The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Newman & Charlie Baillie finished 775th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:17:34.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 2:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:17 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 9:11Running 1 5:07v median −0:09
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Block 02 6:17Running 2 4:19v median −0:13
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Block 03 8:27Running 3 4:54v median +0:04
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Block 04 8:22Running 4 4:59v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:33v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:14v median +0:20
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Block 07 9:20Running 7 5:05v median +0:11
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Block 08 10:28Running 8 5:15v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
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.