The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Neil Coleman & Joel Livermore crossed the line in 1:06:42: 357th of 1,177 men's teams, faster than 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 77% of the field beaten on the runs, 50% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:05 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:04 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 8:50Running 1 5:01v median −0:25
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Block 02 5:38Running 2 4:06v median −0:28
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 4:17v median −0:35
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Block 04 7:13Running 4 4:26v median −0:28
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Block 05 8:33Running 5 4:31v median −0:31
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Block 06 5:59Running 6 4:27v median −0:28
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Block 07 7:16Running 7 4:12v median −0:43
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Block 08 8:40Running 8 4:12v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:05
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1177
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,177 men's teams who finished.