The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:13 at Birmingham 2025 put Tom Saville & Robert Clarke 626th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 54% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:50 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:31 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:50.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:22Running 1 5:16v median +0:00
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 4:33v median +0:01
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Block 03 8:39Running 3 4:53v median +0:03
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Block 04 8:24Running 4 4:48v median −0:04
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Block 05 9:30Running 5 4:50v median −0:11
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 4:48v median −0:06
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Block 07 8:57Running 7 4:46v median −0:08
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Block 08 9:08Running 8 4:46v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:51
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.