The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jack Benden & Alexander Taylor finished 676th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:14:58.
A station race more than a running one: 61% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 0:45 quicker than the median and 96th of 1,099. The race faded late: the second half went 1:14 worse 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 8:48Running 1 5:03v median −0:13
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Block 02 6:05Running 2 4:38v median +0:06
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Block 03 8:31Running 3 5:19v median +0:29
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Block 04 8:57Running 4 5:27v median +0:35
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 6:20v median +1:19
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Block 06 7:29Running 6 5:42v median +0:48
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Block 07 8:09Running 7 5:33v median +0:39
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Block 08 9:08Running 8 5:05v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:02
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.