The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Will Smewin & Jack Wells finished 746th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:16:48.
The stations carried this race: faster than 57% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,853 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:55Running 1 5:50v median +0:34
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Block 02 6:05Running 2 4:38v median +0:06
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Block 03 8:32Running 3 5:30v median +0:40
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 5:31v median +0:39
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Block 05 9:45Running 5 5:31v median +0:30
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 6:49v median +1:55
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Block 07 8:59Running 7 5:28v median +0:34
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Block 08 9:26Running 8 5:16v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:05
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.