The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:39 at Birmingham 2025 put Sam Jansen Wood & Vishal Pankhania 707th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 29% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:40 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:45 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 10:12Running 1 5:58v median +0:42
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 5:06v median +0:34
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Block 03 9:27Running 3 5:36v median +0:46
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Block 04 8:35Running 4 5:36v median +0:44
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 5:29v median +0:28
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 5:14v median +0:20
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Block 07 8:26Running 7 5:32v median +0:38
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Block 08 9:08Running 8 5:11v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:16
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.