The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:33 at Birmingham 2025 put Stephen Irving & Sam Smith 972nd of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:56 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:12, behind 89% 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 9:58Running 1 5:32v median +0:16
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 5:20v median +0:48
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 5:45v median +0:55
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 5:45v median +0:53
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:47v median +0:46
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:57v median +1:03
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Block 07 11:43Running 7 6:26v median +1:32
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Block 08 11:28Running 8 6:03v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:12
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.