The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Roy Tong & Ebenezer Abara finished 963rd of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:26:56.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:05 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 10:38Running 1 6:28v median +1:12
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 5:43v median +1:11
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 5:49v median +0:59
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Block 04 9:09Running 4 6:15v median +1:23
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 6:57v median +1:56
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 6:16v median +1:22
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Block 07 9:11Running 7 6:11v median +1:17
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Block 08 11:21Running 8 6:50v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:05
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.