The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alfie Dobinson & Jonathan Upward finished 599th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:12:29.
A station race more than a running one: 72% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:40 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:21 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:21Running 1 6:09v median +0:53
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 4:54v median +0:22
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Block 03 8:25Running 3 5:14v median +0:24
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Block 04 7:58Running 4 5:10v median +0:18
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Block 05 9:52Running 5 5:29v median +0:28
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Block 06 6:37Running 6 5:13v median +0:19
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Block 07 8:21Running 7 5:40v median +0:46
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Block 08 9:02Running 8 5:03v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:40
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.