The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Poulter & Josh Botham finished 794th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:18:11.
The stations carried this race: faster than 44% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:30 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:19 worse 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 9:23Running 1 5:20v median +0:04
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 4:51v median +0:19
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 5:24v median +0:34
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 5:40v median +0:48
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:51v median +0:50
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 5:44v median +0:50
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Block 07 9:15Running 7 5:45v median +0:51
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Block 08 10:57Running 8 6:08v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:07
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.