The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Josh Brown & Tom Cowdale finished 620th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:13:03.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% 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 1:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:36Running 1 4:37v median −0:39
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 4:32v median +0:00
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Block 03 8:08Running 3 4:50v median +0:00
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Block 04 7:58Running 4 4:34v median −0:18
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 5:04v median +0:03
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:51v median −0:03
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Block 07 8:28Running 7 4:35v median −0:19
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Block 08 10:30Running 8 4:57v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:33
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.