02 6:17Running 2 4:45v median +0:13
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Block 03 7:49Running 3 5:09v median +0:19
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Block 04 7:32Running 4 5:04v median +0:12
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Block 05 8:59Running 5 5:05v median +0:04
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 5:11v median +0:17
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Block 07 8:30Running 7 5:13v median +0:19
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Block 08 9:45Running 8 5:07v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:20
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.