The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ryan Herold & David Ballard finished 722nd of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:15:56.
The stations carried this race: faster than 81% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:06 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
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 9:24Running 1 5:35v median +0:19
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 5:12v median +0:40
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Block 03 8:40Running 3 6:09v median +1:19
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Block 04 7:18Running 4 5:28v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 6:15v median +1:14
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 5:23v median +0:29
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Block 07 7:50Running 7 5:15v median +0:21
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Block 08 10:45Running 8 5:23v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:06
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.