The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Thorpe & Gareth Keeling finished 639th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:13:39.
The stations carried this race: faster than 69% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:31 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:51 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 10:13Running 1 6:03v median +0:47
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Block 02 6:45Running 2 4:59v median +0:27
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 5:38v median +0:48
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Block 04 8:13Running 4 5:29v median +0:37
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 5:17v median +0:16
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 5:06v median +0:12
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Block 07 8:15Running 7 5:15v median +0:21
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Block 08 9:11Running 8 5:23v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:17
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.