The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Alan Russell & Kev Denholm crossed the line in 1:09:33: 475th of 1,177 men's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:18 of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:13 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 9:02Running 1 5:08v median −0:18
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Block 02 6:03Running 2 4:29v median −0:05
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Block 03 7:37Running 3 4:40v median −0:12
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Block 04 7:34Running 4 4:41v median −0:13
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Block 05 9:09Running 5 4:47v median −0:15
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 5:08v median +0:13
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Block 07 7:59Running 7 4:48v median −0:07
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Block 08 9:19Running 8 4:46v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:17
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1177
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,177 men's teams who finished.