The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Keith Davies & Nicky Deakin finished 837th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:19:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:54 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:59Running 1 5:35v median +0:19
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 4:43v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 4:59v median +0:09
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Block 04 8:34Running 4 5:04v median +0:12
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 5:16v median +0:15
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:18v median +0:24
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Block 07 9:53Running 7 5:32v median +0:38
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Block 08 11:46Running 8 5:33v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:54
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.