The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Brian Fahey & Aidan Maher crossed the line in 1:09:40: 483rd of 1,177 men's teams, faster than 59% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 75% of the field beaten on the stations, against 51% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:55 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:52 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:06Running 1 5:23v median −0:03
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 4:29v median −0:05
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Block 03 7:10Running 3 4:51v median −0:01
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Block 04 7:28Running 4 4:57v median +0:03
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Block 05 9:10Running 5 4:53v median −0:09
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 5:01v median +0:06
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Block 07 8:42Running 7 4:56v median +0:01
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Block 08 9:02Running 8 5:00v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:54
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.