The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rob Hadley & Dean Roberts finished 959th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:26:30.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:19 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:53Running 1 6:43v median +1:27
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:35v median +1:03
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 5:54v median +1:04
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Block 04 9:47Running 4 6:04v median +1:12
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 6:26v median +1:25
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 6:17v median +1:23
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Block 07 10:52Running 7 6:12v median +1:18
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Block 08 11:01Running 8 5:55v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:58
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.