The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Hughes & Ryan Travers finished 974th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:27:39.
A station race more than a running one: 40% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 5:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:18 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:50.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:12Running 1 6:42v median +1:26
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:33v median +1:01
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 5:45v median +0:55
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Block 04 9:03Running 4 5:50v median +0:58
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 6:00v median +0:59
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Block 06 9:58Running 6 8:05v median +3:11
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Block 07 10:25Running 7 6:46v median +1:52
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Block 08 11:48Running 8 7:52v median +2:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:18
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.