The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:05 at Birmingham 2025 put Matthew Whittington & Michael Bourke 932nd of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 7:59, behind 86% of the field.
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 9:54Running 1 5:49v median +0:33
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 5:12v median +0:40
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 5:27v median +0:37
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 5:39v median +0:47
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:34v median +1:33
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 5:38v median +0:44
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Block 07 10:20Running 7 5:36v median +0:42
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Block 08 11:33Running 8 6:14v median +1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:59
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.