The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Sam Bent & Kane Murphy crossed the line in 1:11:01: 545th of 1,099 men's teams, faster than 50% of the field.
A harder second half: 2:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:50 faster than the average race this season, by 1,853 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:30Running 1 4:38v median −0:38
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 4:31v median −0:01
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 4:48v median −0:02
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Block 04 7:50Running 4 4:44v median −0:08
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:24v median +0:23
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 5:00v median +0:06
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Block 07 8:22Running 7 5:06v median +0:12
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Block 08 9:33Running 8 5:08v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
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.