The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Bacon & Harry Taroni finished 973rd of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:27:36.
The stations carried this race: faster than 71% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 1:04 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 2:22 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 11:00Running 1 7:11v median +1:55
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 6:11v median +1:39
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Block 03 9:04Running 3 6:57v median +2:07
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 6:54v median +2:02
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 7:14v median +2:13
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 7:13v median +2:19
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 7:17v median +2:23
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Block 08 11:08Running 8 7:04v median +2:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:31
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.